Author: Freddie Whittaker

The regional schools commissioner for the south west will leave after less than two years in the job to take on a new role at an academy trust. Lisa Mannall, who became an RSC in September 2017, will leave at the end of the academic year for a role at Cornwall Learning Education Trust. Dominic Herrington, […]

Schools will get access to a £6 million training and support package ahead of the implementation of mandatory new relationships, sex and health education lessons. The three subjects will become compulsory in all secondary schools, while relationships and health education will have to be taught in all primary schools from next September. The allocation of […]

Leaders of two powerful parliamentary committees have been granted an opportunity to grill education ministers on the details of their budget planning. Meg Hillier, chair of the public accounts committee and Robert Halfon, chair of the education committee teamed up with Layla Moran, the Liberal Democrat education spokesperson and 52 other MPs to demand an […]

Ministers focus too much on financial incentives for teachers and not enough on making the profession “intellectually attractive”, the head of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has warned. Andreas Schleicher, whose organisation runs the influential PISA tests, told the WISE@Paris forum today that a “heavy, industrial approach” to education in under-performing countries is […]

Almost three in five young people believe the UK’s education system fails to equip them for the job market, a new poll shows. Meanwhile, more than three fifths of 18 to 25-year-olds believe education in the UK leaves them poorly-equipped to build a professional career path. Polling firm IPSOS surveyed thousands of young people, including […]

The body that advises the government on teacher pay is being urged by unions to ignore ministers’ proposals for a two per cent cap on rises next year. The National Education Union, National Association of Head Teachers, Association of School and College Leaders and Voice the Union have written to the school teachers’ review body […]

Ministers will recruit hundreds of schools and nurseries to take part in trial programmes aimed at aiding home learning for pupils. The Department for Education has revealed that 375 schools and early years settings will be recruited for four new programmes which will provide “practical tools and advice” for nearly 6,000 parents in the north […]