Author: Freddie Whittaker

The Russell Group of elite universities has ditched its list of preferred A-level subjects in a blow to the government’s EBacc curriculum reforms. The organisation, which represents 24 institutions across the country, plans to no longer use a list of so-called “facilitating subjects”, which included the EBacc subjects of maths, English, the sciences, languages, history […]

Early career maths and physics teachers will be offered an extra £2,000 a year to stay in the profession under a government trial aimed at boosting retention in shortage subjects. Teachers in the first five years of their career and working in the north east, Yorkshire and the Humber and the government’s social mobility “opportunity […]

Attempts to mediate between a Birmingham school and protesters against its teaching on LGBT relationships have stalled following a dispute over the involvement of non-parents. The row over relationships education at schools across the city has escalated in recent days following an altercation at Anderton Park primary school on Sunday night in which pro-LGBT activists […]

Up to 250 state school pupils will be offered “transformative paths” to study at the University of Oxford, as the elite institution seeks to ensure a quarter of its students come from the most under-represented backgrounds. But a leading social mobility charity said it was “crucial” that the university works with schools to make ensure […]

The government has announced the formation of another advisory group, this time to review the content of initial teacher training. Professor Sam Twiselton, the director of the Institute of Education at Sheffield Hallam University, will lead a panel of seven academics, sector representatives and policy experts to recommend ways teacher training can align with the […]

The government has announced the names of 19 areas that will join its careers hubs programme, but they will split just half the amount of money handed out in the first round. Damian Hinds, the education secretary, said today that £2.5 million will go to 19 local enterprise partnerships across England. Between them they will […]

Appointing research leads in schools to aid evidence-informed school improvement had almost no effect on pupil progress, a new study found. The Research leads Improving Students’ Education (RISE) project, run by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and Huntington School in York, aimed to test whether supporting teachers to use research evidence boosted pupils’ grades. In […]

Teachers and leaders should become governors of other schools to enrich their professional development, the National Governance Association has said. A campaign by the NGA and Inspiring Governance seeks to encourage education professionals to join the governing boards of other schools or academy trusts. Governing boards need to make sure they have the right people […]