News Ninety per cent of teachers have no training on dealing with young carers, union survey shows A survey by Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) found that ninety per cent of those surveyed said they… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News New rules demanding governors publish their interests online or face suspension “the right thing to do” New rules demanding governors publish a register of their interests online – including relationships with school staff – have… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y In Short, News Breaking: Firm chosen for new national reference tests with first exams set for March 2017 A firm has been selected to develop and introduce the new national reference tests – with the first pupils set to… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News Hunt pledges ‘far-reaching’ reform of Ofsted and peer review system by 2020 Labour will complete “far-reaching reform” of Ofsted and introduce a peer review improvement system by 2020 if the party… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Teachers need more support to stop their careers being ruined by false allegations from pupils, union warns More than a third of school staff claim they or a colleague have faced false allegations from pupils –… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News Plans for differently weighting the maths content of new science GCSEs have “little justification” Ofqual’s proposals for differently weighting maths content in the new science GCSE exams have “little justification”, says a science subject… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News STEM-specialist free school branded ‘inadequate’ A North London 16 to 19 free school which specialises in science, maths, engineering and technology has been branded… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News ASCL: leave us to get on with it, whitehall The curriculum is the business of politicians, not teachers, said Nicky Morgan, while Labour’s Tristram Hunt plumped for help… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Reception assessments ‘harmful’, say unions and academics An open letter expressing deep concern about the intended introduction of reception baseline assessments from September has been signed… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Special needs reforms: laudable or laughable? Parents of children with special needs last year told a website survey that they were unhappy with September’s changes… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Inspiration Trust denies ‘baseless allegations’ it will sell failing Norwich schools’ land Education secretary Nicky Morgan has taken the controversial decision to sign an academy order for the Hewett school in… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News £1.8m to ‘eradicate’ homophobic bullying The government has released £1.8 million to train teachers to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic (HBT) bullying. Eight groups,… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y Newer 1 919 920 921 922 923 924 925 926 927 928 929 969 Older