by Sam | 15 May 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
The Chairman of the Independent Schools Association has claimed that state schools are failing to provide pupils with a “moral compass” because of the pressure on teachers to deliver good academic results. Richard Walden has argued that state schools...
by Sam | 14 May 2014 | Children and Families, Economy, Education & Children's Services
Education Minister Liz Truss has said that schools that fail to get enough pupils studying A-level maths and physics will be named and shamed. The Education Minister said the move would get rid of so-called “science deserts” and would encourage more pupils...
by Sam | 13 May 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Labour have angered teaching unions by announcing plans to introduce tests for pupils aged between five and 11 if it wins the next election. The National Union of Teachers has voted to boycott such tests, but Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt has said: “It’s...
by Sam | 8 May 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
The Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference (HMC) have found that hundreds of leading private schools are preparing to abandon A-levels in favour of alternative exams created for pupils in China, India, Singapore and the United States. The HMC have blamed the...
by Sam | 7 May 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
David Blunkett MP has called on teaching unions to merge into a single body. The former education secretary said such a merger would be more likely to get respect from parents and could offer better representation of the profession by giving a “more coherent and...
