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.
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.
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.
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.
Save The Children has partnered up with psychologists to call on the government to put a qualified teacher in every pre-school, after raising concerns that poor nursery teaching was causing many children to be left behind academically.
The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has warned that more teachers are expected to opt out of the teachers’ pension scheme after changes to pension programmes were announced in the Budget.
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has told teachers that will be ‘no reverse gear’ on new proposals to force every school in England to convert into an academy by 2020.
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has spoken out against the government’s Prevent strategy to combat extremism, claiming it shuts down open debate in the classroom.
