January 7, 2017 at 01:00PM The government has rejected a bid to open a Jewish free school in London after criticising its plans to dedicate 20 per cent of learning time to faith-based education. The application from Barkai college to open a new five-form entry secondary in north-west London was thrown out by the Department […]

January 7, 2017 at 11:08AMWriting in 1985, Neil Postman made the interesting observation that of the first fifteen U.S. presidents, many of them could walk down the street without being physically recognised yet they would be instantly identifiable by things they had written or speeches they had delivered. Today the opposite is true. Postman saw

January 6, 2017 at 02:33PM I can understand why you did it. In theory. I understand that you wanted to give me the best education money could buy. I don’t blame you for sending me away to an extremely strict boarding school when I was very young. I think you genuinely thought it was best

January 6, 2017 at 01:26PM Schools are struggling to support the rising numbers of pupils diagnosed with autism because the label means other learning needs can be “neglected”, parents and experts have told Schools Week. The latest Department for Education (DfE) data shows a 25 per cent increase in autism diagnoses over the past four

January 6, 2017 at 01:26PM The government is to stump up thousands of pounds in travel costs to send children from a closing university technical college to another 20 miles away, according to the leader of the failed institution. Daventry UTC announced in December that low student numbers would force it to close this August.

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January 6, 2017 at 02:39AM My fiance, Andrew Ward, who has died aged 38, was born with cystic fibrosis. The life expectancy of someone born today with CF is 41, but for Andy it was a triumph to reach adulthood. Throughout his life he defied the odds. Andy was born and brought up in Leeds,