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'Not in the best interests of children': Headteachers vote no confidence in Michael Gove's reforms
Saturday 18 May 2013
Unions say vote 'sends strongest possible message' to Education Secretary and Government that policies are failing children
Heads alarmed at rise of employer 'bullying'
Saturday 18 May 2013
Headteachers will be drawing up a blacklist of poor employers after complaints about the use of bully-boy tactics to get rid of heads have soared through the roof.
To tackle child sexual exploitation, prevention is better than new law
Friday 17 May 2013
We need better systems for collecting and analysing information
Andy McSmith's Diary: A soapbox for the rich and obstinately opinionated
Friday 17 May 2013
If you have money to throw away and a mind bunged up with prejudices you feel you must share, all you need do these days is contact the advertising department of The Times.
Star academy group misspent public money on lavish expenses
Friday 17 May 2013
Report condemns a charity running 35 schools for ‘procedural irregularities’ and ‘weak’ controls
Headteachers look to ease stress with Ofsted alternative
Thursday 16 May 2013
Headteachers are to set up their own alternative school inspection service to Ofsted after claiming the watchdog is responsible for a dramatic increase in stress levels in the profession.
Children turn away from books in favour of reading electronically
Thursday 16 May 2013
Children are spending more time time reading on computers or other electronic devices than on books, magazines and comics for the first time, according to a study out today.
Education Secretary Michael Gove reveals radical rethink on grades in new GCSE revolution
Wednesday 15 May 2013
'We have set the bar too low': Education Secretary set to make it harder to gain top-grade pass - replacing the ABC system with a one, two, three or four
GCSE and A-Level grading this summer could be as chaotic as last year because quality of marking is still poor, leading school heads warn
Wednesday 15 May 2013
School headmaster says major issue of shoddy marking needs to be tackled
Greater Manchester Police has more senior officers fighting child sexual exploitation than gun crime
Wednesday 15 May 2013
Britain's second largest police force is deploying more senior officers to fight child sexual exploitation than it is against violent gun crime.
Dumbing down, Minister? Michael Gove gets his educational facts from marketing surveys for Premier Inn and UKTV Gold
Monday 13 May 2013
Education Secretary’s attack on lack of pupils’ knowledge not based on any academic research
School heads 'on brink of joining TUC'
Sunday 12 May 2013
Mood of headteachers is 'angrier and uglier' over education reforms
Detectives arrest suspect in historic sexual abuse allegations at Manchester music schools
Friday 10 May 2013
Detectives investigating historic sexual abuse at Manchester music schools have made an arrest.
Famous cellist was abusive monster, says former pupil
Thursday 09 May 2013
Maurice Gendron, who taught at the Yehudi Menuhin School, was allegedly a sadist who abused his young students
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