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LGA calls to end term-time holiday fine policy

21/10/2015 - 11:38

The Local Government Association (LGA) has urged the government to scrap the controversial term-time holiday fine policy after a surge in fines and the prosecution of parents.

Free school campaigners challenge accuracy of Ofsted verdicts for thousands of primaries

21/10/2015 - 11:34

The New Schools Network (NSN) has raised doubts over the accuracy of Ofsted’s judgements, after analysis found that a third of primaries given top ratings actually failed to meet the national average for Key Stage 2 attainment.

Pupils being targeted by extremists online in schools, survey suggests

20/10/2015 - 11:18

Pupils are being cyber-bullied and targeted by extremist groups while working online in school classroom, according to a new survey of more than 2,000 UK parents.

Nicky Morgan warns opposing grammar school expansion would be ‘perverse’

20/10/2015 - 11:15

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has claimed that blocking the expansion of a successful grammar school is ‘perverse’.

DfE abolishes general studies A-level

19/10/2015 - 11:49

The Department for Education (DfE) has decided to abolish A-level general studies, as a result of concerns that it does not meet the ‘high’ standards being introduced under its exam reform programme.

GSCE results show council-run schools outperform free schools

19/10/2015 - 11:47

According to provisional figures results, local authority schools have achieved higher average GCSE results than free schools.

Special needs system ‘fragmented', says charity

15/10/2015 - 11:54

A report by The Driver Youth Trust has claimed that a series of changes made since 2010 has left pupils in England with special educational needs and diabetic (SEND) in a ‘fragmented’ system.

Ofqual to significantly improve results appeals system

15/10/2015 - 11:50

Exam regulator Ofqual have explained that there will be ‘significant improvements’ to the process of appealing against GCSE and A-level results, with proposals for a better system announced later this month.

GCSE school tables to be published

15/10/2015 - 11:45

The Department for Education (DfE) is publishing provisional league tables for secondary schools in England, based on early data from this summer's GCSE results.

First new grammar school set to be approved

15/10/2015 - 11:41

A school in Sevenoaks, Kent, is set to be the country’s first grammar school in fifty years.

Government urged to make under 16 work experience a ‘national priority’

14/10/2015 - 12:00

In a bid to help tackle youth unemployment, the government is being urged to bring back compulsory work experience for school children under the age of 16.

More children are starting school with expected numeracy and literacy skills

14/10/2015 - 11:58

New figures show that more children than ever before are starting school with the expected standards in numeracy and literacy, but there is still a significant gender gap between boys and girls.

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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