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Project gives 40,000 pupils the opportunity to learn outdoors

15/07/2016 - 12:14

40,000 primary and secondary school pupils have been given the chance to learn outside the classroom thanks to the Natural Connections Demonstration Project.

Texting parents can improve childrens' learning, trial suggests

15/07/2016 - 10:56

Texting parents about upcoming tests and homework can help to boost secondary pupils’ maths results, according to a new trial published by the Educ

Sex education ‘inadequate or absent’ in many schools, report claims

12/07/2016 - 12:24

Sex and relationships education (SRE) is ‘inadequate or absent’ in many schools across the UK, according to a report from the Terrence Higgins Trust.

£41m for ‘Asian-style’ maths lessons in England

12/07/2016 - 10:04

£41m worth of funding is being made available to support more than 8,000 schools to adopt teaching practices from leading Asian countries.

Parents fined £5.6m for taking children out of school during term time

07/07/2016 - 12:19

Parents have been fined a total of £5.6 million across England and Wales for taking their children out of school during term time.

Academisation ‘does not automatically raise standards’, research finds

07/07/2016 - 11:29

Academisation ‘does not automatically raise standards’ and many local authority run schools are outperforming academies, according to new research published by the Education Policy Institute (EPI).

Proportion of pupils claiming free school meals drops to 15 year low

30/06/2016 - 12:20

The proportion of pupils in England claiming free school meals has dropped to its lowest level in 15 years, according to figures published by the Department for Education (DfE).

School population increases by 121,000 DfE figures show

29/06/2016 - 10:19

According to figures from the Department for Education (DfE), the school population in England has increased by 121,000 since last year.

Academy performance questioned in new report

28/06/2016 - 15:29

There is no compelling evidence to suggest that academy status improves pupil performance, a new report argues.

53 per cent of teaching assistants have faced violence at school, research suggest

21/06/2016 - 16:37

53 per cent of classroom or teaching assistants working in schools across the UK have experienced physical violence over the past year, according to figures published by Unison.

Disadvantaged pupils receive lower quality maths instruction, report warns

21/06/2016 - 12:27

Disadvantaged pupils systematically receive lower quality mathematics instruction compared to their more advantaged peers, a new report from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has warned.

90 per cent of teachers believe Sats stress harms mental health, survey suggests

20/06/2016 - 10:16

A new survey conducted by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) has found that nine out of 10 teachers believe the primary assessment has had a negative impact on their pupils.

Growing number of schools plugging funding gaps with pupil premium

17/06/2016 - 11:11

A growing number of schools are using pupil premium funding for disadvantaged pupils to offset budget cuts, according to polling published by the Sutton Trust and the Education Endowment Foundation.

Centre Forum rebranded as Education Policy Institute

15/06/2016 - 15:03

Influential think tank Centre Forum has rebranded itself as the Education Policy Institute.

Regional gaps in A-level take-up, research finds

08/06/2016 - 10:13

Analysis from the New Schools Network has found stark regional differences in the proportion of pupils studying A-levels in local state schools in England.

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