News

RSC ignores 92% of people and changes school

A regional schools commissioner has given the green light for an academy in Redditch to convert to a two-tier...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Recruitment agencies ‘hoover up’ and sell back new teachers

“Predatory” recruitment agencies have been blamed for fuelling a teacher recruitment crisis by “hoovering up” job seekers to offer...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

BBC defend decision to send pocket-sized computers to every year 7 pupil

The head of BBC Learning has defended the decision to send around a million pocket-sized computers to pupils in...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Features

Rajbir Hazelwood, programme officer, the Brilliant Club

Rajbir Hazelwood is like a ray of sunshine on a gloomy day, guaranteed to perk you up. On the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England and Wales from September 2015

Nicky Morgan has written to the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) confirming her acceptance of the recommended pay terms...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

We still haven’t got the right training model

Freeing up the teacher training market has some advantages. But if recruitment targets are to be met, the artificial...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

Finding the right woman for the job

Figures suggest governors have a gender bias when they appoint headteachers. So what happens when they don’t have a...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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
Billy Camden
Politics

Joe Saxton, Richard Greenhalgh and Aisling McKeever

Joe Saxton, the new chair of board of trustees at PTA UK, the charity for parent teacher associations, is...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden