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Exam board expands efforts to recruit markers

28/07/2015 - 12:49

Exam board OCR has started a new recruitment drive to attract retired teachers as markers, in the wake of an expected shortage.

Nicky Morgan suggests 5pm teacher ’work curfew’

27/07/2015 - 10:51

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has suggested that teachers should not be expected to answer emails or spend hours marking schoolwork after 5pm each day.

Ethical issues in sports included in new PE GCSE

24/07/2015 - 16:35

Students will study about illegal performance enhancing drug use and the the barriers that limit female involvement in sports in the new PE GCSE from exam board OCR.

Three quarters of academy chains contain 'coasting' schools, research suggests

24/07/2015 - 12:27

Three out of four academy chains have schools that are performing below the ‘coasting’ definition and may be harming the performance of disadvantaged pupils, a new report has warned.

Secondary school admissions set to rise by 20 per cent

23/07/2015 - 12:33

The number of pupils attending secondary school is expected to rise by 20 per cent over the next ten years, putting added pressure on school places.

Government ensures minority languages continue to be studied in schools

23/07/2015 - 12:31

The government has stepped in to ensure ‘community languages’, such as Panjabi, Polish and Turkish, will still be available for pupils to study in school.

‘Feeble’ response over compulsory PSHE delay

17/07/2015 - 10:06

Despite the latest efforts of the Education Selection Committee and Green MP Caroline Lucas, the study of PSHE will not be made compulsory in English state schools, and a decision will be pushed back to later this year, the Education Secretary has revealed.

Parents to receive more help choosing secondary schools

16/07/2015 - 10:24

From mid-October, parents choosing a secondary school for their child will for the first time have access to provisional GCSE exam results to help them finalise their choices.

Make PSHE lessons compulsory says Green Party MP

15/07/2015 - 10:38

Green Party MP Caroline Lucas is campaigning for Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) to be a statutory subject in all English state schools as it plays a ‘crucial part’ in education.

‘Serious safeguarding issue’ as Ofsted offer warning on missing pupils

14/07/2015 - 12:14

Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has warned of ‘potentially high numbers of pupils’ disappearing from school registers in Birmingham and Tower Hamlets in East London.

SEN expert to head review of low attaining pupils’ assessment

14/07/2015 - 10:45

Diane Rochford, executive head teacher of the John F. Kennedy School in East London, will oversee a new review into the best way to accurately assess pupils with low attainment.

Start school early for poor children, says Wilshaw

13/07/2015 - 17:14

The poorest children in the UK should be taught in primary schools from the age of two so that they can catch up with more advantaged classmates, says Ofsted chief inspector Michael Wilshaw.

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