by vinnie walsh | th Apr 2016 | News
Baseline tests for reception pupils in England are not reliable enough to measure progress this year, says a study for the Department for Education. The education department, which is introducing the tests, says it would be “unfair” to use them as a...
by vinnie walsh | th Apr 2016 | News
Too much of teachers’ time is taken up by “mind-numbingly useless” bureaucracy which saps staff morale and fuels the staffing crisis, says a union leader. The emphasis on data in England’s schools does nothing to boost learning,...
by vinnie walsh | st Apr 2016 | News
Teachers have warned that the government’s anti-extremism strategy is “shutting down” open debate in school. The National Union of Teachers conference voted for the government’s Prevent strategy to be withdrawn from schools and colleges....
by vinnie walsh | th Mar 2016 | News
Every nursery in England should have a qualified early years teacher to help toddlers develop skills like speech and language, a children’s charity says. Save the Children says pre-schoolers can be “set back decades” if their brains are not...
by vinnie walsh | th Mar 2016 | News
The National Union of Teachers heard warnings of a “crisis” in schools struggling to recruit teachers. Teachers warned of excessive workload and inadequate pay damaging both recruitment and retention. A Department for Education spokesman said:...
by vinnie walsh | rd Mar 2016 | News
New Standards for school food became mandatory in council maintained schools and some academies in January 2015. But for schools that became academies between 2010 and 2014, the food standards are voluntary. Schools teaching about a million pupils have failed to...
