by Sam | 29 Sep 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan is expected to acknowledge increasing teachers’ workloads in her speech at the Conservative Party conference this week, in a bid to win back support. It is also anticipated she will announce an extension from two to three years of...
by Sam | 16 Jun 2014 | Education & Children's Services
The DfE has published the findings of, and its response to, the consultation on the special educational needs (SEN) code of practice. Interestingly the response said that the largest single category of respondents to both the autumn and spring consultation was local...
by Sam | 9 Jun 2014 | Education & Children's Services
A new report published this week by the think tank IPPR says Britain needs stronger and better quality vocational education. The report describes the “focus by successive governments on expanding higher education, with relatively little attention paid to vocational...
by Sam | 9 Jun 2014 | Education & Children's Services
From today, there will be a new two-stage inspection process whereby inspectors will check on the quality of training and the trainees’ teaching in the summer term. This will be followed by a second stage in the autumn term when Ofsted inspectors will see new teachers...
by Sam | 9 Jun 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
The Family and Childcare Trust has published a review of the Government’s 10-year childcare strategy, Next Steps for Early Learning and Childcare, published in 2004. The report concludes that the strategy is no longer fit for purpose and fails to address the needs of...
