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Headteacher boards, the first attempt to move power to the regions, deserve the support of school leaders eadteacher boards (HTBs) are now up and running in each of the eight new Department for Education (DfE) regions. Regional schools commissioners (RSCs) and their boards have jurisdiction only over academies because it is only academies (and, for […]
Opinion
Multi-academy trusts are on everybody’s lips, but don’t dismiss the federation option In an era of increasing school autonomy and declining local authority capacity, the need for schools to work collaboratively is greater than ever. There are a variety of ways schools can do this, from loose partnerships to more formal arrangements involving shared governance […]
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 […]
Reviews
Having co-authored a new report suggesting performance would improve if the government let every primary school spin out from its local authority and join an academy chain, Annaliese Briggs explains the thinking behind her idea There is something of a perfect storm ahead for primary schools. Pupils’ performance has steadily improved, but a combination of […]
With party conference season in full swing, the UK’s smaller political parties have unveiled their education policies. The Green Party has called for children to begin school a year later in a bid to end to a “sausage machine” school system, while the UK Independence Party (UKIP) has called for a return to “traditional” teaching. […]
News
The Junior Shadow Minister for Education Rushanara Ali has stepped down after refusing to take part in yesterday’s vote on military action in Iraq. The Labour MP who had responsibility for young people on the opposition’s front bench said she was concerned civilians would be caught in the crossfire. Parliament was recalled yesterday to vote […]
An academy in Bristol has introduced a new programme designed to produce the professional basketball players of the future. Bristol Metropolitan Academy hopes that the new “MET Basketball Programme” will improve students’ behaviour, attendance and punctuality, and develop life skills such as higher aspirations and improved self-esteem. The scheme will include three compulsory practices every […]
Politics
Year 10 students at The Rural Enterprise Academy in Rodbaston, South Staffordshire, gave their school the thumbs-up in a survey on areas such as teaching standards and classroom behaviour to skills development and safety. Their comments included: “The whole year has been helpful and enjoyable”; “I love coming here because it’s such a friendly place” […]
Each week during the political conference season we will be inviting a commentator to give their views on what education policies they wish to see announced. Will Bickford Smith gives his view ahead of Nick Morgan’s first conference speech as Education Secretary. There is no government department more greatly applauded, or reviled, than the Department for […]