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Ministers consider proposal to turn young offenders institutes into secure schools

09/02/2016 - 11:38

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that the government will explore the possibility of utilising the free school process to set up secure academies for young offenders.

Improving state schools could threaten private sector

08/02/2016 - 15:36

Improvements in state schools mean that many parents who could afford private education are instead choosing the state sector, according to the Good Schools Guide.

Schools lack resources to support children with mental health problems, NAHT warns

08/02/2016 - 12:02

Schools lack the resources to provide adequate support to students suffering from mental issues, the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has warned.

Over half of schools opt to not increase teachers pay by two per cent

08/02/2016 - 12:00

Over half of schools have opted to not offer the best performing teachers a pay rise of two per cent, a survey has found.

£25m funding for 16-18 apprenticeships

05/02/2016 - 16:48

The government has announced it will provide a further £25 million in funding for colleges and training providers to deliver 16-18 apprenticeships.

One in 12 teachers denied pay rise under PRP

05/02/2016 - 11:59

A survey conducted by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) and the National Union of Teachers (NUT) found that nearly one in 12 teachers have been denied a pay rise in accordance with the performance-related pay (PRP) system.

£4m for expansion of new literary projects

05/02/2016 - 11:57

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has announced it will provide almost £4 million in funding to expand six education projects aimed at boosting pupils’ attainments.

Teachers over-predicting A-level qualifications

05/02/2016 - 11:56

Mary Curnock Cook, head of Ucas, has claimed that teachers are boosting students’ predicted A-level grades in a bid to help them win places at top universities.

Give police and crime commissioners powers to set up free schools, says Theresa May

04/02/2016 - 17:01

Elected police and crime commissioners should be given powers to set up free schools to help support troubled children, according to Home Secretary Theresa May.

NAHT criticises EBacc’s ‘narrow vision of academic excellence’

04/02/2016 - 16:58

The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has criticised the introduction of the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), claiming it offers a ‘narrow vision of academic excellence’.

England’s largest academy chain is ‘failing too many pupils’, Ofsted warns

04/02/2016 - 11:48

Ofsted has warned that England’s largest academy chain, the Academies Enterprise Trust (AET), is ‘failing too many pupils’.

Education (Scotland) Bill passed by Holyrood

04/02/2016 - 11:47

The Education (Scotland) Bill has been passed by Scottish Government, including new legislation for national testing in literacy and numeracy at primary and secondary level.

How to sort the locker key crisis

It is a sad, but inescapable fact of school life, that students lose the key to their locker. Or “forget” to hand their key back at the end of the year.

Which means you will need replacement keys for some of the lockers in your school.

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