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Six Steps to changing vocational attitudes

20 September 2012

The education charity Edge has launched Six Steps for Change, a campaign aimed at transforming attitudes to vocational learning.

'The devil is in the detail' – heads react to EBC

19 September 2012

Heads have reacted cautiously to Michael Gove's plans for an English Baccalaureate Certificate (EBC) to replace GCSEs as England's key qualification for 16-year-olds.

Call for a Pupil Premium Plus for children in care

13 September 2012

Schools could be paid more than £1,000 in extra funding for each child in care that they teach, according to a report being considered by the government.

Schools over-reacted to EBacc, says former DfE standards chief

13 September 2012

Schools across England over-reacted after the launch of the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), it has been claimed.

Floor target misery as grading row continues

13 September 2012

More than 140 schools are now below the government's GCSE floor target because of the impact that grade boundary changes in English have had on their results.

Poorest families are 'bearing greatest burdens of recession'

13 September 2012

The poorest children in British society are bearing the greatest burden of the recession, a report has revealed.

The young carers who are punished by schools

13 September 2012

Young carers are often punished for poor attendance, punctuality or behaviour by school staff who do not know about or understand their personal circumstances.

Shock at councils' Â£3 million music profit

13 September 2012

Scottish councils are making a collective profit of Â£3 million from charging pupils for music lessons, despite deep cuts to provision in schools across the country.

Plan to align Welsh holidays

13 September 2012

Schools in Wales could soon be forced to take holidays at the same time, under new government proposals.

A further 650 teacher scholarships awarded for core subjects and SEN

13 September 2012

A further round of more than 650 scholarships worth up to Â£3,500 each have been awarded by the government.

Call for defibrillators in schools

13 September 2012

A campaign to get defibrillators installed in every school is gathering momentum after being backed by a group of headteachers in Liverpool.

Students get creative in just 100 words a week

13 September 2012

A weekly creative writing challenge launched by a retired Bristol headteacher has attracted more than 8,000 entries from secondary and primary schools over the last academic year.

Questions raised over data security

13 September 2012

Many schools are putting pupils' security at risk by taking an "inconsistent" approach to data protection.

Programming not a priority for ICT teachers

13 September 2012

Support for the development of programming skills appears to be low among ICT teachers.

School nurses urged to set-up text and out-of-hours services

12 September 2012

School nurses are being urged to make use of a range of new resources to ensure that students know they exist.

Unions instruct members to work to rule from September 26th

12 September 2012

Eighty-five per cent of teachers across England and Wales could take part in industrial action from September 26.

Wales orders regrade of GCSE English exams

12 September 2012

The Welsh government has demanded a regrade of this year's WJEC English GCSE results after education minister Leighton Andrews said he feared there had been an "injustice".

'It is about getting justice for all students'

12 September 2012

While the row over the grading of GCSEs in English rumbles on, Dorothy Lepkowska visits one school for which the impact of the grade boundary changes was particularly devastating.

Encyclopaedia Britannica returns to its Scottish home

6 September 2012

The Encyclopaedia Britannica may have ended its printed edition this year but every pupil in Scotland can now search a special online version for schools, which has been launched in Edinburgh, the city where it began in the 18th century.

Ofsted issues new term warning

6 September 2012

Ofsted has issued a back-to-school warning after its "satisfactory" category was officially scrapped on September 1.

Closures on cards in Northern Ireland

6 September 2012

Coalitions between Catholic and non-faith colleges are being ignored by a radical plan that will see dozens of Northern Ireland schools shut down or merged.

Action plan launched to tackle ritual abuse and neglect

6 September 2012

A national action plan aimed at protecting children at risk of ritual abuse and neglect in the name of witchcraft, spirit possession and faith has been published.

Teachers in limbo as free school opens

6 September 2012

More than 100 teachers are starting the new term unaware of whether they have jobs, following the creation of a new free school, on Merseyside.

Legal action threatened in GCSE grading row

6 September 2012

Headteachers have rejected Ofqual's decision not to regrade this summer's English GCSE and have threatened legal action. It comes as Michael Gove refuses to intervene, but promises to scrap GCSEs.

Wales considers going it alone on exams

6 September 2012

Wales's education minister is to consider whether to follow Scotland and create a more independent exam system in the wake of the row over marking GCSE English papers.