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New figures released by the Department for Education reveal that last year nearly 400,000 children missed at least one month of school...
Posted on 29/03/2012 - [Read More...]
Trainee teachers are to face more vigorous testing at the start of their training courses in order to ensure they meet the required standard....
Posted on 28/03/2012 - [Read More...]
New research suggests that failing an Ofsted inspection could be beneficial for schools as exam results improve by an average of ten per cent in the aftermath ...
Posted on 27/03/2012 - [Read More...]
The BCS Chartered Institute for IT is looking to recruit schools to a new network for teaching excellence in computer science...
Posted on 26/03/2012 - [Read More...]
Figures from the Department for Education have revealed that 74,000 pupils missed out on their first choice secondary school...
Posted on 23/03/2012 - [Read More...]
There could be a rush to recruit for language teaching jobs after a Lords committee called on the government to teach languages to every child in the UK...
Posted on 22/03/2012 - [Read More...]
There could be a surge in demand for school teachers in England as an additional 2,000 primary schools are needed by 2015...
Posted on 20/03/2012 - [Read More...]
Welsh Primary teachers at two schools are celebrating after they won national awards in recognition of the high quality of their language education...
Posted on 19/03/2012 - [Read More...]
A new report published by the OECD says that recognising teachers as the 'high-level knowledge workers' that they are will help improve education systems ...
Posted on 16/03/2012 - [Read More...]
Chief inspector of Ofsted Sir Michael Wilshaw has issued a challenge to teachers and schools in an attempt to get literacy standards improving once again...
Posted on 16/03/2012 - [Read More...]
Secondary teachers are central to a new award that will recognise the best pupils and help them achieve their aspirations...
Posted on 15/03/2012 - [Read More...]
A PE teacher at South Wootton Junior School in Norwich has picked up an award in recognition of her contribution to the school's physical education programme ...
Posted on 15/03/2012 - [Read More...]
The Department for Education has published Professor Nutbrown's interim report into early education teaching and childcare...
Posted on 14/03/2012 - [Read More...]
Primary school teachers have voted Roald Dahl as their pupils' favourite author in a survey by teaching resources website Teachit Primary...
Posted on 13/03/2012 - [Read More...]
A new survey has found that rather than asking their parents or teachers, today's pupils increasingly turn to search engines if they need to ask a question...
Posted on 12/03/2012 - [Read More...]
The Welsh educations minister Leighton Andrews has unveiled plans to give Band 4 and 5 schools £10,000 in funding to help drive improvements...
Posted on 12/03/2012 - [Read More...]
The Education Secretary wants to discourage pupils from taking GCSEs early....
Posted on 12/03/2012 - [Read More...]
As part of new proposals outlined by the government's behaviour tsar, trainee teachers will be allowed to take part in specialist behaviour management training at pupil referral units...
Posted on 08/03/2012 - [Read More...]
Pupils at a school in Wellington have seen their grades increase after 'wellbeing' lessons were introduced to the curriculum...
Posted on 07/03/2012 - [Read More...]
The Welsh government has announced funding of £200,000 per year for three years to help Booktrust's programmes boost literacy in Wales...
Posted on 06/03/2012 - [Read More...]
Head teachers will now be responsible for determining the amount of homework their pupils are set after Michael Gove scrapped the guidelines introduced by Labour in 1998
Education secretary Michael Gove has scrapped national homework ...
Posted on 05/03/2012 - [Read More...]
According to the charity National Numeracy, there are 17 million adults in England with poor numeracy skills, but good quality mathematics teachers can help turn this around...
Posted on 05/03/2012 - [Read More...]
A new report published by the education watchdog has urged schools to increase the amount of music being played in lessons after inspections judged the standard of music lessons to be inadequate...
Posted on 02/03/2012 - [Read More...]
With a consultation into the ICT curriculum underway, a group of leading industry and educational bodies has written a letter to chancellor George Osborne urging him to fund ICT teaching infrastructure in his 2012 budget...
Posted on 01/03/2012 - [Read More...]