The government aims to have at least 90 per cent of pupils taking the full slate of Ebacc subjects at GCSE, according to Education Secretary Nicky Morgan.
Due to a serious shortage of capital funding, around 700 academies have been ‘pushed’ into applying for loans in order to pay for urgent building improvements.
Planned cuts to bursaries for trainee primary teachers in England, starting next year, have sparked fears that the pay reductions could fuel the teacher recruitment crisis.
School’s in England should look to New York City and ‘build upwards’ to meet the demand for additional pupil places, according to schools minister Lord Nash.
A complaint has been lodged to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) by the National Union of Teachers (NUT), which found the advert’s claim that teachers can earn up to £65,000 ‘misleading’.
The UK’s data watchdog Dropbox has reassured schools they are not required to abandon leading internet services despite fears about the legality of continuing to use them.
London Grid for Learning (LGfL) has been accused of blocking emails to schools from broadband competitors and putting unnecessary pressure on schools to quickly renew contracts.
In a bid to tackle discrimination, Teach First will share its experience of recruiting on a ‘name blind’ basis with some of the country’s leading public and private sector organisations.
