Children have reported schools making them feel as if they were too much trouble, and of stigma and bullying Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast Jane* was about to start VCE at a new high school when she was removed from home by Victorian Read more…
Review body said to have told DfE 3% rise inadequate and instead recommended 5% Teaching unions have said strikes may still be called in England despite reports of an improved offer being considered by the Treasury. Mary Bousted, the joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), welcomed suggestions Read more…
Move scraps or amends clauses that would have given DfE greater control over academy trusts in England Politics latest – live Ministers have announced a U-turn on key elements of the government’s schools bill, scrapping or amending clauses that would have given the Department for Education (DfE) greater control over Read more…
Minister scraps plans to increase DfE control of academy trusts, derided as ‘ridiculous attempt to centralise power in Whitehall’ Politics latest – live Ministers have announced a U-turn on key elements of the government’s schools bill, scrapping or amending clauses that would have given the Department for Education (DfE) greater Read more…
Despite the growing adoption of security tools in US schools, mass shootings have remained constant throughout the past 30 years After the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas , an all-too-familiar question emerged: how do we prevent such horror from happening again? A handful of companies have Read more…
Exclusive: former minister will spend 80 hours a year chairing advisory board of RTC Education Gavin Williamson has taken a £50,000-a-year second job as an adviser to a firm that runs private schools, university courses and education investments – less than a year after leaving the role of education secretary. Read more…
Sixth-formers propose alternatives after showing how visits cause stress for pupils as well as teachers What do young people think about Ofsted? Astonishingly, perhaps, 30 years after the school inspection service was established, that question is rarely asked. But a group of sixth-formers in east London have been inspecting the Read more…
Young people need broader range of skills to create more equal society, says Sir Adrian Smith The president of the UK’s most prestigious science academy is to call for A-levels to be replaced with a baccalaureate-style qualification to “break the stranglehold of academic snobbery” towards learning skills. Sir Adrian Smith Read more…
Jeremy Waxman responds to David Olusoga saying that history should not be treated as a ‘soft play area’ Your article (British history should not be treated as a ‘soft play area’, says David Olusoga, 19 June) recalls a time when, despite the experience of David Olusoga, it was possible not Read more…
Australia is facing mass teacher unrest and an exodus from the profession. Teachers on the cusp of leaving explain why No educator is surprised by the teacher drought Australia is now in. They’ve been watching the landscape change over the years, observing the weather patterns that don’t bode well. And Read more…