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...
by vinnie walsh | th Jan 2022 | News
Face coverings will no longer be compulsory in England’s secondary school classrooms from 20 January. The announcement was made by the prime minister, as part of the easing of “Plan B” Covid measures. What’s happening this term? All UK schools...
