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High pupil attainment adds £1.3 billion to economy, says DfE study

11/12/2014 - 10:53

A new Department for Education study shows that higher rates of achievement at GCSE level are delivering benefits to the economy.

Autumn Statement pay restraint to affect teachers

03/12/2014 - 16:28

Teachers have criticised George Osborne's 2014 Autumn Statement for failing to ringfence the Department for Education's spending.

New research into the digital divide in our schools

26/09/2014 - 15:57

New research from the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) shows that a half of all UK state schools do not have sufficient access to ICT and computers.

Pupils' chances affected by poor behaviour, Ofsted warns

26/09/2014 - 12:42

Ofsted inspectors have warned that persistent low-level disruptive behavior in schools is affecting pupils' future prospects.

Call for trainee ICT teachers

26/09/2014 - 11:06

Applications are being accepted for a scholarship scheme to attract top STEM graduates to train as computing teachers in England.

New Ofsted chair announced

31/07/2014 - 10:40

The schools' regulatory body Ofsted has announced that David Hoare is to take over as its new chairman, replacing Baroness Sally Morgan.

An opportunity for Solent students to show their coding skills

17/07/2014 - 15:45

Ordnance Survey has teamed up with Totton College and the Cathedral Innovation Centre to give under 19s in the Solent region a chance to participate in the Festival of Code, a competition taking place throughout the UK from 28 July to 3 August.

Gove replaced as Education Secretary

15/07/2014 - 15:28

David Cameron's cabinet reshuffle has seen Michael Gove replaced as Secretary of State for Education by Nicky Morgan, MP for Loughborough.

Schools' attitudes to tablets changing, report finds

01/07/2014 - 16:54

New research from the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) shows that tablet adoption in schools is on the increase.

Ofsted-style inspections for fee-paying schools

25/06/2014 - 10:20

The Government is planning to make private schools subject to Ofsted-style inspections, a report in the Times Education Supplement has revealed.

'Head of research' for Berkshire school

12/06/2014 - 11:19

In an attempt to apply evidence-based approaches to teaching, Wellington College in Berkshire has created a research hub with PhD student Carl Hendrick at its head.

£2 billion additional funding for school construction programme

06/05/2014 - 12:27

The Priority School Building Programme has been given £2 billion in funding to extend the scheme over the next six years, schools minister David Laws has announced.

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