Opinion

Teaching Assistants: are they worth it?

In light of Durham County’s decision to cut teaching assistants’ pay, and the recent warning that teaching assistants risk being replaced...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Speed read: mental health in schools – IPPR report

Ofsted should inspect schools’ mental health provision more frequently, says a report published today by a leading policy think...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Government plans to change term-time holiday law

The government will look to change the law on term-time holidays, after the high court backed a father who...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Politics

Sutton Trust expands Pathways to Law schools programme

GCSE pupils from deprived areas will receive workshops to introduce them to the legal profession, in a drive to...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Speed-read: NASBM school efficiency report

A new study published today by the National Association of School Business Management (NASBM) claims to have found ways for...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Opinion

Does an elite education benefit health?

Dr David Bann, Lecturer/Research Officer, Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Institute of Education What have you been working on? Trying to...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

‘Rogue marker’ blamed for attempted SATs leak

The government has blamed a “rogue marker” for attempting to leak a key stage 2 SATs test after a...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

KS2 grammar test published online in second exam breach

Today’s key stage 2 English test has been leaked online, adding to the chaos surrounding standardised testing in England after...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

A quarter of year 6 pupils are stressed about SATs

Twenty-seven per cent of children are “stressed” about their SATs, but only 10 per cent “hate” the tests, reveals a survey of year 6 pupils...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter