News

Cumbria floods force school closures until new year

Schools across Cumbria face weeks of closure and extensive clean-up operations after Storm Desmond battered the UK’s north western...

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News

REVEALED: Pupil interviews replace lesson observations for judging teaching quality

Pupil interviews are replacing graded lesson observations so senior leaders can judge teaching ability, Schools Week has learned. One...

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News

Heads go on teacher recruitment trips to Australia – but still can’t convince Gibb there’s a crisis

Schools are spending tens of thousands of pounds with recruitment agencies and sending emissaries to Australia to look for...

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Opinion

Reality bites: What school crises should teach Gibb

When Michael Merrick, a teacher at Cardinal Newman, shared pictures of his flood-devastated school, it was a sharp reminder...

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News

Lord Nash admits academies have been ‘untouchable’ due to funding agreement issues

Junior schools minister Lord Nash has admitted that early funding agreements have blocked the government from delivering “strong and...

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News

Fair banding tests ‘exclude’ deprived pupils

Pupils from chaotic backgrounds face missing out on school places because they have to attend several secondary schools for...

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News

Primary school league tables 2015: the ‘golden 28’ for key stage 2 SATs

Twenty-eight schools have overcome the odds and achieved the highest levels of progress and achievement for their disadvantaged pupils,...

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News

Have tablet, will learn independently: An investigation into iPads in the classroom

Mobile, one-to-one technology – such as lightweight tablet computers and smartphones – have given new focus to the “independent...

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Features

Roy Perry, chair, Local Government Association

History may have been the school subject Roy Perry enjoyed the most. But the new chair of the Local...

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