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Half of school support staff experience stress, Unison warns

04/05/2016 - 10:34

A survey by Unison has found that over 50 per cent of school support staff have experienced stress, anxiety or depressions as a result of increased workloads.

Teachers in Scotland to escalate dispute action

04/05/2016 - 10:32

Members of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) has announced that teachers are due to step up industrial action against reforms to the Curriculum for Excellence, by boycotting any work associated with the changes.

Children kept off school in test protest

03/05/2016 - 11:05

Parents supporting the Let Our Kids Be Kids campaign have kept children out of school.

Parents banned from entering Kent academy

03/05/2016 - 10:43

Ebbsfleet Academy has banned parents from entering without an appointment after staff were subjected to verbal abuse.

Heads threaten strike action over academy plans

03/05/2016 - 10:40

Head teachers at the NAHT conference have voted against government plans to force schools to become academies.

Frosty reception for Nicky Morgan at NAHT conference

03/05/2016 - 10:00

Head teachers voiced their discontent for educational changes during the Education Secretary’s speech.

Edinburgh schools may remain shut until August

29/04/2016 - 16:05

A few of the 17 Edinburgh schools shut down over serious safety concerns may remain closed to students until August, according to reports from BBC Scotland.

NAHT calls for solutions to ‘chaotic’ primary testing regime

29/04/2016 - 11:37

The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has called for ’swift and lasting’ solutions to the current testing regime in primary schools.

‘Critical lack of evidence’ on effective marking, EEF warns

29/04/2016 - 11:33

There is a ‘critical lack of evidence’ on the most effective marking strategies for teachers, the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has warned.

More support needed for women applying for senior roles, report says

28/04/2016 - 11:17

A report by Ranstad education has argued that more support is needed for women applying for senior roles in schools.

University applicants choosing wrong A-levels, study shows

28/04/2016 - 11:16

According to research by Which? an increasing number of university applicants are realising they have picked the wrong subjects at age 16, at a time when it is too late.

Disadvantaged pupils more likely to have unqualified teachers

28/04/2016 - 11:15

According to a report by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) committee, poor pupils are twice as likely to be taught by teachers who are unqualified, than their better off peers.