Schools

St Paul's adds a helping hand

Thursday, 26 November 2009

An £18,000-a-year private school is giving specialist maths classes to talented pupils from the state sector. Liz Lightfoot reports on a calculating strategy

Education Quandary: My daughter's sixth form art trip to Paris has been badly controlled in the past. I don't want her to go

Thursday, 26 November 2009

Hilary's adviceAre you crazy? What will you actually gain by refusing to let her go on this trip? Nothing except the chance to wrap her in cotton wool for another couple of days, and the knowledge that she is safe from the sins and lures of Paris. Oh, and a daughter who is so mortified at not being allowed to do what is seen as routine by all her friends that it may take her years to forgive you.

How to keep the staff learning while they work

Thursday, 26 November 2009

A break from the classroom gives a welcome chance to refresh skills

How Eton made the running

Thursday, 19 November 2009

How do you ensure that an academy school really does have something special to offer its pupils? Link it to fantastic facilities – and opportunities. Richard Garner reports

Education Quandary: I want to become a childminder, but friends say the job has become a nightmare under the Early Years Foundation Stage

Thursday, 19 November 2009

Hilary's advice All registered child carers who look after children under five now have to follow the Early Years Foundation Stage, which is the new official framework meant to ensure that children are properly cared for, and that all aspects of their learning and development are catered for.

Steve McCormack: Why do we spend so much money on schools?

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Like all public sectors, the education world is holding its breath to see where and when the spending axe will fall. The ubiquitous question: who will suffer when the funding tap – free flowing since the early Blair days – is squeezed? But I have a different question. Are we, in our blinkered British bubble, deluding ourselves in assuming that less money will necessarily mean a less effective education system? And the reverse applies equally. Does more money necessarily mean more learning?

Education Quandary: I am very physical in how I teach drama. But my new headteacher has told me to change the way I work. Do I really have to?

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Time for change: How a young woman plans to shake up the school system

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Rachel Wolf has helped shape the Tories' policy and has already set up her own think tank. Is she the face of the next Conservative decade?

Niel McLean: Technology can bridge the gap between parents and schools

Thursday, 5 November 2009

Parental engagement is vital to a child’s learning and known to help raise attainment. Good communication with schools enables parents to learn more about their child’s progress, lesson plans and grades whilst also helping to identify any development or performance issues early on.

Leading Article: We need a crackdown

Thursday, 5 November 2009

Ian Craig, the Schools Adjudicator, is a man on a mission. He wants to get the message out to parents that lying to secure a place for your child in a popular school is wicked. It is a form of "theft", he says, because it deprives another child of a place, and we should be saying wherever we can that this is not right.