Policy

Teachers’ pay could be devolved in Wales

02/11/2016 - 11:17

Control over teachers' pay and conditions could be devolved in Wales, Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns has announced.

Grammars will cause nearby schools to suffer, Wilshaw warns

31/10/2016 - 15:26

Ofsted Chief Inspector Michael Wilshaw has once again spoken out against proposals to open new grammar schools, warning they could potentially harm nearby schools.

Toby Young named new director of New Schools Network

31/10/2016 - 15:13

Author and journalist Toby Young has been named the new director of New Schools Network (NSN), the government backed charity to support and promote

Labour MP criticises ‘shameful’ number of poor pupils in London grammars

24/10/2016 - 10:40

Labour MP Lucy Powell has criticised London’s grammar schools for educating a ‘shamefully low’ number of pupils from poor backgrounds.

School league tables should include ‘measure of well-being’

11/10/2016 - 11:52

School league tables should include a measure of well-being, according to university head Sir Anthony Seldon.

Academy trusts run up debts of almost £25m, BBC suggests

10/10/2016 - 11:09

113 academy trusts operating in England have run up debts of almost £25 million, according to figures obtained by the BBC.

Greening reinforces that grammar schools will not mean a return to the 11-plus

10/10/2016 - 11:05

Education Secretary Justine Greening has defended the government’s proposals to reintroduce grammar schools, saying it will 'absolutely not' mean a

Cuts to creative subjects will limit music to the ‘privileged few’, Laura Mvula warns

10/10/2016 - 11:02

British soul singer and former music supply teacher Laura Mvula has spoken out against cuts to creative subjects in schools, warning that it is limiting opportunities for poorer pupils and will leave music a preserve of the 'privileged few who can afford private lessons'.

Theresa May has the ‘right focus’ but the ‘wrong tools’, says NAHT

06/10/2016 - 11:09

Theresa May is right to focus on helping the poorest pupils in English schools but has the ‘wrong tools’ to get the job done, according to the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT).

Grammar schools ‘won’t be in any manifesto I write’, says Ruth Davison

04/10/2016 - 10:44

Ruth Davison, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, has said she won’t support lifting the ban on opening new grammar schools in Scotland.

Grammars won’t improve social mobility for ‘the vast majority’, ASCL warns

04/10/2016 - 10:38

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’.

Unions sign joint letter opposing grammar schools

04/10/2016 - 10:36

Eight unions/education organisations have jointly signed a letter voicing opposition to the government’s grammar school plans.

‘Coercion is unnecessary’ for independent schools to work with the state sector, HMC says

03/10/2016 - 10:55

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.