New performance measures such as Progress 8 have led some multi-academy trusts to move away from traditional data-system providers. “Added layers of complexity” have helped to shake up the management information system (MIS) market at present dominated by Capita SIMS, which supports more than 80 per cent of schools. But a desire to access data […]
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies casts serious doubt on the rapid expansion of apprenticeships.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38798305
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A governors’ "strike" would be a first in the escalating dispute over school spending cuts.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38798306
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A final appeal in the term-time holiday case will be heard by the Supreme Court on Tuesday.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38797775
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More than a third of parents have been asked to donate money to their child’s school, according to a new survey by the Parent Teacher Association (PTA). Education leaders have said the findings again expose the “inadequacy of school funding”. Of 1,514 parents surveyed, 37 per cent recalled being asked to add to a school’s
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A former union activist and founder of the grassroots Labour Teachers website has been appointed as head of education at right-leaning think tank Policy Exchange. John Blake will leave his role as history consultant and leading practitioner at the Harris Federation to take on the new head of education and social reform position. He replaces Jonathan
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/01/30/parents-could-criminalised-keeping-sick-children-school-father/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/01/30/detention-director-sought-bring-tough-love-classroom/
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Elizabeth Howard, who has died aged 96, was one of those teachers who change lives. Not only did her English classes produce an above-average number of poets, actors and writers, they also engendered in many a lifelong love of theatre and literature. She was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, the only child of Netta and John
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We face a difficult choice: stay away in solidarity with Muslim colleagues banned from the US or be there to lend support to critical voices The inauguration of President Trump poses a challenge to liberals inside the US and beyond; a truth brought home only too vividly by the introduction of an executive order barring
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