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Headteachers and university leaders have made the grade in the New Year's honours list, with several selected for prestigious OBE awards....
Posted on 31/12/2009 - [Read More...]
A lollipop man has his pupils to thank for saving his job, after they refused to let their local council force him into retirement....
Posted on 31/12/2009 - [Read More...]
Figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats have shown that some teaching staff are waiting up to four years for Criminal Record Bureau checks to be processed....
Posted on 30/12/2009 - [Read More...]
Schools Minister Vernon Coaker has encouraged local councils to take advantage of extra funding for new build projects, which could lead to new jobs for teachers....
Posted on 30/12/2009 - [Read More...]
The Church of England has revealed that it is to increase its sponsorshop of the government's flagship academy institutions over the course of the next two years....
Posted on 29/12/2009 - [Read More...]
Schools from Leeds to Luton are focussing too much on dyslexia, while other literacy-related issues are being dealt with less effectively, a body suggests. ...
Posted on 18/12/2009 - [Read More...]
The exam watchdog, Ofqual, has warned about the potential detrimental effects of making constant changes to the exam system in England....
Posted on 17/12/2009 - [Read More...]
A group of MPs has recommended that the registration of children educated at home be voluntary rather than compulsory. ...
Posted on 17/12/2009 - [Read More...]
A computer programme is to be used to allow teachers in Birmingham to take a look at classroom designs in a virtual environment....
Posted on 16/12/2009 - [Read More...]
New government figures suggest around 30 per cent of children are suffering weight problems when they leave primary school....
Posted on 15/12/2009 - [Read More...]
Children's academic performances at primary school can be enhanced with healthy free meals, the School Food Trust says. ...
Posted on 15/12/2009 - [Read More...]
Teachers at a secondary school in London have issued iPhones to a selection of pupils to see how they can be used for educational purposes....
Posted on 14/12/2009 - [Read More...]
Authorities in Kingston upon Thames in London have recognised two boys for not missing a single day of school over the past five years....
Posted on 11/12/2009 - [Read More...]
Girls are still outperforming boys at the age of seven in the basic academic subjects in primary schools, the latest figures have suggested. ...
Posted on 10/12/2009 - [Read More...]
A school in the south-west of England has saved millions of pounds by converting an office building into additional classrooms....
Posted on 10/12/2009 - [Read More...]
The Italian government has recognised the work done promoting overseas cultures and languages at a primary school in south-west England....
Posted on 10/12/2009 - [Read More...]
Welsh schools are being shortchanged as they are getting less funding than schools in England, according to the National Union of Teachers (NUT)....
Posted on 09/12/2009 - [Read More...]
There are currently fewer men working in primary schools in Wales than there have been at any other time in the last five years, new figures suggest....
Posted on 08/12/2009 - [Read More...]
Special lessons could be introduced from 2011 to teach young children in schools from London to Leeds how to use the internet safely. ...
Posted on 08/12/2009 - [Read More...]
Young people could be required to undertake some form of civic duty rather than simply leaving school and going into a full-time job under new plans being advocated by the government....
Posted on 07/12/2009 - [Read More...]
New proposals have been introduced to make GCSE science exams require a higher standard of maths in order to achieve the top results following complaints from scientists over the issue....
Posted on 07/12/2009 - [Read More...]
Over 1,400 primary schools throughout England are to face a call for improvement from Ed Balls, the schools secretary, following recent league table results. ...
Posted on 04/12/2009 - [Read More...]
The Building Schools for the Future scheme is to benefit a dozen extra schools throughout the country using £800 million of funding....
Posted on 03/12/2009 - [Read More...]