News Archive...

Here you will find News Headlines that were reported in September 2011.

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September 2011

24/09/11
Education chief identifies white working-class pupils as big challenge

English Literature A-levels criticised by watchdog Ofqual

Private schools urged to sponsor struggling primaries

Cameron and Gove are alienating teachers, says union leader

Ofsted lauds federated school system

22/09/11
Head teachers announce ballot date for pensions strike

SEN and disability reform pathfinders revealed

Teachers warn Clegg over summer camp scheme

21/09/11
Key Gove adviser blocked civil servants' free school inquiries

Language teaching 'deplorable'

20/09/11
London schools fear losing out in 'high needs' funding shake-up

Funding for deprived pupils set to double

Government sets out which two-year-olds will be eligible for free early education

19/09/11
Reading scheme axed in cuts to school spending

Sarah Teather announces doubling of pupil premium funding

Primary pupils 'need nine hours of sleep'

Reading check for six-year-olds rolled out

Michael Gove queries schools' Ofsted ratings

15/09/11
Bristol's deaf community feel under siege

Henry Winkler gets honorary OBE for helping dyslexic children in UK

Kenneth Durham: 'To develop and flourish, pupils need choice'

14/09/11
Science trips: Too many pupils missing out, say MPs

Pupils 'can help teach each other to read and do maths'

Putting teaching – not the textook – first

13/09/11
Some schools excluding pupils illegally, report says

12/09/11
Schools given freedom from bureaucratic rules to have control over school day

Cameron criticises 'coasting' state school

Experts: UK has too many types of school

Doubts grow over the success of Sweden's free schools experiment

The mad scramble for school places

09/09/11
Ofsted introduces no-notice inspections for residential special schools

Cameron opens free school with 'elitist' speech

David Cameron wants education 'excellence'

One in a hundred nurseries judged inadequate by Ofsted inspectors

07/09/11
Teachers urged to change pupils' assessment scores

06/09/11
State schools 'not providing group worship'

Fifth of primary pupils find lessons too easy

Cuts to school buses force pupils on to roads

Record number of under-performing schools to become academies

New Free Schools are a popular choice for parents.

05/09/11
Nick Clegg rules out running free schools for profit

First free school run by ex-service personnel will operate zero-tolerance policy

02/09/11
Gove: Truancy push to tackle 'educational underclass'

All schools can provide a safer environment for children - Ofsted

Children at risk from poor school leadership, finds Ofsted

One in four primary schools still has no male teachers

01/09/11
England's first free schools open their doors to pupils

What does the future hold for Michael Gove's free-schools policy?

Pupils switching to more traditional GCSE subjects, survey finds

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