Politics

Hints on the world of work

Parents now have new tools to help their children get ready for the world of work. LifeSkills, set up...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

John Tomsett, Dr Ian Stockford, Helena Mills, John Blaney, Nick Timothy and Rachel Wolf

John Tomsett, headteacher of Huntington School, York, is the first chair of the Headteachers’ Roundtable. Mr Tomsett co-founded the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Education bill: What has happened so far?

The government must have the power to warn schools about performance and safety standards because “obstructive” councils “block the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

The good, the bad and the teacher recruitment stats

There are reasons to be cheerful; teacher numbers are up, for starters. But the School Workforce Census for last...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

School budgets: It’s staff that will have to be cut next

The Conservative manifesto pledged to maintain per pupil funding across the lifetime of the next government. Given that other...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Harpenden free school drops ‘free’ from its name

A primary school is taking the words “free school” out of its name to disassociate itself from politicisation of...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Early GCSE schools must teach ‘unaccredited content’

Schools that begin teaching pupils their GCSEs in year 9, as part of a three-year course, are faced with...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Over-50s are fleeing from the classroom

More than 10,000 teachers in their fifties have dropped out of the classroom in the past four years amid...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Head pleads with DfE to change its mind on legacy GCSEs

The government’s decision not to count 17 “legacy” GCSEs in the 2018 performance tables will have a potentially catastrophic...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden