by Chris Rogers | 16 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
The Government will announce that around 100 top head teachers are to be parachuted into struggling schools. Schools Minister David Laws has said that the best headteachers will be offered more pay to raise education standards in the toughest schools. The policy was...
by Chris Rogers | 16 Jan 2014 | Politics
The Conservatives look set to finish third in May’s European Elections, according to a new poll from YouGov. The survey found Labour topping the vote on 32%, with UKIP on 26% and the Conservatives on 23%. The Liberal Democrats face the prospect of losing all...
by Chris Rogers | 16 Jan 2014 | Data
Government’s statistics watchdog has said police crime figures are unreliable. The head of the UK Statistics Authority, Sir Andrew Dilnot, told the Public Administration Select Committee police data that overstating figures was “ingrained in policing culture”....
by Chris Rogers | 15 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Addressing the North of England Education Conference in Nottingham, Ofsted Chief Sir Michael Wilshaw said that teachers should stop presenting themselves as “victims”. The head of the education watchdog warned it undermined the profession if teachers were...
by Chris Rogers | 15 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
The Independent has reported that Labour is set to pledge to stop state schools employing unqualified teachers. Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt is expected to make the announcement at the North of England Education Conference today. Education Secretary...
