News, Politics

Eight universities ignore Hinds’ plea to ditch strings-attached offers

Eight universities have seemingly refused to stop issuing strings-attached unconditional offers despite a plea from the education secretary. Last...

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News

Two more specialist maths schools announced

Two more specialist maths schools have got government go-ahead – bringing the total number of approved schools for 16...

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John Dickens
News

Non-EBacc subjects being taught after-school, during tutor time or on ‘intensive’ days, DfE study finds

Schools have achieved high EBacc entry rates by using “more creative ways” to teach non-EBacc subjects, such as after-school...

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John Dickens
News

School ‘unaffected’ by college insolvency

A college facing insolvency has assured parents and teachers a school on its site will not be affected, but...

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John Dickens
News

28% rise in teachers calling emotional support helpline

The number of education staff calling a counselling helpline for emotional support has risen by over a quarter to...

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John Dickens
News

Sir Kevan Collins to step down as EEF chief executive

Sir Kevan Collins will step down as chief executive of the Education Endowment Foundation later this year. Collins, who...

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John Dickens

Robin Conway’s top blogs of the week 6 May 2019

Research leads . . . what is all the fuss about? @MissLLewis https://missunderstandingeducation.school.blog/ The case for research in education...

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Features, News

The Policy Debate

Who should make policy, politicians or educationists? We invited Jonathan Simons, director at Public First, and Amanda Goodall, senior...

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John Dickens
Opinion

Developing pupils’ vocabulary is about more than words

In their 2017 report Early Language Development: needs, provision, and intervention for preschool children from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds, James...

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