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‘We’re not problems,’ Send youngsters tell MPs
Children with special educational needs and disabilities should not be treated as problems, youngsters have told MPs.
Music lessons ‘being stripped’ out of schools in England
State schools in England have seen a 21% decrease in music provision over the last five years, research suggests.
Ban phones in schools, says minister Nick Gibb
Pupils should be banned from taking smartphones into school, the minister for school standards in England has told the BBC.
Nick Gibb spoke out ahead of the government publishing new guidance for schools, expected to address internet safety, social media and online gaming.
It is expected to say children should be taught to limit the amount of time they spend online.
Schools have the power to ban phones from being taken on to the premises.
But government policy is that it is the responsibility of head teachers to determine whether this is appropriate.
Government to fund 2,900 school exchanges for poorer pupils
Secondary schools in England will be able to apply for money to take poorer pupils overseas on school exchanges
Education spending now ‘skewed’ to poor following ‘remarkable shift’
There has been a “remarkable shift” in poorer children now receiving a bigger share of education spending in England, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Kent Teaching Solutions announced as supplier through Supply Teachers Framework
Kent Teaching Solutions are proud to announce that we have been awarded one of the select positions a s a supplier on the Supply Teachers Framework.
Ofsted chief inspector backs ban on phones in schools
The chief inspector of Ofsted is backing head teachers who ban mobile phones to prevent bad behaviour.
Child Protection Training Video
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Calculators ‘a plus’ for young mathematicians after all
There was a time, not so long ago, when calculators were spurned as the handmaid of the lazy maths student.
Damian Hinds to cut workload to tackle teacher shortage
The education secretary has promised to cut teachers’ workload in an attempt to resolve a recruitment crisis in England’s schools.
