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Labour to ‘reshape’ education bill with pro-devolution amendments

The Labour Party wants to shake up the new education and adoption bill by tabling a series of pro-devolution amendments. Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt told Parliament on Monday that his party would “seek to reshape the bill” with amendments tabled at the committee stage, adding: “It is called parent choice, something that the Conservative party […]

“Schools should glamourise oral sex”

Teachers have been told they should consider “glamourising” oral sex and mutual masturbation as ways of cutting teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted infection rates among pupils. Political campaigner and Green Party activist Peter Tatchell told the Education Festival today: “In this age of high concern about sexually transmitted diseases and teenage pregnancies and abortions, it might […]

Reading is first UTC to get coveted ‘outstanding’ grade

Reading’s University Technical College (UTC) has become the first in the country to be graded “outstanding” by Ofsted as the debate about the success of the programme rages on. In a report which will be released by the watchdog on Monday, the science and engineering specialist 14 to 19 college has been praised by Ofsted and […]

Nicky Morgan announces Tom Bennett as new ‘behaviour expert’

Nicky Morgan will today reveal plans to tackle pupil misbehaviour through the appointment of a new behaviour expert, Tom Bennett. As a current teacher, and leader of the ResearchEd conference network, Mr Bennett already advises the government on teacher training and was mentioned in several speeches by previous education secretary, Michael Gove. It is expected […]

New Ofsted schools inspection headings confirmed as common inspection framework is launched

Plans to judge schools on the effectiveness of leadership and management, the quality of learning and assessment and pupils’ “personal development, behaviour and welfare” have been outlined by Ofsted as part of a raft of reforms. The watchdog has published inspection handbooks for its new “common inspection framework” (CIF), which from September will apply to […]