by vinnie walsh | th Sep 2016 | News
The document, photographed in Downing Street, proposes expanding current grammars before opening new schools. It then raises doubts whether plans for more selective school places would pass through the House of Lords. A government spokeswoman said it would be...
by vinnie walsh | nd Sep 2016 | News
London pupils outperformed the rest of England in this year’s tougher primary school tests, with a 28 percentage point gap between the best and worst performing local authorities. In the London borough of Richmond, 67% of 11-year-olds reached the required...
by vinnie walsh | th Aug 2016 | News
Academy budgets should be overseen by local authorities following a series of financial abuses, say council leaders. Cash earmarked for education in England is too often “disappearing into the back pockets of those in charge”, says the Local...
by vinnie walsh | th Aug 2016 | News
This year’s GCSE results day will be more nerve-jangling than ever for school leaders in England, who have an anxious wait to see how their school and their careers will be judged under the government’s new performance measures. Out goes the old measure,...
by vinnie walsh | th Aug 2016 | News
Record numbers of UK university places have been offered – as A-level results show a marginal fall in top grades for the fifth successive year. The proportion of A* and A grades was 25.8%, down by 0.1% on last year. The pass rate of 98.1% remained the same. The...
by vinnie walsh | th Aug 2016 | News
Labour and Liberal Democrats MPs have vowed to fight any move to allow new grammar schools in England. Conservative Neil Carmichael, chairman of the Commons Education Committee, also said he would oppose the move. It comes after the PM Theresa May was planning to...
