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“Nicky Morgan & The Narrative of Success (If Few Policies)”: Day Two Conservative Conference Round-Up

Labelling new education secretary, Nicky Morgan, as ‘continuity Gove’, initially seemed a smart move by Labour. But her Conservative Party Conference speech distinctly shifted the rhetoric and left the audience in no doubt that she’s now running her own show. Gone was the labelling of lefty teachers and union leaders as “the blob”. In came […]

Morgan’s Priorities & No-Thunder Boles: Day One Round-Up of Conservative Conference

The prevailing view among political commentators is that education isn’t a major issue for this election. If that’s true, the Conservative ministerial team aren’t letting it show. They have a battle narrative and are willing to use it. In an event jointly hosted by teaching unions NUT and ATL, junior edu-minister Sam Gyimah showed how […]

Research: Truancy and well-being among secondary school pupils in England

Published: Taylor & Francis Publishied in: Educational studies, 10 September 2014 Research: The trouble with truancy: satisfied students stick at school Picture an average class of 30 pupils, studying attentively. Now imagine that seven disappear. But truancy is not a magic trick, it is a serious problem. Nearly a quarter of Year 10 students interviewed […]

EXCLUSIVE: Agnew resigns from Future Academies trust after just two months

Theodore Agnew, a non-executive director at the Department for Education (DfE), has resigned from his directorship of an academy trust founded by education minister Lord Nash. Mr Agnew joined Future Academies as a non-executive director in July, as revealed in Companies House records and exclusively reported last week by Schools Week. Mr Agnew is also […]

Tristram Hunt & the Speech of No Big Dreams: Day 1 Roundup of Labour Conference

Teachers returning to their classrooms after a mild September weekend would today be forgiven for believing two Tristram Hunts are roving Labour conference this year. The first attended Saturday’s “PolicyMeet” – a Labour Teachers and Education Foundation event, organised by John Blake – with different speakers from across the education sector giving their ideas about […]

No kittens will be harmed in the taking of this role

Our very own Deputy Editor Laura McInerney kicks-off the opinion piece section with what led her into journalism and the role at Schools Week Growing up my mum only ever said I couldn’t do one job, and journalism was it. The fateful blow was dealt when I was seven, and had just shelled out £3.99 on a […]