A new initiative between state and independent schools and the government has been announced, which aims to train a ‘new generation’ of ‘expert’ language teachers.
The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) has warned that plans to lift the ban on opening new grammar schools in England ‘may improve social mobility for a very small number of disadvantaged children, but not for the vast majority’.
Addressing the government’s ‘Schools that work for everyone’ green paper for the first time, Mike Buchanan, the chair of the Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference (HMC), has stressed that ‘coercion is unnecessary’ to encourage independent schools to work with the state sector.
Proposed plans to allow faith schools to select all pupils based on religious grounds will lead to ‘increased ethnic and religious segregation across England’, according to the British Humanist Association (BHA).
Prime Minister Theresa May has defended her controversial grammar school proposals and insists that it will not be a return to the 1950s education system.
Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) should do more to help improve careers advice in schools and boost young people’s employability, according to Teach First.
School governors have given a damning verdict on the government’s performance, with eight in 10 governors having a ‘negative’ view of government policies, according to a survey conducted by the National Governors’ Association (NGA) and TES.
Sadiq Khan has launched a new ‘London Curriculum’ for primary schools in the capital, giving pupil the opportunity to learn about the city’s history and culture.
