News What actually happens at a teacher union conference? – The inside view. I spent six years as a teacher and never once went to a teacher union conference. In fact, the… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News NQT retention rate branded ‘dismal’ as union reveals two in five stay less than a year The “dismal” retention rate of newly-qualified teachers (NQTs) has been lamented by a union leader after figures revealed only three… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Gove’s ‘school structure experiment’ has left schools in free-fall – Bousted Michael Gove’s “great school structure experiment” has failed, and the proof is in the schools which “fall through gaps… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y 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 11y Sophie Scott 11y 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 11y Sophie Scott 11y 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 11y Sophie Scott 11y 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 11y Nick Linford 11y 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 11y Sophie Scott 11y 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 11y Sophie Scott 11y 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 11y Nick Linford 11y 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 11y Nicky Phillips 11y 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 11y Nicky Phillips 11y Newer 1 965 966 967 968 969 970 971 972 973 974 975 1,016 Older
