January 12, 2017 at 02:21AM A renowned conductor has claimed that cuts to school budgets mean Wales is at risk of losing its reputation as a land of song and has called on the Welsh government to do more to ensure children learn to sing and play instruments. Addressing assembly members, Owain Arwel Hughes, the […]

January 12, 2017 at 01:49AM The consensus on the need for compulsory sex education has never been stronger, but it’s understandable that campaigners are impatient, says Freddie Whittaker As pressure mounts on the government to make personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) and sex education compulsory in all schools, speculation is building over the

January 12, 2017 at 01:49AM The government has toughened up the level of competency it expects from governors over financial oversight following a string of high-profile finance scandals. The Department for Education has today published an updated governance handbook, alongside a new competency framework that lays out what is expected of governors. Governance experts told

January 12, 2017 at 01:19AM The government will train a member of staff in every secondary school to identify mental health problems in pupils, but schools won’t get additional funding to treat or refer children. Theresa May has announced plans to deliver mental health “first aid” training to a staff member in every secondary school

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January 12, 2017 at 12:49AM An academy trust that was rapped by the government over financial mismanagement relating to its former private company sponsor faces having the funding scrapped for one of its schools after an “inadequate” Ofsted inspection. The Education Fellowship Trust has been issued with a termination warning notice relating to Wrenn School in Wellingborough,

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