End ‘cliff-edge of GCSEs’ in favour of skills and experience-based education
Students should be tested under a whole person assessment at 18, measuring subject knowledge, skills and experience.
Education
Don’t be fooled by Ofsted outstanding schools report
Picture presented “plays fast and loose” with the facts, notes Kevin Courtney.
Unions threaten strike action at UK’s largest academy trust
Workers at the bailed-out trust report low pay, outsourcing and intolerable workloads.
School cuts: The Tories are short-changing our children
The latest school funding figures show a shortfall of £5.4 billion over the past three years.
We need a new principle in education: no child should be excluded from school
As dozens of schools are found to suspend 1 in 5 pupils, Jennette Arnold AM argues we need massive investment turn it around.
Children’s speech and language needs are going unmet – and it’s sabotaging their life chances
Why is the government ignoring the evidence when it comes to dealing with children’s speech and language needs?
We need to start taking social mobility seriously – the alternative is too grim to face
Despite the government’s many promises, not much has been done to tackle the social inequality spreading in Britain. Justin Madders MP writes.
Our Education Secretary is ignoring the big picture when it comes to children’s development
Damian Hinds thinks screens are to blame for children struggling with speaking when they start school. But there are other factors at play.
The Tories’ childcare policies are in total disarray
In some parts of the UK, childcare now costs nearly £10,000 a year – with lower-income families among the hardest hit.
Ban Vice Chancellors from sitting on their own pay boards, say public
Nearly four in five believe university bosses should not be allowed on the remuneration committees which keep bumping up their pay.