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Ofsted warning against league table standings

28/06/2016 - 10:12

Ofsted has highlighted to its inspectors to be aware of schools that are trying to boost their league table scores by crossing over content.

£2m of ’character eduction’ fund to go to military-style projects

27/06/2016 - 11:25

The Department for Education (DfE) has announced that one third of the £6 million funding pot targeted at building character in school pupils, will be used to support military-style projects.

Pat Glass appointed as new shadow education secretary, following Powell’s resignation

27/06/2016 - 11:23

Pat Glass has been appointed as the new shadow education secretary, following Lucy Powell’s resignation.

Scotland national testing plans face criticism

27/06/2016 - 11:21

The Sottish government has been accused of treating schoolchildren ‘like guinea pigs’ as it pushed forward with plans to bring in national testing in P1, P4, P7 and S3 (Years 1, 4, 7 and 9).

NUT backs strike action

24/06/2016 - 09:51

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has backed its members calls for a strike action over pay, working conditions and school funds.

Immigrant pupil data to be collected

24/06/2016 - 09:50

The government is to set to begin collecting data on how many children from immigrant families are being taught in England’s schools.

Poor pupils still being let down, Wilshaw says

23/06/2016 - 11:24

Ofsted boss Michael Wilshaw has warned that the English education system is still failing disadvantaged pupils.

Basingstoke pupils protest ‘off-topic’ exam questions

23/06/2016 - 11:23

Pupils in Basingstoke are protesting against their Biology A Level exam after finding that little of exam contained questions on topics they had studied.

RSPH calls for ban on pupils ordering fast food to school

23/06/2016 - 11:21

The Royal Society of Public Health (RSPH) has published a report calling on the government to ban children from being allowed to order takeaways to their school.

‘Digitally savvy’ businesses urged to work with schools

22/06/2016 - 09:57

'Digitally savvy’ businesses are being encouraged to work with school teachers to close the skills gap in STEM subjects.

Teacher leadership charities to merge

22/06/2016 - 09:26

Teaching Leaders and the Future Leaders Trust, two of the top leadership training charities for teachers, are set to merge.

53 per cent of teaching assistants have faced violence at school, research suggest

21/06/2016 - 16:37

53 per cent of classroom or teaching assistants working in schools across the UK have experienced physical violence over the past year, according to figures published by Unison.