Teachers witnessing distressing new levels of child poverty
Date: 04.01.2019NEU poll paints a harrowing picture of the increase in poverty seen in our schools and the daily impact it is having...
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Keep up to date with the latest developments in education in schools. Not only the facts, but how schools are responding to them.
MATs and social disadvantage
Date: 20.12.2018Ofsted should inspect chains; regional commissioners must act more firmly - Sutton Trust on MAT failings...
READIndependent school students 7x more likely to get to...
Date: 07.12.2018Eight schools had as many Oxbridge acceptances as another 2894 schools and colleges put together: Sutton Trust...
READFirst £50 million for grammar expansion
Date: 05.12.2018Do the first 16 grammar schools to get expansion funding need the cash? ...
READEngland's most efficient schools
Date: 05.12.2018The DfE gives all mainstream schools a score based on income vs progress. Here are the top scoring schools...
READUpdate on changes to the school accountability system in...
Date: 04.12.2018This roundup up of key articles and policy updates gives a brief summary of the latest policy influences on school accountability...
READUpdate on the rise of the curriculum
Date: 04.12.2018Does a national curriculum still exist? Here's a round up of the various key policies that have affected the curriculum since 2016....
READWhy it costs £73,000 to educate a child
Date: 03.12.2018Children from poor backgrounds in England now have more spent on their education than those from better-off families...
READHidden cost of reduced SEN provision
Date: 03.12.2018Councils spent more than £160m last year on taxis to transport children with SEND to and from school....
READTeacher recruitment in non-EBacc subjects only 2/3 of...
Date: 03.12.2018While, overall, recruitment is up this year - it's not meeting schools' needs still. Physics and D&T in trouble....
READOfsted getting tougher?
Date: 03.12.2018Maybe, but primaries still find it easier to be outstanding. Meanwhile 2/3 of inspected Outstanding schools declined....
READDecline in vocational continues
Date: 03.12.2018Latest DfE data shows a decrease of 9.3% in vocational certificates on the same quarter of 2017...
READHealthy Minds - dramatic results from LSE
Date: 30.11.2018Healthy Minds investigates how students can be supported to develop emotional resilience and self efficacy....
READThe link between exclusions, alternative provision and...
Date: 16.11.2018Reports of schools off-rolling pupils to boost performance have been rife in 2018. FFT looked at some demographic factors...
READDoes good progress mean better Ofsted rating?
Date: 16.11.2018Education Datalab wondered what kind of relationship exists between Key Stage 2 progress scores and inspection ratings....
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