Lord Baker, who served as Education Secretary in the Conservative government from 1986-89, has questioned the government’s target for 90 per cent of pupils to study the English Baccalaureate (Ebacc), claiming that it has a ‘narrow academic focus’.
Donaldson's School in Linlithgow, which provides education, therapy and care for pupils who are deaf or who have communication difficulties, has been ordered to make further improvements to school leadership.
The Local Government Association (LGA) has released figures that show it could cost council taxpayers £320 million to convert all schools to academies.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has announced a national campaign day against the government’s policy on grammar schools, due to take place on Saturday (1 October).
Once prior attainment and pupil background is taken into considering, grammar schools have no overall impact on pupils’ attainment, according to a major new study from the Education Policy Institute (EPI).
