Tough new "world class" school performance targets achievable with right investment, say heads

Russell Hobby, general secretary of the NAHT heads' union, said today that there was "no reason" to believe that in the long term schools could not reach the ambitious new standards called for today by the think tank Centre Forum.

The organisation, which is chaired by former schools minister David Laws, has today published a report urging the government to bring in tough new targets for schools' GCSE and key stage 2 results, in a bid to raise England's education system to a "world class standard".

01/11/18Education 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.

21/09/18Kent 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.

21/06/18Ofsted 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.

25/04/18Child Protection Training Video

Child protection is paramount! With Kent Teaching Solutions continued commitment to the highest standards we wanted the make the following training video readily available.

25/03/18Calculators '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.