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Teacher feedback to improve maths results

13/04/2015 - 13:40

TES has reported that 120 schools are to be recruited in a research project to analyse how teachers can use feedback to improve students understanding of maths.

Schools may face new compulsory tests

10/04/2015 - 10:25

If new Ofqual plans go ahead, hundreds of schools will have to enter students for extra tests in the run up to their GCSE's, TES has reported.

Head claims 'institutional racism' holding back potential

10/04/2015 - 10:23

Black and ethnic minority (BME) teachers are being held back from reaching their full potential in the education sector due to an 'institutional racism' that plagues the system, says an academy trust chief executive.

End Ofsted, says National Union of Teachers

09/04/2015 - 09:49

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has called for Ofsted to be axed at its annual conference, claiming its influence had become 'toxic' and teachers no longer supported the institution.

Study finds reading leads to higher pay

09/04/2015 - 09:48

A new study has found that children with advanced reading skills at the end of primary school will see the benefits in their pay packets before they reach the age of 40.

Conservatives reveal plan for secondary school Sat resits

08/04/2015 - 10:56

It has been reported that if the Conservatives form the next government, pupils in England who achieve poor results at the end of primary school will face possible resits when they begin secondary school.

Heads not terror experts warns Hobby

02/04/2015 - 11:04

Russell Hobby, general secretary of the school leaders union NAHT, has responded to warnings that more young people may yet travel to conflict ridden Syria during the school holidays by saying head teachers cannot be expected to be 'counter-terror experts'.

Scientifically rubbish lessons

02/04/2015 - 10:24

The annual Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) conference has heard that practical work in school science lessons require students to 'jump through hoops' rather than learn about the world.

Rise in teachers targeted for abuse online

02/04/2015 - 09:11

A survey conducted by NASUWT, one of the largest teachers' unions in the UK, has discovered a large increase in the number of teachers being targeted for abuse last year via forms of social media.

Two in five teachers quit within a year, say ATL

01/04/2015 - 11:01

The Association of Teachers and Lecturers' (ATL) annual conference revealed that almost two-fifths of teachers quit within a year of finishing their training, as nearly 11,000 qualified teachers never enter the profession.

Fears provoke introduction of counter-extremism measures

30/03/2015 - 15:57

Reports claim that Bethnal Green Academy, the school in Tower Hamlets which has seen four girls leave the country to join Islamic State in Syria, is to be investigated by counter extremism officers amid wider fears of fundamentalist grooming.

Replacing pupil progress with school improvement

30/03/2015 - 14:06

Schools would do better scrapping student progress and focussing instead on school improvements, according to Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT).

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