Cost of school hits £1,500 6 September 2017 Parents in Northern Ireland spend more than £1,500 each year on their secondary child’s education, new research shows. Costs include school uniforms, PE kits, transport, meals and voluntary contributions.
At a glance headlines: 7/9/2017 6 September 2017 STEM competitions and the official launch of the National Education Union are among the at a glance headlines for Thursday, September 7
RSC launches recognition scheme for teachers tackling Shakespeare 6 September 2017 Teachers will get the chance to be recognised as experts at teaching Shakespeare – thanks to a new series of certificates launched by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC).
Falling school nurse numbers raise fears over pupils with health conditions 6 September 2017 ?The “accelerating” loss of school nurses is putting children with conditions such as asthma, epilepsy and diabetes at risk in the classroom, it has been warned.
Scottish examination officials should be sent back to school, MSPs recommend 6 September 2017 Officials in charge of Scotland’s exams and curriculum should shadow teachers in the classroom to gain a better understanding of the challenges they face, MSPs have said.
Prince's Trust report urges us to focus on soft skills 6 September 2017 The importance of so-called “soft skills” such as team-work, communication and confidence has been underlined by young people, workers and teachers.
Tables turned as Wales orders independent review of inspectorate Estyn 6 September 2017 Teachers can return to their desks this week safe in the knowledge that education chiefs in Wales will, for one term at least, shift their focus from schools to finding out how inspectors can work better.
Private schools face ‘serious consequences’ from rates blow 31 August 2017 A proposal to end charitable relief on business rates for independent schools risks forcing 6,000 pupils into the state sector, it is claimed. Sam Phipps reports
Inquiry rules on death of Edinburgh school girl 31 August 2017 No reasonable precautions could have been taken to avoid the death of an Edinburgh pupil who died after a school changing room wall collapsed on top of her, a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) has ruled.
Narrow curriculum concerns overshadow exam success 31 August 2017 A fall in the number of pupils taking exams in modern languages, arts and social sciences has spurred warnings from opposition parties that Scotland risks a narrowing curriculum.
Additional Support Needs guidance for 4,000 student teachers 31 August 2017 Campaigners have welcomed new guidance for student teachers on how to support pupils with learning difficulties but called for a reversal of specialist staff cuts.
Popular reading challenge to be tried out in early secondary years 31 August 2017 Six secondaries in Scotland are piloting a scheme to encourage literacy and a love of reading in young people after its introduction at primary level proved highly popular.
Teach First prospect sparks debate in Scotland 31 August 2017 The prospect of fast-tracked Teach First graduates being used to tackle recruitment problems has stirred debate across Scottish education. Sam Phipps explains
'Significant proportion' of SEN teaching is being delivered by TAs 5 July 2017 New classroom-based research has revealed that there is a heavy reliance on teaching assistants to deliver SEN provision in secondary schools, despite advice in the SEND Code of Practice.
Sprinklers in schools: Unions call for answers 5 July 2017 Government guidance on fire safety in school buildings is being ignored in the “rush to build new schools as cheaply as possible”, it has been claimed.
Sharp rise in secondary school rolls as teacher numbers fall 5 July 2017 The number of students in England’s state-funded secondary schools has risen by 29,670 in the last year.
Wellbeing fears raised for UK’s ‘extreme internet users’ 5 July 2017 More than a third of 15-year-olds in the UK are classed as “extreme internet users”, meaning they are online for more than six hours a day.
Wales debates the place of acts of worship in schools 5 July 2017 Schools in Wales could be no longer obliged to hold religious acts of worship following a campaign by two school girls.
Graduate tax offered as solution to student loans challenge 5 July 2017 Student loans for higher education should be scrapped and replaced with a system of grants funded in part by an all-age graduate tax, a leading academic has said.
UTCs facing key recruitment and accountability problems 28 June 2017 A new report is warning that UTCs are struggling due to inappropriate accountability measures and difficulty recruiting pupils at age 14. Pete Henshaw takes a look...
Worrying drop in full-time secondary teachers 28 June 2017 New figures showing a rise both in the number of teacher vacancies and temporarily filled posts are the “tip of the iceberg” it was said this week.
The chaotic swing of the computer science pendulum... 28 June 2017 Is the computer science revolution stalling? With concern over the qualifications landscape, GCSE uptake and teacher expertise, Dave Gibbs looks at how far we have come since 2012
The Ultimate STEM Challenge 2018 28 June 2017 Could your students create an efficient design for generating electricity from moving water? Or grow indoor plants using a sustainable method that conserves water? Or perhaps they can build a system that generates and captures biomethane from food waste?
Scottish regional reforms under fire 28 June 2017 A Scottish government plan to create regional structures to drive improvement in schools has been criticised as “utterly incoherent” and likely to erode local democratic accountability.
Trump – as a name, verb or adjective – is word of the year 28 June 2017 Donald Trump is rarely out of the headlines – and now it turns out that children are fascinated by the US president too.
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