...action, requiring primary schools to use the tried and tested phonics method of teaching young children to read. The introduction of the phonics screening check in 2012 revealed that almost...
...teachers, our continued focus on raising standards and our increased emphasis on phonics, there are now an additional 147,000 six-year-olds on track to becoming fluent readers. While this is a...
Today’s news review looks at a report by the Pre School Learning Alliance on the cost of childcare.
...school in Essex will no longer set traditional homework for its pupils. Staff at the Philip Morant School and College in Colchester will instead use time previously spent setting homework...
Today’s news review looks at the coverage of a Money Saving Expert study on student maintenance costs.
...that the data could be used by the Home Office for immigration enforcement purposes. We take the privacy of children in schools extremely seriously. This data is solely for internal...
Today’s news review looks at coverage of a new report on selective schools and speculation on the effects of Brexit on higher education. Selective schools The Education Policy Institute (EPI) think tank yesterday issued a press release raising concerns that …
Today’s news review looks at the announcement that Oxford has been ranked the best university in the world – the first time a British university has received this accolade. It also responds to calls from the National Association of Head …
The University of Oxford has become the first UK university to top the Times Higher Education’s world university rankings.
Today’s news review looks at coverage of former children’s laureate Michael Morpurgo’s views on school tests and the resignation of head teacher Jo Garton. School tests and reading Former children's...