by Chris Rogers | 27 Feb 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
The Sutton Trust has found that more schools in England are using lotteries or “banding” pupils by ability to allocate place. According to research by the London School of Economics, the number of schools using banding increased from 95 in 2008 to 121 in...
by Chris Rogers | 26 Feb 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Record numbers of children will be taught in “all-through” academies, The Telegraph reports.Figures show that the number of combined primary and secondary schools will increase by a quarter over the next two years in response to parental demand. The trend...
by Chris Rogers | 26 Feb 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
The Department for Education confirmed that one of the biggest chains of academies in England is to lose control of 10 of its schools. The decision came after Ofsted inspectors raised serious concerns about the performance of some schools run by the E-Act academy...
by Chris Rogers | 20 Feb 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Researchers have found that children who have repeatedly changed schools may be likelier to develop psychotic-like symptoms as young teenagers. In a study of 6,448 children by scientists led by Prof Swaran Singh, at the University of Warwick, kids who had moved...
by Chris Rogers | 18 Feb 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Schools have reportedly been told to sign up scouts and sports teachers to break the up-coming national teachers’ strike. The Department for Education has issued guidance calling for volunteers to be recruited for the planned strike on 26 March....
