Policy

West Dunbartonshire teachers stage 48 hour strike

30/03/2016 - 11:26

Secondary teachers in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland have begun a a two-day strike amid a dispute over cuts to senior posts.

‘No reverse gear’ for academy plans, Morgan tells teachers

29/03/2016 - 11:55

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has told teachers that will be ‘no reverse gear’ on new proposals to force every school in England to convert into an academy by 2020.

NUT warns Prevent strategy limits open debate

29/03/2016 - 11:54

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has spoken out against the government’s Prevent strategy to combat extremism, claiming it shuts down open debate in the classroom.

Supply teachers facing ‘exploitation’, NASUWT warns

29/03/2016 - 11:53

The NASUWT teaching union has warned that supply teachers are facing ’a raft of exploitative employment practices’ and are being denied entitlements on pay, pensions and working conditions.

Excluded pupils to be included in schools’ grade profiles

24/03/2016 - 14:15

New regulations from the government’s alternative provision (AP) reforms directs that schools will be held accountable for the achievement of pupils they exclude until the child has been accepted at another mainstream school.

NUT protests against academy plan

24/03/2016 - 11:25

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has organised protest rallies in London, Birmingham, Newcastle and other cities to campaign against the government’s plan to force all schools in England to become academies.

AS and A level students can still resit legacy exams, Ofqual assures

24/03/2016 - 11:24

Ofqual has declared that students taking legacy AS and A levels will have the opportunity to resit them if they want to improve on their results.

Government academisation timescale ‘risky’, warns Fasna

23/03/2016 - 11:57

The plans outline that every school will be in the process of being converted into an academy by 2020, with no schools remaining under local authority control by 2022.

Welsh Education Minister announces plans to transform teacher training

22/03/2016 - 11:24

Huw Lewis, the Welsh Education Minister, has announced new guidelines which aim to transform teacher training courses in Wales, including a new two-year postgraduate course and greater subject specialism for primary school teachers.

Blunkett questions government’s academy plan

21/03/2016 - 12:13

Former Education Secretary David Blunkett has questioned the government’s plan to convert every school into an academy by 2020, warning that it is ‘doomed to fail’.

Proposed changes to exam re-marking could harm pupils’ futures, union warns

18/03/2016 - 11:58

The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) and the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference have warned that pupils could be harmed by Ofqual’s proposals to make it harder for schools to successfully challenge GCSE and A-level grades.

QTS to be replaced by ‘stronger’ accreditation

17/03/2016 - 13:01

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) will be replaced by a ‘stronger, more challenging accreditation’, according to a new Department for Education (DfE) white paper.

Fairer funding formula to come into effect by 2019

17/03/2016 - 12:57

A new fairer funding formula for schools is set to come into effect by 2019, with the aim of creating a fairer and more transparent system.

All schools to be academies by 2022

17/03/2016 - 12:56

Further details of the government’s plans to convert all primary and secondary school in England into academies have been outlined in the ‘Educational Excellence Everywhere’ white paper.

DfE to launch ‘Excellence in Leadership Fund’

17/03/2016 - 12:55

The Department for Education (DfE) has announced plans to launch an ‘Excellence in Leadership Fund’, which will encourage multi-academy trusts and other providers to develop ‘innovative ways of boosting leadership’.