Education News
Number of failing primary schools rises by a quarter
Published: 01 February 2007
A dramatic rise in the number of failing schools has been revealed in figures published by Ofsted, the education standards watchdog.
Brown to raise age limit on schooling
Published: 01 February 2007
Gordon Brown has paved the way for all youngsters to remain in full-time education until 18.
Bruno backs boxing's return to London schools
Published: 31 January 2007
Boxing is making a successful comeback to Britain's schools after a 40-year absence, according to a group of London headmasters who have reintroduced the sport to their school curriculum.
Parents spend third of wages on nursery, says study
Published: 30 January 2007
Parents with young children spend more than one-third of the average salary on nursery school, according to research.
The Big Question: Are children set too much homework, and does it hinder their education?
Published: 30 January 2007
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High expulsion rates 'massage' academies' results
Published: 29 January 2007
Ministers privately support the exclusion of large numbers of "challenging" pupils by Tony Blair's flagship academies, a senior government official has revealed.
Student-teacher relationships: Don't stand so close to me
Published: 28 January 2007
White students 'do better'
Published: 27 January 2007
Black and Chinese students are less likely to get top university degrees than their white contemporaries, a government report has found.
The Amazonian teaching British pupils to be green
Published: 27 January 2007
"I'm not an environmentalist, I'm not a teacher, I'm not a politician," Juan Kunchiky begins. "I'm just a person that is so concerned about what is happening to the rainforest and - obviously - the people who live in the rainforests in Ecuador."
Pupils to learn 'Britishness' in history
Published: 26 January 2007
History teaching is to be radically overhauled to give teenagers a better understanding of "Britishness". Under the plans revealed yesterday, pupils will be expected to concentrate more on the social history of the UK - often neglected in the drive by traditionalists to focus on topics such as the Tudors and the Stuarts.
Plan to teach pupils 'British values'
Published: 25 January 2007
Ministers will unveil plans today to teach teenagers core "British values" amid fears that schools are failing to convey a sense of national identity.
The Big Question: Who was Rudolf Steiner and what were his revolutionary teaching ideas?
Published: 24 January 2007
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School poll casts doubt on plans to raise leaving age
Published: 23 January 2007
Thousands of teenage drop-outs return to school or college within a year - realising they have made a mistake in quitting full-time education at 16, says research published today.
Top scientist criticises climate-change teaching
Published: 22 January 2007
The teaching of climate change and global warming in schools is dogged by "omission, simplification and misrepresentation", leading scientists have claimed.
Schools must teach British values to beat 'Big Brother'-style bigotry, says minister
Published: 21 January 2007
All teenagers should be taught core "British values" to combat the "ignorance and bigotry" shown on Celebrity Big Brother last week, the Secretary of State for Education, Alan Johnson, said last night.
Call for end to selective education as 'grammar school areas' fail
Published: 20 January 2007
Parents' leaders are to call for an end to selective education in the wake of exam results showing most of the worst performing schools are in shire counties that have kept grammar schools. They will meet the Schools minister, Jim Knight, next month to demand that the country's 164 grammar schools are abolished.
'Overburdened' headteachers warn of recruitment crisis
Published: 19 January 2007
Headteachers delivered a "hands off our schools" ultimatum to the Government yesterday, claiming that a welter of ministerial initiatives had put off potential recruits for headships.
Fees hit student numbers
Published: 19 January 2007
Nearly 15,000 fewer students enrolled at universities last autumn - the first year of top-up fees.
The Big Question: What effect have top-up fees had, and are they likely to keep rising?
Published: 19 January 2007
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Union slams move for chief executives as school heads
Published: 18 January 2007
Business executives will be brought in to run state schools under a plan recommended by in government inquiry to be published later today.
Goodall to lead £10m singing revival in schools
Published: 17 January 2007
The composer and television presenter Howard Goodall has been appointed by the Government to mastermind a £10m boost to music education in primary schools.
£10m campaign to encourage children to sing
Published: 16 January 2007
Ministers were today launching a £10 million national campaign to encourage primary school children and their teachers to sing more often.
Children's test results 'helped by bedtime stories'
Published: 15 January 2007
Too many parents stop reading bedtime stories to their children once they start school, according to a report to be published today.
Schools to vote on children's favourite songs
Published: 14 January 2007
Primary school classrooms will soon be alive again with the sound of music.
Pupils struggle to master basic maths and English
Published: 11 January 2007
Half a million pupils are taught in secondary schools where an astonishing three out of four pupils struggle to master the basics, new-style exam league tables reveal today.
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