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£38 million education pod ends with a plod

28/04/2015 - 09:44

After a £38m investment in open-plan learning was completed in 2010, another £6m is now being invested to revert the classrooms at Bexhill High School back to their original design.

Pay recommendations discriminate against school leaders, say ASCL

28/04/2015 - 08:54

In its formal response to consultation on pay recommendations by the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) has stated that the proposals over teachers’ pay “arbitrarily discriminate” against school leaders and will do nothing to address the recruitment crisis facing schools.

Eight in ten teachers feel undervalued by society, survey says

27/04/2015 - 09:58

A survey commissioned by TES and YouGov, has revealed that 81 per cent of teachers feel that the teaching profession is under-valued by the wider society, indicating how low the levels of morale have dropped.

Scotland to retrain librarians to address teacher shortage

27/04/2015 - 09:57

An innovative approach introduced in Scotland is countering the teacher recruitment crisis by training librarians, classroom assistants and school administrative staff as teachers.

Protect minority language study, says Morgan

23/04/2015 - 08:51

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has written to exam boards urging them to reverse their decision on scraping studies in minority languages such as Polish, Turkish and Bengali.

Two-thirds of primary school children lack basic fitness

22/04/2015 - 09:13

Research conducted by Fit For Sport suggests that 67 per cent of children at primary school are not reaching basic levels of fitness for their age group.

Independent education standards authority proposed by Lib Dems

20/04/2015 - 09:47

The Liberal Democrats are to outline plans to establish an independent educational standards authority in a bid to block ministerial ‘micro-interventions’ and keep politics out of the classroom.

Complicated routes causing teacher shortages

20/04/2015 - 09:43

Brian Lightman, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, has said that ’would-be teachers’ are being put off the profession because of a complexity of routes into teaching.

Scrap early exams in maths, says expert

20/04/2015 - 09:41

Maths ‘prodigies’ should sit their maths GCSEs and A-levels at the same time as their peers, and should not be ‘trained’ to take exams early or be fast-tracked to university, according to Geoff Smith, chairman of the British and International Maths Olympiads.

Survey reveals growing teacher recruitment crisis

14/04/2015 - 15:30

A survey undertaken by the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) has revealed how schools are facing a growing teacher recruitment crisis, with head teachers saying they have vacancies in key subjects such as maths, english and science.

Teacher feedback to improve maths results

13/04/2015 - 13:40

TES has reported that 120 schools are to be recruited in a research project to analyse how teachers can use feedback to improve students understanding of maths.

Schools may face new compulsory tests

10/04/2015 - 10:25

If new Ofqual plans go ahead, hundreds of schools will have to enter students for extra tests in the run up to their GCSE's, TES has reported.

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