Can schools do more on knife crime?
December 20, 2019 12:07 pm Leave your thoughtsQueen's speech includes new duty for schools to work with other public services to combat serious crime and more per pupil funding in schools
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Important advice for mocks students
December 19, 2019 10:38 am Leave your thoughtsThe spectre of January exams can quash the holiday spirit, but these tips will help students prepare while leaving time to unwind
Primary school league tables
December 14, 2019 10:33 am Leave your thoughtsNew primary school league table data for England has been published by the Department for Education. The tables are based on how 11-year-olds in each school performed in national curriculum tests - or Sats - taken at the end of primary school
Will changes to Ofsted increase workload and stress?
December 11, 2019 12:45 pm Leave your thoughtsIntroducing no-notice Ofsted school inspections will merely serve to drive up teacher workload, warns Yvonne Williams
Death by Powerpoint?
December 9, 2019 12:00 pm Leave your thoughtsPowerPoint is under attack but used well, it is still an essential teaching tool, argues Sam Duffy
Are new GCSE grades hampering social mobility?
December 6, 2019 8:49 am Leave your thoughtsThe new GCSE system in England is in danger of "further disadvantaging the disadvantaged", research for the social mobility charity Sutton Trust finds.
Can EVC save the staffroom?
December 1, 2019 11:10 am Leave your thoughtsI have just been reading the excellent article from @nicola_slawson in the Guardian about the demise of the staff room as a communal space. Her premise is that this could be down to three main factors:
Will the election change anything for education?
November 29, 2019 12:34 pm Leave your thoughtsFigures published today show the Department for Education (DfE) has missed its secondary teacher training target for a seventh year running. Jack Worth looks at what the three main political parties are proposing to solve it…
Not just state sector teachers under financial pressure
November 26, 2019 3:00 pm Leave your thoughtsThe National Education Union’s annual independent sector pay and conditions survey reveals that pay austerity for private school staff continues unabated, despite increased pay awards in the state sector