by vinnie walsh | th Dec 2016 | News
A scheme to recruit good teachers to work in deprived areas has been dropped, the government has confirmed. The National Teaching Service was announced by England’s then Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan, in 2015. The plan was for 1,500 outstanding teachers and...
by vinnie walsh | th Nov 2016 | News
A Kent school has been named the top state secondary in the south east – and one of the best in the country. Tonbridge Grammar School was fifth nationally in The Sunday Times Parent Power guide, which produces rankings based on the latest academic...
by vinnie walsh | th Nov 2016 | News
Head teachers say it is “disappointing” that Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Autumn Statement failed to address funding pressures faced by many schools and colleges across England. The chancellor did, however, confirm a £50m pot of money to...
by vinnie walsh | th Nov 2016 | News
The Department for Education has been told to re-think a decision not to publish key research it used to set new funding levels for free nursery places. The Information Commissioner has given it 35 days to issue a fresh response to a challenge for the research...
by vinnie walsh | rd Nov 2016 | News
The number of children writing outside school is dropping, a new survey shows Only one in five children writes daily outside school – a significant drop from the one child in four who wrote daily two years ago. And more than a quarter of children say that they...
by vinnie walsh | st Nov 2016 | News
A chronic shortage of fully qualified teachers in England’s private and voluntary nurseries is risking young children’s education, warns a charity. Last year more than a quarter of a million under-fives attended non-state nurseries without a qualified...
