News Phonics check finds little improvement in literary performance The government’s view that the systematic teaching of phonics is crucial to reading success has been dealt a blow… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Morgan looks again at axing requirements for parent and staff governors The national body for governors has questioned plans announced this week by the education secretary to look into axing… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News School changes pupils’ GCSEs mid-course and blames Progress 8 compliance Work experience cut and pupils’ GCSEs changed mid-course to be league table ‘compliant’ A Cambridgeshire school has cancelled a… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Secondary moderns hit hard by coasting school definition Secondary schools in areas where the brightest pupils are selected for grammar schools will be more likely to be… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Unqualifed teachers numbers rise by 4,000 in a year The number of unqualified teachers in schools has increased by more than 20 per cent, figures released by the… Sophie Scott 11y Sophie Scott 11y News Who’s on the new education select committee? Fresh faces and women dominate the list of members put forward for the education select committee to be confirmed by… Sophie Scott 11y Sophie Scott 11y News Former £4K private school now rated ‘inadequate’ as a free school A private school that used to charge admission fees of up to £4,000 a year has been rated inadequate… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Teachers should have ‘football-style’ one-to-one coaching, says report A new report published by the Ark academy network includes a call for weekly one-to-one coaching sessions for teachers… Sophie Scott 11y Sophie Scott 11y News Nicky Morgan announces former Blair adviser Claudia Harris as head of new careers advice company Prominent management consultant and former Blair adviser Claudia Harris has been appointed to lead the new Careers and Enterprise… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Early Excellence, CEM and NFER selected as baseline assessment providers The Standards and Testing Agency has announced three approved providers for the reception baseline assessments. The chosen providers are… Billy Camden 11y Billy Camden 11y News Pupil achievement at 16 to become part of child poverty measure Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has announced a new child poverty measure which will include pupil achievement… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Teachers alerted to ISIS propaganda techniques as prevent duty begins in schools Guidance to help teachers spot the warning signs of radicalisation among pupils has been published by the government, including… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 957 958 959 960 961 962 963 964 965 966 967 1,033 Older