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A new study has found that the top ten per cent of performers in maths in primary schools do not progress as much at secondary school as counterparts from other countries....
Posted on 28/02/2013 - [Read More...]
Ofsted is undertaking coordinated inspections of schools in Portsmouth, where just 34 per cent of secondary pupils attend a school rated good or better....
Posted on 28/02/2013 - [Read More...]
New Campaign to End Child Poverty figures show that 20.2 per cent of the UK's children live in poverty and that in some areas this level exceeds 40 per cent....
Posted on 27/02/2013 - [Read More...]
A poll of families with children with SEN found that 53 per cent of had been asked to collect their child during the school day because there were not enough staff to support them....
Posted on 26/02/2013 - [Read More...]
Sheffield City Council has announced that both the Fox Hill and Prince Edward primary schools are set to be redeveloped....
Posted on 25/02/2013 - [Read More...]
The government has revealed that one in four organisations who have applied to set up free schools were from faith-based groups....
Posted on 25/02/2013 - [Read More...]
Estyn has advocated that education services in both Monmouthshire and Methyr Tydfil should be taken into special measures....
Posted on 22/02/2013 - [Read More...]
A study has found that only 28 per cent of secondary schools and 22 per cent of primary schools surveyed had wireless internet access in at least most classrooms....
Posted on 21/02/2013 - [Read More...]
A new report by Ofsted has found that PE did not do enough to improve pupils' fitness in one quarter of the country's schools....
Posted on 20/02/2013 - [Read More...]
The UK's schools have performed well in the OECD's table for school performance, but done less well in its rankings of fair opportunities for pupils....
Posted on 18/02/2013 - [Read More...]
Schools that make best use of pupil premiums tend to share characteristics such as allocating their best teachers to teach intervention groups, Ofsted has said....
Posted on 15/02/2013 - [Read More...]
The government will make food a compulsory part of the school curriculum, following a recent campaign in favour of this move....
Posted on 14/02/2013 - [Read More...]
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has announced the launch of a £24 million fund to support teacher training and sharing of best practice....
Posted on 13/02/2013 - [Read More...]
The YST has welcomed the government's decision to make PE a compulsory subject alongside English, maths and science....
Posted on 12/02/2013 - [Read More...]
A new report has called on primary school heads to provide strong leadership in encouraging more men to become primary school teachers....
Posted on 11/02/2013 - [Read More...]
Ofsted has launched a consultation over the possibility of it carrying out inspections into local authorities whose schools are underperforming....
Posted on 08/02/2013 - [Read More...]
A new report by the Sutton Trust has highlighted inconsistencies between global education league tables such as those compiled by the OECD and Pearson....
Posted on 07/02/2013 - [Read More...]
A total of £100 million is to be spent on building new and renovating existing 15 schools in the north-east, Yorkshire and the West Midlands....
Posted on 06/02/2013 - [Read More...]
A new £54.5 million package will help pupils who failed to reach the expected level of academic achievement at primary school catch up at secondary school....
Posted on 06/02/2013 - [Read More...]
The DfE has signed a funding agreement that will enable charity One in a Million open a secondary free school in Bradford in September....
Posted on 05/02/2013 - [Read More...]
Wales' schools inspection body Estyn has reported that fewer of the country's schools achieved good or excellent ratings in inspections last year....
Posted on 04/02/2013 - [Read More...]
The head of Ofsted has promised to investigate whether state secondary schools are doing enough to help able pupils achieve their potential....
Posted on 01/02/2013 - [Read More...]