Now there’s a surprise. Introduce a new performance measure such as the EBacc and it doesn’t take a genius to realise schools will change tactics...
Read moreThe Department for Education (DfE) is ‘ minded to terminate ’ the funding agreement with Cuckoo Hall Academy Trust (CHAT) for Cuckoo Hall Academy...
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‘…we’ve long been technical education snobs in this country,’ said Education secretary Damian Hinds in a speech at Battersea Power...
Read morePrioritising data and results is endemic…
Ofsted has seen evidence of declining education quality driven by narrowing the...
Read morePreviously low-attaining pupils lower Progress 8 score
It was supposed to be fairer: judging school outcomes on progress...
Read moreFree schools ‘best means’ of addressing rising school numbers, says NSN
The need for more school places is best met by...
Read moreWhy did Ireland do so well in global reading test? SoS asks
Education Secretary Damian Hinds visited Dublin last week to...
Read moreRise in number of disappearing KS4 pupils
Off-rolling, whereby secondary schools exclude pupils likely to lower an...
Read moreAlleged ‘grade inflation’ hasn't ended
Remember when Michael Gove used to bang on about grade inflation? His reformed...
Read moreZero-tolerance risks exclusions for minor incidents
It’s reasonable for schools to have ‘zero-tolerance’ policies towards...
Read moreConsider these quotes from this recent Guardian article .
The system is now pushing schools and their heads to prioritise “the interests...
Read moreThis year marks a signifi cant anniversary in the history of education policy in this country.
Thirty years ago this summer the Great...
Read moreThe ‘north/south attainment gap’ claimed to exist by The Sutton Trust, The Social Mobility Foundation, the DfE, the National Schools Commissioner...
Read moreFormer Education Secretary Justine Greening has been speaking at the Sutton Trust .
Former Education Secretary Justine Greening’s...
Read moreFive challenges face English schools, Robert Halfon, Conservative chair of the Education Select Committee, said yesterday.
He was speaking...
Read moreTeachers at flagship free school Michaela Community School (MCS) fear they will be ‘harmed’ by pupils from other schools, recent accounts* reveal...
Read moreTheresa May’s speech on university tuition fee reform omitted one salient fact : it was the Coalition government which raised fees to up to £9k...
Read moreThis is the title of a publication by ‘More than a score’.
More than a score is a broad coalition established by the largest teachers’...
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