Academies struggling just as much
Date: 01.02.2019Academies seem to be reaching the bottom of their financial decline - but there's little good news...
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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.
Music is thriving, but there’s a gap in schools
Date: 01.02.2019While music is more popular than ever, the decline in school music disadvantages lower income children....
READMental health and wellbeing provision in schools
Date: 29.01.2019School policies seem to treat this issue as one of behaviour management, rather than pupil welfare...
READResponses to the new Ofsted framework
Date: 29.01.2019Following the release of Ofsted’s proposed 2019 framework, The Key polled school leaders to get their reactions...
READAwareness of the Schools Buying Strategy
Date: 28.01.2019Schools seem to be aware of it, but the £1 billion in annual savings is way, way off...
READMaths mastery research findings
Date: 28.01.201970 teachers a year exchange schools with those in Shanghai. Does it have any impact on attainment?...
READOfsted annual report and stuck schools
Date: 15.01.2019How long does it typically take to get to Good, and why have some schools not improved in 13 years?...
READThe state of primary arts education
Date: 13.01.2019A new Fabian Society report reveals the poor state of arts education in primary schools in England....
READAre IGCSEs easier than GCSEs?
Date: 04.01.2019Are Labour's claims that IGCSEs are easier than GCSEs (so favouring independent schools) true?...
READ1/3 of maintained English secondary schools in the red
Date: 04.01.2019New DfE figures highlight the funding crisis being faced by schools in England...
READTeachers 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...
READMATs 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? ...
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