An all-party group is calling for a scheme to remove asbestos after studying estimates which suggest it was present in more than 75% of UK state schools.
Many vocational qualifications to be removed from GCSE league tables
- 01 February 2012
Courses such as fish husbandry, nail technology and horse care will no longer count as equivalent to GCSEs. From 2014, only 70 "equivalents" will count in the GCSE tables and on a like-for-like basis with GCSEs.
Children from Tower Hamlets selected for London 2012 opening ceremony
- 01 February 2012
Students from four Tower Hamlets schools have been selected to perform in the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Thousands of schools sign up for phonics funding
- 01 February 2012
Thousands of primary schools have already signed up to spend more than £7.7 million on new phonics products and training to drive up their pupils’ standards of reading, new Department for Education figures show today.
School builds for the future
- 01 February 2012
Children at a Scarborough school are on the track for academic success after a big refurbishment and redesign of classrooms and buildings.
Sutton schools achieving best GCSEs in the country
- 01 February 2012
Sutton’s secondary schools are the best for GCSE results, according to the latest league tables from the Department for Education.
BETT Awards winners announced
- 12 January 2012
The winners of the 14th annual BETT Awards were announced at a gala dinner held at London Hilton, Park Lane, on Wednesday.
No notice inspections on the way
- 12 January 2012
Ofsted’s new Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, has announced plans to introduce no-notice inspections for all regular school inspections from September 2012.
ICT curriculum to be scrapped from September
- 11 January 2012
Education Secretary Michael Gove has announced that the existing ICT curriculum is to be scrapped and replaced by new courses of study in Computer Science.
Private Swedish firm wins Breckland Free School contract
- 16 December 2011
A £21m contract has been awarded to a private Swedish company to provide education at a proposed free school in Brandon.
School Food Trust widens its role
- 16 December 2011
The School Food Trust has launched a new community interest company called the Children's Food Trust (CFT) in a bid to grow its work.
Use league tables with caution advises NAHT
- 16 December 2011
While welcoming this year's overall improvement in primary standards, The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) believes league tables are a crude way of evaluating performance in primary schools.
Primary School results published
- 15 December 2011
The results of more than 16,000 schools’ Key Stage 2 tests taken by 11-year-olds in May have been published.
Upminster students hone business skills with Lloyds TSB project
- 13 December 2011
A team of GCSE business studies students at Hall Mead School in Upminster have demonstrated their entrepreneurial and business development skills after completing an enterprise project funded by Lloyds TSB Commercial.
Chancellor reveals extra £1.2bn capital investment for schools
- 30 November 2011
Extra funding will be split between building free schools and addressing school place shortages
Mixed reaction to Education Bill, says NAHT
- 21 November 2011
According to the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), the government’s Education Bill, which received royal assent last week, paid too much attention to structures, powers and exaggerated disciplinary issues rather than supporting good quality teaching.
