Education in the media: 11 October
...by almost 1.34 million children. This is backed up by our record investment in childcare - £6 billion per year by the end of this Parliament. Follow us on Twitter...
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Education in the media: 5 October
...get the best teachers into the classroom, including more men. While the number of male teachers is steadily rising – there are more than 1,800 more male teachers now than...
Education in the media: 4 October 2016
...held back in life just because of her gender. Body image can be a distressing issue and that’s why we are supporting schools to discuss this with their pupils, so...
Nick Gibb: Thousands more primary pupils on track to be excellent readers
Schools Minister Nick Gibb has written on the results of this year's phonics screening check, which show a continued rise in pupils meeting the expected reading standard. In 2012, just...
Education in the media: 30 September
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Adoption, Looked after children, School tests, Universities
...a guest article from Nick Gibb published in the Telegraph online. School Standards Minister Nick Gibb said: The government is determined to make this country work for everyone, not just...
Education in the media: 28 September 2016
...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...
Education in the media: 26 September
...the cost of converting schools to academies. Gender pay gap New research from Deloitte claims that the gender pay gap will not close in the UK until 2069, due to...
Education in the media: 21 September 2016
...but we’re doing that because we are committed to ensuring opportunity for all. Tests should not be a cause of stress for pupils - they are there to help...
Education in the media: 19 September 2016
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Apprenticeships, School places, Technical education
Today’s news review looks at coverage of average primary school classes compared with other countries, and warnings from the construction sector of a jobs shortage. Class sizes On Saturday, 17...
Education in the media: 16 September 2016
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Admissions, Curriculum, Literacy, Selective schools, Unregistered schools
...be to the betterment, not at the expense, of other local schools. Phonics Yesterday, 16 September, new research misleadingly claimed that phonics tests given to five- and six-year-olds do not...