New education secretary Damien Hinds wants to push forward with his predecessor’s plan for baseline tests for 4 and 5 year-olds in the first few weeks of reception. Minerva takes a balanced, even-handed look at why this is clearly a terrible idea. The new baseline tests, it has been suggested, would begin in 2020 (after a trial in September … Read More
Year in Review: Education News
2017 has been a crazy year in the world of education, with concerns about Brexit, British schools expanding into the wider world and of course Theresa May abandoning her flagship grammar schools policy after a disappointing election. But what else went on? Schools One of the biggest stories earlier in the year was that SRE (sex and … Read More
Education News Weekly – 7th November, 2017
CCTV in school toilets, a comedian advocating teachers and some good ol’ fashioned Ofsted-bashing Time to put Ofsted in ‘special measures’? – TES Ofsted has come under attack this week, with a leading education academic claiming the regulatory board’s methods are “invalid, unreliable and unjust.” Frank Coffield, emeritus professor of education at the UCL Institute of Education, was scathing … Read More
Education News Weekly – 19th June, 2017
The Grenfell Tower fire, Britain’s strictest school and children’s ‘Trumpy’ creative writing. ‘Britain’s strictest school’ rated outstanding by Ofsted – Guardian Michaela Community School – a controversial north-west London free school renowned for its “no excuses” behaviour policy – has been judged outstanding in all categories by Ofsted. The school prides itself on its strict disciplinary approach, with pupils given demerits … Read More
Education News Weekly – 9th April, 2017
Term-time holidays, a lack of female headteachers and why it’s time to scrap 9 a.m. lectures. Female headteachers under-represented in secondary schools – Independent According to new research from Nottingham University, just over a third of secondary school headteachers are female, while currently women make up around 64% of secondary classroom teachers. The paper, encompassing every secondary school … Read More
Education News Weekly – 3rd April, 2017
Sats to be scrapped, Ofsted to snoop on parents, and the highest university tuition fees in the world. Ofsted consider Facebook and Twitter snooping – Independent Ofsted have said they will consider snooping on the social media accounts of students and parents to find out trends about certain schools. Ofsted’s “innovations and regulations plan” details how it could … Read More
Education News Weekly – 27th January, 2017
Compulsory sex education, voluntary grammar school funding and the plight of young people in 2017. Grammar schools may have to ask parents for funding – BBC The funding crisis in British education has now got to such a critical point that Grammar schools may need to ask parents for voluntary funding, to the tune of £40 a month. While not … Read More
Education News Weekly – January 13th, 2017
In our first Education News Weekly of the new year, we see more Brexit concerns, university grade inflation and a brand new head of Ofsted. Amanda Spielman takes over as head of Ofsted – Guardian Replacing Sir Michael Wilshaw, new Ofsted head Amanda Spielman has outlined her goals for the organisation. She says she wants an Ofsted that manages … Read More
Education News: What Happened in 2016?
2016 saw some major education news, including a new education secretary in Justine Greening, the controversial re-introduction of grammar schools, banned by Labour since 1998, and the ominous threat of Brexit to international students and our entire higher education system. What else happened? And what can we expect in 2017? Last year, we saw the growth of a teaching … 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
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