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Behaviour is good or outstanding at 82 per cent of schools....
Posted on 28/04/2011 - [Read More...]
Teachers could strike over government pension plans...
Posted on 28/04/2011 - [Read More...]
Chinese mothers are said to be pushing their children harder to perform well at school....
Posted on 28/04/2011 - [Read More...]
Green spaces could improve students' mental wellbeing...
Posted on 28/04/2011 - [Read More...]
There was a drop in private school admissions last year....
Posted on 28/04/2011 - [Read More...]
The National Union of Teachers has criticised spending on consultants for free schools....
Posted on 27/04/2011 - [Read More...]
Teachers must have qualifications to cover long-term absence, the ASCL has said....
Posted on 27/04/2011 - [Read More...]
The Ennglish Baccalaureate is one of several new accountability measures that the government intends to launch....
Posted on 27/04/2011 - [Read More...]
One expert has recommended a voucher programme for English education....
Posted on 27/04/2011 - [Read More...]
Middle-class students will pay significantly more from next year than their poorer counterparts....
Posted on 27/04/2011 - [Read More...]
Intelligence cannot be measured by IQ tests, new research suggests....
Posted on 26/04/2011 - [Read More...]
A schoolboy has criticised the government's move to scrap EMA....
Posted on 26/04/2011 - [Read More...]
Some schools converting to academies are actually seeing their budgets rise....
Posted on 26/04/2011 - [Read More...]
State school teachers could see less of their students getting places at Cambridge next year....
Posted on 26/04/2011 - [Read More...]
CofE is considering a wider admissions policy....
Posted on 26/04/2011 - [Read More...]
Free schools should be allowed to make a profit, it has been suggested....
Posted on 21/04/2011 - [Read More...]
The government's education reforms are "spinning out of control", it has been claimed....
Posted on 21/04/2011 - [Read More...]
Schools minister Nick Gibb has been heckled by teachers while giving a speech at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers' (ATL's) annual conference....
Posted on 21/04/2011 - [Read More...]
Many education workers lack expertise in the subjects that they teach, new data suggests....
Posted on 21/04/2011 - [Read More...]
Schools must be given the right information and support to use their pupil premium money effectively, it has been suggested....
Posted on 21/04/2011 - [Read More...]
A quarter of education staff have been bullied by their work colleagues, a new survey has revealed....
Posted on 20/04/2011 - [Read More...]
The loss of authority of both teachers and parents is contributing to bad behaviour in British schools, it has been claimed. ...
Posted on 20/04/2011 - [Read More...]
The number of private school students that switch to comprehensives for their A-levels is on the increase, it has been claimed....
Posted on 12/04/2011 - [Read More...]
Increasing the number of academies in England will fragment the education system, it has been suggested....
Posted on 12/04/2011 - [Read More...]
David Frost has highlighted what he sees as an "education failure" and called for the creation of more selective schools....
Posted on 08/04/2011 - [Read More...]
The report indicates most teachers feel assessments are more effective than testing at KS2....
Posted on 08/04/2011 - [Read More...]
Those in teaching jobs may soon be able to make use of more resources for teaching phonics in the classroom....
Posted on 08/04/2011 - [Read More...]
Pupils at one Devon primary school did their bit for charity this week when they raised money for victims of the Japanese earthquake....
Posted on 06/04/2011 - [Read More...]
Design and technology is an important part of the school curriculum and should remain a compulsory subject. ...
Posted on 05/04/2011 - [Read More...]
It is important that teachers are provided with sufficient training time in order to effectively use new technology in the classroom....
Posted on 05/04/2011 - [Read More...]
The launch of the new Video Games Ambassadors mentoring scheme is "good for young people, good for education and good for the games industry"....
Posted on 04/04/2011 - [Read More...]
The government will give teachers the power to prosecute students that make false allegations against them, it has been announced....
Posted on 04/04/2011 - [Read More...]
Schoolchildren are keen to play a part when it comes to recruiting teachers....
Posted on 01/04/2011 - [Read More...]
Classical literature is at risk of dying out in English schools, education secretary Michael Gove has warned. ...
Posted on 01/04/2011 - [Read More...]