The government should not ignore the effect that living in a disadvantaged area can have on poor pupils' educational chances during its proposed shake-up to school funding, a new report says.
‘Selfish’ head teachers who encourage their students to remain on for sixth form instead of offering career advice on vocational alternatives are failing students, Ofsted chief Michael Wilshaw has claimed.
In a submission to the Education Select Committee, head teachers have claimed that many schools are forced to call 999, because mental health services within education institutions are inadequate.
Public health experts are counselling for ‘fat letters’, the process whereby teachers inform parents that their child is overweight, to be scrapped or reformed.
Schools Week is reporting that the number of referrals made by the education sector to the government’s anti-radicalisation scheme, Channel, has dramatically increased from 20 in 2012/13 to 424 last year.
Three parents are to launch a judicial review against the Government's decision to exclude non-religious world views from the religious studies (RS) syllabus.
