School improvement is a complicated business. And improving a large comprehensive is almost a totally different process to establishing a new school (I’ve done both). A high proportion of the mega-success stories we hear about are from new schools or schools that have closed and re-opened: they set up the curriculum from scratch, hire the […]
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The latest school ratings are published on Tuesday, the third year of a colour-coded system in Wales.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-38796996
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/01/31/british-school-children-could-guinea-pigs-controversial-new/
Findern in Derby says shoelessness – an idea inspired by research study – is huge success, with children better able to learn Children at an East Midlands primary school are being encouraged to wear slippers in class. Findern primary in Derby introduced the idea after one of the teachers came across research that found the
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/01/31/parents-whose-high-flying-children-win-prizes-play-sports-could/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/01/31/national-school-exercise-scheme-launched-bid-tackle-childhood/
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But government lawyers argue parents should not be allowed to take children from school ‘when the sun is out’ Parents will be criminalised on an unprecedented scale if judges reverse an earlier ruling that overturned a ban on term-time holidays, the supreme court has been told. Lawyers representing Jon Platt, who was fined after taking
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Parents’ views are not considered enough in education changes, parent-teacher associations say.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38798309
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The schools minister Nick Gibb has said he is “comfortable” with the way schools are dealing with rising cost pressures. It comes despite headteachers recently revealing how they are having to cut back on textbooks, cleaning and maintenance to balance the books, on top of making teaching and support staff redundant. The Institute for Fiscal
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Cash-strapped schools are facing redundancies, reduced subject choices and even running out of paper Schools are making teachers redundant, dropping subjects from the curriculum, and even asking pupils to buy their own books, as headteachers struggle to cope with funding cuts. More than 80% of teachers surveyed by the Guardian Teacher Network said their school
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