January 4, 2017 at 07:47PM Teachers would be discouraged from coming forward to blow the whistle on wrongdoing in schools if the government breaks a promise to give Trojan Horse witnesses anonymity, a union has warned. The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) has asked the government to release the names of whistleblowers who […]

January 4, 2017 at 07:17PM A university-backed academy trust has been criticised by Ofsted for failing in its school improvement strategies and “below average” standards in some of its schools. Ofsted has warned that pupil progress is “not good enough”, particularly for disadvantaged pupils, and is also “weak” among the most able after inspecting three

January 4, 2017 at 06:39PM The National Student Survey (NSS) goes out annually to final-year undergraduate students – in 2016, 431,000 students were invited to take part in it – providing feedback on their courses and the university as a whole. Seems harmless? Well, it isn’t. The NSS represents big money in terms of university

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January 4, 2017 at 03:27PM How to spark an interest in science? 5 January 2017 Last updated at 07:22 GMT The BBC is launching a two-year campaign to inspire a million children to get involved in science. Jayne McCubbin reports. from BBC News – Education & Family http://ift.tt/2hV8fhavia IFTTT

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January 4, 2017 at 01:16PM Teachers in England will finally be able to dodge hefty paywalls to use education research journals when the Chartered College of Teaching opens to members later this month. For two years Schools Week has highlighted how teachers in England have been forced to shell out for research journals, despite teachers