News Funding for 16 and 17-year-olds to remain at £4,000 in 2015/16, EFA confirms The funding rate for 16 and 17-year-old learners will remain at £4,000, the Education Funding Agency (EFA) has confirmed…. Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Nick Clegg unveils government plan to better teacher workload balance The government has put together a six-point action plan to help tackle “excessive” teacher workload, it has announced today…. Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News Are schools really making the GCSE grade? Schools have now had a week to digest the GCSE league tables released by the Department for Education. But… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News Apply now for summer school funding The Department for Education is inviting applications for the latest round of pupil premium summer school funding, with evidence… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News Pension costs cut into PM’s pledge to safeguard budgets Schools are facing squeezed finances, despite David Cameron’s pledge this week to safeguard the schools budget. Speaking on Monday… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News Sacking primary heads over times tables doesn’t add up A proposed Conservative policy that primary head teachers be sacked if their pupils do not know their times-tables has… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News Private school defends against Cameron claim A private school singled out by Prime Minister David Cameron in a speech this week has defended its record… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News The graph that should stop Cameron’s plan – Data challenges Tory pledge to ‘takeover’ mediocre schools – Overlap in pupils’ performance between Ofsted grades The prime… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News Aborted Croydon free school costs taxpayers £82,000 Four Conservative councillors behind plans to open a free school in south London that were scrapped at a cost… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News Sharing resources: Sorry Mr President, we thought of it first President Obama may have committed to promoting the use of open educational resources (OER), but Leicester got there first…. Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News Ofsted fine-tunes inspection framework Teaching unions have given a cautious welcome to Ofsted’s latest reforms that include new criteria across all inspections. From… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News Reception baseline assessment providers set 10 per cent recruitment target The Standards and Testing Agency has confirmed the six providers for reception baseline assessments, as it is revealed providers… Paul Bishop 10y Paul Bishop 10y Newer 1 938 939 940 941 942 943 944 945 946 947 948 975 Older