A report last week revealed that it is not just the mental health of students that suffers because of exam stress, but parents too. What can you do to help alleviate the anxiety of another stressful exam season? How bad is exam stress for parents? In the survey from BBC Radio 5 Live, encompassing 830 parents of children in the … Read More
Education News Weekly – 9th December, 2016
International education rankings, dodgy A Level predictions and the schools that’s grading parents School grades parents on support of their children’s education – Telegraph A Nottinghamshire school has been praised by Ofsted for its innovative scheme of grading parents on their support of their child’s education. Since 2011, Parents at Greasley Beauvale Primary School have been graded A to … Read More
Education News Weekly – 1st December 2016
Ofsted’s annual report, the free speech debate at universities and the resurrection of History of Art A Level! History of Art A Level saved by Pearson exam board – BBC After a loud and angry response to AQA’s announcement in October that History of Art would be scrapped at A level, another exam board have stepped in to fill … Read More
Education News Roundup 27/10/16
New teachers leaving schools, a breakthrough in autism treatment and what Brexit could mean for education. One of the first indications of how Brexit may affect British universities emerged this week, as applications for UK universities from EU students fell by 9%, after increasing annually for the last four years. The figures for EU students for the October UCAS deadline … Read More
UPDATE: History of Art A-Level Saved?
After widespread condemnation from both the art and academic worlds – and from Minerva Tutors – about the axing of History of Art A-level, the government has done a u-turn to save the subject, The Times reported last week. Ministers ordered exam boards to come up with a solution, and Pearson – which owns the exam board Edexcel – … Read More
Education News Roundup 13/11/16
Oxford’s infamous interview questions, the cost of raising children in the UK and the end of the History of Art A-level An OECD report has revealed that, of the countries surveyed, the UK is the most expensive place to bring up a child. The Society At A Glance report details that 33.8% of the the average UK net family … Read More
