by vinnie walsh | th Jan 2023 | News
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has claimed that “almost every newly experienced teacher and 40% of experienced teachers will actually get pay rises up to 15.9%”. But is she right? Ms Keegan was asked on BBC Breakfast about teacher pay increases in...
by vinnie walsh | th Nov 2022 | News
Ukrainian students displaced by the Russian invasion could study at Oxford University as part of a new scheme. The Oxford University Graduate Scholarships for Ukraine programme for 2023/24 will be made possible by a £602,550 donation from XTX Markets’ Academies...
by vinnie walsh | th Nov 2022 | News
Strood Academy wants to open the new site, which would support 25 children on the autism spectrum A Medway secondary school could be getting a new teaching block. Plans have gone in for a Special Education Needs block at Strood Academy which will cater for pupils with...
by vinnie walsh | th Aug 2022 | News
Government orders exam boards Pearson and OCR to give regular updates The government has released a new statement for pupils whose university places have been thrown into doubt by delays to results for BTEC and Cambridge Technicals. The problem has caused chaos and...
by vinnie walsh | nd Aug 2022 | News
The number of vocational and technical qualifications (VTQs) awarded in Northern Ireland fell by about 20% during the Covid pandemic. That is according to a Department for the Economy (DfE) report. There were just over 142,000 vocational and technical...