Labour

25.09.18 by

Free schools ‘best means’ of addressing rising school numbers, says NSN

The need for more school places is best met by...

Free schools, Policy

16.09.18 by

This is the title of a Guardian article which appeared on 11 September 2018. The following (in italics) are excerpts.

Major study of 1.8...

Teaching, Mixed ability

13.09.18 by

GCSE is the ‘common exam at 16+’ created by the merging of the GCE and CSE systems. I entered university in 1965 on the basis of the national ‘...

Labour, Conservative

16.08.18 by

Dr Montacute’s article is linked to a Sutton Trust media release of 31 July 2018, purporting to show that high attaining disadvantaged pupils are...

Teaching, Other

04.08.18 by

Lilac Sky trust given £122k by DfE in same financial year

Lilac Sky Schools Academies Trust (LSSAT) became notorious in...

Academies, Policy

03.08.18 by

SchoolsCompany Trust had ‘liquidity’ issues

The SchoolsCompany Trust, which is losing The Goodwin Academy and its three...

Academies, Policy

13.07.18 by

Crumbling Cumbrian school will receive ‘substantial capital investment’

At last, after ten years, Whitehaven Academy is...

Academies, Policy

10.07.18 by

Consider these quotes from this recent Guardian article .

The system is now pushing schools and their heads to prioritise “the interests...

Teaching, School types

04.07.18 by

Repair bill expected to be £5 million

The head of The King’s Church of England School in Wolverhampton, James Ludlow, is...

Academies, Faith schools

19.06.18 by

This year marks a signifi cant anniversary in the history of education policy in this country.

Thirty years ago this summer the Great...

School culture, Inclusion

04.05.18 by

Schools judged ‘coasting’ will no longer have to become academies, Education Secretary Damian Hinds is ‘ expected to say’ today.

But...

Teaching, Academies

03.05.18 by

Former Education Secretary Justine Greening has been speaking at the Sutton Trust .

Former Education Secretary Justine Greening’s...

Teaching, School leadership

26.04.18 by

Five challenges face English schools, Robert Halfon, Conservative chair of the Education Select Committee, said yesterday.

He was speaking...

Teachers, Private schools

01.02.18 by

This morning, on Radio 4's Today programme, George Osborne claimed that the transformation of London schools was due to the introduction of...

Labour, Conservative

30.01.18 by

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has published what is probably the most comprehensive study yet on ‘The Attainment Gap’ , which has been...

Teaching, Other

13.12.17 by

There are over 500 primary schools and about 200 secondary schools which have been stuck on requires improvement or satisfactory for their last...

Teaching, School culture

13.12.17 by

52 secondary schools inspected in 2016/17 have not improved from requires improvement or worse since 2005, Ofsted’s Annual Report for 2016/17...

Academies, Policy

07.12.17 by

This post is prompted by an article in today's 'i' newspaper that includes a table of EU and EFTA countries in order of the percentage of...

Teaching, School culture