Scottish teachers are set to receive a 1.5 per cent pay rise after the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) formally agreed a pay and conditions deal.
Ofsted’s chief inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw has warned that inadequate development in the teaching of spelling, punctuation and grammar is 'slowing down' children when they get to secondary school.
The British Medical Association (BMA) claims that young pupils in England’s most deprived areas are being denied medical careers because schools are not giving them the opportunity to study separate sciences at GCSE.
Research has revealed a ’stark’ North-South divide, which is affecting disadvantaged children aged under five in the North of England, who are lagging behind their counterparts in London.
Former children’s laureate Michael Morpurgo has warned that the government’s focus on ‘literacy’ risks stifling the creativity of children and limiting the next generation of writers.
59 per cent of teachers have considered quitting in the last six months, according to a new YouGov poll for the think tank LKMco and education company Pearson.
Chief schools inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has voiced concerns that the low take-up of apprenticeships is ‘little short of a disaster’ and schools are partly to blame.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has counselled that spending per pupil in schools in England is likely to fall by eight per cent in real terms over the next five years.
The Local Government Association (LGA) has urged the government to scrap the controversial term-time holiday fine policy after a surge in fines and the prosecution of parents.
