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£80m funding boost to support SEN

29/01/2016 - 11:22

A funding boost of £80 million has been announced to improve support for children with special educational needs (SEN).

Schools to face challenging budget cuts, TES reports

28/01/2016 - 12:04

TES has reported that Tony Foot, director of the Department for Education’s funding group, is under ‘no illusion’ about the financial challenges schools are due to face as a result of rising costs and real terms budget cuts.

Radicalised chemistry teacher banned from teaching

28/01/2016 - 12:02

Jamshed Javeed, a chemistry teacher from Sharples School in Bolton, has been banned from teaching after being convicted for his intentions to travel to Syria to join ISIL.

Girls at single-sex schools achieve better GCSE results, statistics show

28/01/2016 - 12:00

According to education data analysts SchoolDash, girls at single-sex state schools in England achieve better GCSE results that those in mixed schools.

College mergers will deter students, NUS claims

28/01/2016 - 11:59

The National Union of Students (NUS) has warned that thousands of students could be squeezed out of further education if plans for college closures and mergers go ahead.

Support for abused children ‘insufficient’, NSPCC warns

27/01/2016 - 11:29

96 per cent of professionals who work with children after abuse believe the support available is ‘inadequate’, according to a survey from the NSPCC.

Calls to end limits on free school religious selection

27/01/2016 - 11:28

The New Schools Network has called for an end to the cap on free schools that limits the number of places that can be allocated on religious grounds.

Wide variation in teaching across Welsh schools, chief inspector warns

27/01/2016 - 11:27

Welsh schools are showing signs of improvement but still face wide variation in teaching quality across the country, according to the new chief schools inspector in Wales.

Ofsted to consider veil policy when rating schools

26/01/2016 - 14:43

Ofsted’s chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has instructed his inspectors to mark down institutions if they judge the wearing of the veil to be a barrier to learning and positive social interaction.

Pearson to to axe 500 UK jobs

26/01/2016 - 11:40

The international education company Pearson has announced it is preparing to cut 10 per cent of its global workforce, with 500 losses expected to effect employees in the UK.

UK set to be 1,000 head teachers short, report finds

26/01/2016 - 11:39

A study published by the Future Leaders Trust (FLT) has found that an extra 1,000 head teachers are likely to be needed over the next five years, causing further concerns in the school leadership recruitment shortage.

Faith admissions system objections to be limited

26/01/2016 - 11:36

The government claims secularist groups will be prevented from submitting ‘vexatious complaints’ against the admissions systems of individual faith schools and will only allow local parents to pursue such objections.

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