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DfE launches ‘MindEd’ mental health website

21/04/2016 - 14:43

The Department for Education and Department of Health have launched a new interactive resource, named ‘MindEd’, aimed at offering support to concerned children and familie

DfE accidentally publishes forthcoming test paper

21/04/2016 - 11:26

The Department for Education (DfE) has accidentally published a forthcoming test online, months before the exam is due to take place.

NAO questions DfE’s handling of academy finances

21/04/2016 - 11:22

The National Audit Office (NAO) has questioned the Department for Education’s (DfE’s) handling of the financial statements of academy trusts, sayin

Jonathan Slater named new DfE Permanent Secretary

21/04/2016 - 11:11

Jonathan Slater, currently the director general economic and domestic affairs secretariat at the Cabinet Office, has been named the new Permanent Secretary for the Department for Education (DfE).

After-school clubs improve results of poorer pupils, research finds

20/04/2016 - 11:06

According to research by NatCen Social Research, disadvantaged primary school pupils who take part in after-school clubs were found to achieve better results than those who did not attend such clubs.

Muslim pupils should be excused from fasting during exams, ASCL advises

20/04/2016 - 11:05

The Association of Schools and College Leaders has declared that Muslim school children taking exams should be allowed to opt out of Ramadan fasting.

Morgan agrees ‘important issues’ have been raised over academisation plans

20/04/2016 - 11:03

In an interview with BBC Radio 5, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan agreed that critics had raised ‘important issues’ regarding academy plans.

SEN unit funding under threat, say associations

19/04/2016 - 10:31

Head teachers and school business managers have warned that funding cuts could cause special educational needs units at mainstream schools to close.

The role of church schools in academies plan revealed

19/04/2016 - 10:19

The ‘Memorandums of Understanding’ have set out guidelines for the way church run schools will work in the new academy landscape.

Time spent on marking impacting classroom time

19/04/2016 - 09:43

Two thirds of teachers in the UK claim that they are spending too much time marking which is negatively impacting their teaching time.

Committee launches sexual harassment inquiry

19/04/2016 - 09:23

The House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee has launched an investigation into sexual harassment in schools.

Thousands of pupils underweight, figures warn

18/04/2016 - 11:57

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Hunger has highlighted official figures which showed thousands of pupils in England started school underweight in 2015.