Archive: Schools
Pupils' uncertainty continues as GCSE legal challenge begins
Even if the legal challenge against this summer's GCSE grading decisions begun today succeeds students will still face uncertainty, a solicitor has warned.
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Double whammy: Lib Dem policy fails amid tuition fee row
The Liberal Democrats' flagship policy for disadvantaged children is failing, according to an official report.
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Gove 'ignored independent advice' to back playing field sell-offs
Ministers have been left red-faced after it emerged the government had got its figures wrong on the number of playing fields sold off under the coalition.
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Playing fields rule change anger after Olympics
The coalition's decision to abandon rules ensuring outdoor space per school pupil is coming under fire from campaigners after the Olympics.
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Schools banned from using pupils biometric data with consent
Schools will not be able to use pupils' biometric data without parental consent, according to new advice being put forward by the government.
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Truants' parents face benefits fine
Parents of truanting children are to be fined from their child benefit under new measures to increase school attendance announced today.
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'Satisfactory' not good enough for England's schools
Schools watchdog Ofsted is scrapping its 'satisfactory' rating in a bid to improve coasting schools.
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Gove: Pupils don't deserve to be taught badly
Education secretary Michael Gove explains his latest bid to drive up teaching standards in an interview with the Mail newspaper:
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NAHT: Teachers must accept responsibility for their performance
National Association of Head Teachers union's general secretary Russell Hobby comments on Michael Gove's plans to drive up teaching standards:
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Voice: Teachers need longer than a term to improve
Voice general secretary Philip Parkin comments on Michael Gove's plans to drive up teaching standards:
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Gove paves way for purge of the teachers
Headteachers will find it much easier to get rid of poorly performing teachers under a shakeup of rules from Michael Gove.
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New Ofsted boss backs school commissioners
The schools watchdog's new head has called for the introduction of apolitical local education chiefs.
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Victory for Lib Dems as pupil fund boosted
The coalition is expanding its pupil premium, as part of a bid to narrow educational attainment between the richest and poorest in society.
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Graham Stuart: School funding system needs to change
Education committee chair Graham Stuart comments on the Today programme on the IFS' report on education funding:
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DfE: Transitional arrangements needed for school funding change
A Department for Education spokesperson comments on the IFS report on the funding system used for schools:
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IFS: No time to waste on school funding reform
Luke Sibieta, senior research economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, makes the case for reform of the system used for school funding:
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Comment: Cutting education is cutting the future
The education budget should be inviolate instead of consistently on the chopping block.
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Clegg stands firm over free school profits
Nick Clegg will not "tolerate" state-run schools which are run for profit, he will say in a speech later.
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Gove laments education's 'lost souls'
Britain is blighted by "lost souls" which the school system has failed, Michael Gove has said.
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Gove braces for teacher walkout
Michael Gove continues to hope negotiations will make progress with teaching unions set to strike this Thursday.
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Gove moves against worst primary schools
Two hundred underperforming primary schools are to be turned into academies, Michael Gove has announced.
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Pensions impasse pushes teacher strike closer
Leading teaching union figures have written off negotiations with government officials, increasing the chances of strike action.
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PFI could finance 100 new state schools
Private sector money could be used to fund the construction of 100 new state schools, according to a report.
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Teachers poised for strike action
A prominent teachers' union has begun balloting its members over strike action due to changes to their pensions.
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Teachers' union blames the parents
Increasing teachers' sanctions will not help improve bad behaviour among school pupils, the UK's largest teachers' union has said.
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