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Reception baseline tests ‘unfair’, report finds

08/04/2016 - 11:53

Ministers are set to abandon controversial plans to judge primary schools according to new baseline tests for four-year-olds after a government-commissioned report found the move to be ‘inappropriate and unfair’.

Scrap national curriculum for over-14s, Lords says

08/04/2016 - 11:51

The House of Lords social mobility committee has published a report claiming that scrapping the national curriculum for pupils over 14 and taking careers advice away from schools could help young people make better choices about their future.

82,000 days lost to truancy in Renfrewshire schools

08/04/2016 - 11:50

Figures from the Scottish government have revealed that the 11 secondary schools in Renfrewshire have lost 82,000 days to truancy.

Real-world maths launched to boost financial literacy

08/04/2016 - 11:48

The Eduction Endowment Foundation (EEF) has claimed that teaching ‘real-world maths’ could help GCSE students gain a better grade in their maths exam.

Bousted: school library budget cuts risks pupils’ literacy

06/04/2016 - 12:25

Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), has warned cuts to school library budgets risk the literacy of children.

Pupils suffering holiday hunger, ATL warns

06/04/2016 - 12:23

The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has warned that pupils who rely on free school meals are left hungry over the holidays and has called for better holiday schemes which include meals.

Younger children affected by exam stress, ATL warns

05/04/2016 - 11:36

According to a poll conducted by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), the mental health of children as young as six is being risked by exam stress.

Gibb receives critical reception at ATL conference

05/04/2016 - 11:34

Schools minister Nick Gibb has received a negative reception from teachers at the recent Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) conference as he tried to defend government plans to turn all schools in England into academies.

England’s pupils lag behind international peers, Centre Forum finds

04/04/2016 - 12:20

According to a report by the Centre Forum, pupil attainment is improving but still falls shorts of the world’s leading countries in education, including Finland and Canada.

Ofqual unveils three year Corporate Plan

04/04/2016 - 12:17

Ofqual has published its Corporate Plan, which sets out the organisation’s goals and objectives for the next three years.

Perry Beeches Academy to pay back £100k of funding

01/04/2016 - 12:50

Birmingham academy Perry Beeches Trust has been instructed to pay back more than £100,000 in government funding.

Schools must tackle sexist bullying, ATL says

01/04/2016 - 12:44

The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has warned that schools must do more to stop sexist bullying, which can affect girls’ subject choices and disrupt their confidence.

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