Pupils remember the First World War soldiers who never came home 23 November 2016 A Derbyshire school came up with a moving way to remember the young men who went to fight in the First World War and never came back.
Sharp rise in incidents of online bullying 23 November 2016 The number of children and young people experiencing online bullying has increased by 88 per cent in the last five years.
The EBacc effect – teachers’ anger at narrowing curriculum 16 November 2016 In new research, teachers have revealed how pupils are being forced away from creative disciplines and made to take the EBacc subjects that they ‘dislike the least’. Pete Henshaw reports
Leadership crisis set to hit one in four schools by 2022 16 November 2016 The developing leadership crisis looks set to hit one in four schools by 2022, when it is predicted we will be missing as many as 19,000 leaders in the system.
Hate speech on rise since Brexit vote 16 November 2016 Scottish schools need to put race issues “explicitly back on the agenda” amid signs that the Brexit vote has helped make hate speech more acceptable among young people, teachers have told MSPs.
Sexting is now a ‘major issue’ in schools 16 November 2016 Secondary teachers in Nottinghamshire have become the first in England to receive the latest training on how to deal with sexting incidents in school.
Nissan’s engineers challenge year 7 16 November 2016 A group of year 7 Sunderland pupils enjoyed a design and technology lesson with a difference recently.
Parents aim insults and libellous comments at school staff on social media 16 November 2016 Parents are flinging thousands of personal insults, inaccurate comments and libellous remarks at schools and their staff via social media every year, research has warned.
CERN offer for science teachers 16 November 2016 Wales’ education secretary has urged teachers to grasp a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity for career development.
Ministers have ‘their heads in the sand’ on careers advice 9 November 2016 MPs have responded angrily to what they call the government’s ‘complacent’ response to their inquiry into ‘inadequate and patchy’ careers provision in England. Pete Henshaw reports
Incentives can boost outcomes for underperforming students 9 November 2016 Offering incentives to underperforming pupils can lead to better behaviour and vastly improved GCSE results, new research has found.
Secondary schools facing £365 per-pupil real-terms funding cut by 2020 9 November 2016 Secondary schools with the most deprived intakes face real-terms funding cuts of £780 a year per-pupil if the government pushes ahead with its plans for “fairer funding”, it has been claimed.
Careers provision benchmark tool publishes for schools 9 November 2016 Secondary schools in England have been given free access to an online tool to help measure the effectiveness of their careers education provision.
A year on and still no EBacc plan 9 November 2016 Questions are being asked this week as to why the government is still to respond to its consultation over plans to make 90 per cent of children take the English Baccalaureate suite of GCSEs.
Heads renew demands for automatic free school meals registration 9 November 2016 Calls for an overhaul of the system of free school meals (FSM) have been renewed as eligible pupils continue to slip through the net.
Neglecting oracy skills ‘hampers job prospects and social mobility’ 9 November 2016 A lack of focus in school on developing students’ speaking skills could be hampering social mobility and job prospects, it has been suggested.
Fewer pupils writing outside of their school work 9 November 2016 While daily reading rates among children and young people have increased dramatically in recent years, daily writing rates are heading in the opposite direction.
Scotland’s red tape challenge spawns document 154-pages long 9 November 2016 A drive to cut red tape in Scottish schools has run into criticism after Education Scotland sent English, maths and science teachers 154 pages of new guidance.
Boys who face mental health problems ‘put on a brave face’ 9 November 2016 More than a third of teenage boys choose to “put a brave face on” when struggling with mental health problems, a new study has found.
Funding pressure creating ‘part-time’ sixth forms 2 November 2016 Sixth form education faces becoming a “narrow and part time experience” because of the huge funding pressures, it has been warned.
Spike in reports of anxiety among young people 2 November 2016 ChildLine is receiving almost 1,000 calls a month from children and young people who are struggling to deal with their anxiety.
Poor NQT retention figures spark further workload warnings 2 November 2016 Calls for direct action to tackle workload have been renewed after government figures revealed significant retention problems among new teachers.
Demystifying the Oxford interview 2 November 2016 University of Oxford academics have released a set of sample interview questions in a bid to reassure applicants and help them to understand the interview process.
Critics welcome end to DfE’s 100 per cent academy ambitions 2 November 2016 Widespread welcome has been given to the news that the government has finally dropped its controversial ambition to convert all schools in England into academies.
Improve retention but limit pay rise to 1%, STRB told 2 November 2016 “There remains a strong case for continued pay restraint in the public sector.” The message from education secretary Justine Greening to the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) has been made abundantly clear.
16 November 2016