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£4 million pledged to improve school attainment in Scotland

12/01/2016 - 11:07

The Scottish government has pledged funding of £4 million to improve attainment in Scottish schools.

National teaching crisis is imminent, unions warn

11/01/2016 - 11:39

Six teaching unions have warned that a national teaching crisis is fast approaching as government limits to teachers’ pay and ‘real terms cuts’ to school budgets risk undermining standards.

PSHE should be taught in all schools, MPs say

08/01/2016 - 16:37

A number of MPs including the education, health, home affairs and business committee chairman have called upon the government to make Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education compulsory in schools.

Mosques ‘unequivocally’ rejects madrassa registration plans

08/01/2016 - 11:40

The Northern Council of Mosques, representing 400 mosques, has opposed the government’s proposals to require madrassas in England to be registered and inspected.

Schools and parents flouting admissions rules, chief adjudicator warns

08/01/2016 - 11:39

Elizabeth Passmore, the outgoing chief schools adjudicator for England, has published a report containing her concerns regarding the school admissions system, claiming it ‘leaves parents in the dark and fails to serve children well’.

Exams timetables to accomodate Ramadan

07/01/2016 - 11:26

The upcoming year’s GCSE and A-Level examinations have been timetabled to take into account the Muslim religion’s month of fasting, Ramadan.

Councillors should be placed in all schools, advises children’s commissioner

07/01/2016 - 11:24

Anne Longfield, the children’s commissioner for England has called for all schools to provide counselling for pupils.

Leading head criticises single sex education

06/01/2016 - 11:40

Girls who attend single sex schools face being at a ‘huge disadvantage’, according to the head teacher of a leading independent school.

Sir David Carter appointed as National Schools Commissioner

06/01/2016 - 11:39

Sir David Carter has been appointed as the new National Schools Commissioner (NSC) by the Department for Education (DfE).

Education to be placed at the heart of the SNP’s election campaign

06/01/2016 - 11:37

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has vowed to put education at the heart of the SNP’s election campaign ahead of the Scottish Parliament election in May.

Trojan head receives five year teaching ban

05/01/2016 - 12:53

Jahangir Akbar, a head teacher from Birmingham who was accused of misconduct in the so-called Trojan Horse scandal has been banned from teaching, but can challenge the ban after five years.

£5m available to Northern academy schools

05/01/2016 - 11:49

Following Education Secretary Nicky Morgan’s announcement in November that £10 million worth of funding will be used to build seven new academy hubs in northern areas to drive up standards, academy sponsors are being invited to bid on the remaining £5 million.

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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