Author: Pippa Allen-Kinross

The government must urgently review the “fragmented” support for low-achieving pupils and those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), according to a new report. The ‘Educating for our economic future’ report also calls for better teaching in English, maths, technical skills and ICT, and better careers advice to help prepare pupils for the challenges […]

The government has announced new pilot programmes to help support more part-time teaching in schools, in an effort to boost teacher recruitment and retention. The plans were announced today at the first flexible working in schools summit, and include a pilot to look at ways schools are already successfully working with part-time teachers in order […]

More opportunities for part-time working must urgently be created in secondary schools to try and prevent the increasing number of older teachers leaving the sector, according to a new report. Research by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) show part-time secondary school teachers are far more likely to leave teaching than part-time primary school […]

Pupils with special education needs and disabilities (SEND) are missing out on school places because councils are not doing enough to ensure they get the help they need, a report from the local government ombudsman has found. New education health and care plans (EHCP) replaced statements in 2014. They were supposed to provide more “holistic […]

An academy trust has agreed to council demands for access to facilities at two of its schools, in return for lifting restrictions that prevented younger pupils from using a new building. The dispute between Daventry District Council and E-Act over the lease on a former UTC building may be reaching an end, as the trust […]

An online learning platform that claims to get students top grades or their money back is expanding into schools. Up Learn was founded two years ago by new graduates Guy Riese (pictured centre) and Andrew Mitson (right). Now aged 23 and 22 respectively, their platform mixes cognitive-science learning techniques and artificial intelligence to deliver a […]

The government is “discriminating” against citizenship teachers and harming social mobility, the chief executive of the Association for Citizenship Teaching will tell the House of Lords this week. The ACT claims current policy is creating “significant barriers” for both potential and existing citizenship teachers, and will present research to the Lords committee on citizenship and […]