by vinnie walsh | th Apr 2016 | News
There is a risk plans to turn all state schools in England into academies will not raise school standards, a group representing 37 largely Conservative local authorities has warned. Councillor Paul Carter, from the County Councils Network, said the government was...
by vinnie walsh | nd Apr 2016 | News
The schools minister has been forced to cancel a national spelling test for England’s primary schools, after a teacher spotted it had already been published online as a practice paper. Nick Gibb said this was a “clearly regrettable incident”. More...
by vinnie walsh | th Apr 2016 | News
The poorest people are losing out on places at the best primary schools in England, research suggests on the day parents receive news of allocations. The least wealthy families have less than half the chance of the wealthiest of sending a child to a top-rated school,...
by vinnie walsh | th Apr 2016 | News
Olympic golden girl Lizzy Yarnold inspired a generation when she returned to her secondary school to open its new sports hall. The British skeleton racer gave a short talk to pupils, governors and teachers at Maidstone Grammar School for Girls as she cut the ribbon of...
by vinnie walsh | th Apr 2016 | News
There are currently seven new primary school academy proposals; compulsory academisation; two new secondary Free Schools announced on site of Chaucer Technology College and in Thanet; academy takeovers of Community College Whitstable and the Charles Dickens School,...
by vinnie walsh | th Apr 2016 | News
If a school becomes an academy are the results more likely to improve? It’s a key question in the debate about whether all schools in England should be forced to become academies, but the answer often seems frustratingly unclear. An independent education data...
