Education News
Teachers say they cannot cope with needs of dyslexic children
Published: 10 January 2007
The majority of state school teachers lack confidence in educating dyslexic pupils, a survey for Britain's biggest teaching union shows.
Kelly admits sending son to private special-needs school
Published: 09 January 2007
Former Education Secretary Ruth Kelly has admitted her son, who suffers from learning difficulties, is being privately educated.
Teachers to decide when pupils should sit tests
Published: 09 January 2007
Bright children will sit more than twice as many national curriculum tests during their time at school under a radical government plan.
Blair 'backs parental choice' amid private school row
Published: 08 January 2007
Tony Blair has intervened over the former Education Secretary Ruth Kelly's decision to send her child to a £15,000-a-year private school for pupils with learning difficulties.
Bright pupils to take tests early under national curriculum reform
Published: 08 January 2007
Bright pupils will be fast-tracked so that they can take their national curriculum tests and exams early under a new government blueprint to be published today.
Labour minister criticised for sending child to private school
Published: 08 January 2007
A cabinet minister who took their child out of the state education system in favour of a private school for children with learning difficulties has been angrily criticised by Labour MPs.
New league table shows poor English and maths results
Published: 05 January 2007
A new-style government exam league table next week will show a marked reduction in the number of teenagers obtaining five A* to C grade GCSE passes.
Thousands fail to progress in 'three Rs' after seven
Published: 04 January 2007
Thousands of children get "stuck" at school, making little or no improvement in the three Rs after the age of seven, a government inquiry shows.
Oxford dons reject plan to hand powers to 'oligarchy' of outsiders
Published: 20 December 2006
Oxford dons have rejected plans to hand over control of the 900-year-old university to business and political leaders.
Millions 'cannot read well enough for karaoke'
Published: 17 December 2006
Millions of adults have such poor reading skills that they will struggle to keep up with karaoke lyrics at Christmas parties this year, government research has found.
Language lessons must be made relevant to teenagers, report says
Published: 15 December 2006
A comprehensive overhaul of language teaching is needed to reverse the dramatic decline in pupils taking French, German and other languages, a report commissioned by the Government has said. "Urgent" changes should be made to GCSE courses to make them more relevant to teenagers, while foreign languages should be a standard part of primary school lessons, Lord Dearing said.
Nearly half drop out of apprentice courses
Published: 12 December 2006
Many apprenticeship training courses have a drop-out rate of more than 50 per cent, according to a report published today. It shows that on some courses as many as three-quarters of trainees fail to finish.
Return of compulsory French and German lessons set to be rejected
Published: 11 December 2006
A report on the future of language-teaching in Britain's schools is to rule out a return to compulsory lessons for all pupils up to 16.
Racist: A damning report on our schools
Published: 10 December 2006
Institutionally racist: Report tells how black children are being discriminated against in schools
Published: 10 December 2006
Excluded student: 'They were just waiting for Jesse to make a mistake'
Published: 10 December 2006
Pupils compete for title of Britain's greenest school
Published: 09 December 2006
For the three Rs, read reduce, reuse and recycle. Oakgrove School in Milton Keynes is a new school dedicated to promoting "green" issues among pupils. It is one of six in line to win Britain's first ever "sustainable school" award.
Poorer schools beat national average but most fail maths and literacy targets
Published: 07 December 2006
Only one education authority in the country has achieved the Government's aim of an 85 per cent pass rate for 11-year-old students studying maths.
Labour plans to spend £36bn on rebuilding state schools
Published: 07 December 2006
Chancellor Gordon Brown took the first step towards implementing his pledge to put state schools on an equal footing with the private sector by announcing a £36bn school building programme yesterday.
Cameron: focus on core school subjects
Published: 06 December 2006
A return to the days when history and foreign languages were compulsory for all children up until the age of 16 could be on the cards if the Conservatives win the next election.
More state schools to offer baccalaureate
Published: 01 December 2006
Plans for a new A-level "supergrade" were unveiled yesterday as part of Tony Blair's radical reform of school exams.
Education adviser warns of two-tier school system
Published: 30 November 2006
A senior government schools adviser will warn today of an increasing segregation "between the haves and have nots".
The Big Question: Ten years on, has Tony Blair fulfilled his pledge to improve education?
Published: 30 November 2006
Why are we asking the question now?
Oxford dons humiliate vice-chancellor and reject his reform plans
Published: 29 November 2006
Oxford dons inflicted a humiliating defeat on their vice-chancellor last night when they rejected his plans to overturn 900 years of tradition and hand control of the university to outsiders from the worlds of business and politics.
Tories ditch plan for education vouchers
Published: 29 November 2006
The Conservatives have ruled out the introduction of education vouchers for parents if they win the next election.
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