School's tweets help students keep up 27 September 2012 From Facebook to Twitter, social media is a way of life these days. But a Bristol secondary school has become one of the first schools in the country to embed Twitter across its practice.
Warning over raising of school leaving age to 18 27 September 2012 Academics have warned of "significant implementation problems" when the education leaving age is raised to 17 next year and then to 18 in 2015.
Gove's reforms could have 'fatally flawed' GCSEs 27 September 2012 Northern Ireland's education minister is coming under pressure to review the entire exams system following plans to phase-out GCSEs in England.
Teachers identify seven barriers to education 27 September 2012 School punishment practices, poor behaviour and crime in the surrounding area are all key barriers to young people's education.
Parents prize discipline over quality teaching 27 September 2012 Good school discipline is more important to parents that the quality of teaching, national research has revealed.
Young Economist of the Year offers his austerity advice to the chancellor 27 September 2012 If Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne ever needs advice on the economy, Calum You could be the ideal person to give it.
Regrade calls grow as Welsh lead the way 26 September 2012 Headteachers have renewed their calls for a remark of GCSEs in England as more than 2,000 students in Wales celebrate receiving an upgrade.
Alliance steps up legal threat in grading row 26 September 2012 An unprecedented alliance of students, schools, local authorities and teaching unions has stepped up its threat of legal action over the grade boundary changes that led to thousands of students getting lower than expected GCSE scores.
Spike in Ofsted 'outstandings' for secondaries 20 September 2012 There has been a sharp spike in the number of secondary schools judged to be "outstanding" in the last quarter. However, overall the new Ofsted framework has seen a seven per cent drop in outstanding ratings and a three per cent rise in "inadequate" judge
OCR apologises for 2011 marking errors 20 September 2012 As many as 4,000 marking mistakes could have occurred during the awarding of OCR's summer 2011 examinations, Ofqual has said.
Heads demand appeals extension in GCSE row 20 September 2012 Headteachers have demanded an extension to today's deadline for schools to appeal GCSE grades as the grading row continues unabated.
Welsh minister predicts examinations split 20 September 2012 The cross-border spat over GCSE English looks likely to end with new exam systems created in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
One in three children live with a binge-drinking parent 20 September 2012 Almost 300,000 children live with a "harmful" drinker, according to a new report which outlines the impact of adult drinking on young people's lives.
UK schools are most socially segregated 20 September 2012 Schools in the UK are among the most socially segregated in the developed world, with many immigrant children clustered together in disadvantaged schools.
School unveils its own app 20 September 2012 Concerts, drama productions and parties ― these are just some of the usual ways schools celebrate major anniversaries. But Bradford Grammar School decided to mark its 350th anniversary in ground-breaking style.
Warning over uniform costs 20 September 2012 Northern Ireland's secondary schools are slapping "unacceptable" prices on their uniforms and games kits.
Edinburgh's biggest school sees rebuild stalled in court 20 September 2012 A long-running dispute over rebuilding Edinburgh's biggest secondary, Portobello High, has taken another twist after campaigners won an appeal against plans to site it on a community park.
What do school governors do? 20 September 2012 Eighty per cent of the general public have no idea what the 300,000 UK school governors do ― even though they control more than £80 billion of taxpayers' money.
Kids Company founder will challenge Welsh educators 20 September 2012 Teaching vulnerable young people will be the subject of a major lecture by one of Britain's best-known children's campaigners.
Students design toolkit to help in fight for financial education 20 September 2012 More than four in 10 children worry about money, while one in eight has had debts that they cannot pay, a nationwide survey has found.
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.
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