News Archive...

Here you will find News Headlines that were reported in January 2012.

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January 2012

30/01/12
Children consigned to scrapheap in education 'holding pens'

27/01/12
Autism: Brainwaves 'show risk from age of six months'

GCSE league tables: thousands of bright children 'failing'

GCSE league tables: pupils shunning tough subjects

26/01/12
Struggling pupils don't catch up, data shows

School league tables 'causing drop in standards'

Meeting at DfE on 25th Jan 2012 re. Special Academies

25/01/12
Teachers at Montgomery Primary School strike over academy plans

Ofsted warns over 'uninspiring' private school teaching

Primary school population to hit a 50-year high

24/01/12
The new framework for the inspection of independent schools

Is the new chief inspector of schools just an instrument of government?

23/01/12
Number of lone-parent families rockets

Teachers warned over befriending pupils on Facebook

More teenagers shunning foreign languages at school

Nick Gibb - The game is up for schools that put league tables before real learning

Failing secondary schools placed on list of shame

20/01/12
Apple: iBooks 2 will 'reinvent textbooks'

19/01/12
Teachers slam Barclays schools deal

Easy A-levels leave students ill-prepared for university

Concerns raised over 'flawed' academies funding plan

18/01/12
Barclays to support free schools and new academies

Ofsted called in to academy dispute

Ofsted: one million children stuck in coasting schools

17/01/12
Michael Gove orders inspection of school in academy row

Ofsted plans to scrap 'satisfactory' label for schools

Labour claims admission changes will expand grammars

16/01/12
Speech services cuts 'leave children struggling'

Labour 'would have cut school building scheme'

English schools: 10 years to see big change, says Gove

13/01/12
School day could be extended and summer holidays cut under education shake-up

Teachers criticise 'one-term sack' plan

Poor teachers face tougher system under shake-up

Is Gove washing his hands of ICT?

12/01/12
Nasuwt: 'We can win the hearts and minds of parents'

Private school entry exam is outdated, say headteachers

Gove proposes 'wiki curriculum'

Boarding schools buck the trend with their global outlook

11/01/12
School ICT to be replaced by computer science programme

Schools in England will face no-notice inspections

Birth surge 'means 450,000 more primary pupils'

10/01/12
The Slough school leading the way in computer skills

Children 'switching from TV to mobile internet'

London 2012: Funds for school-site sport clubs

Kent considers 'new' Sevenoaks grammar school

Exam system too commercial, says private schools body

Schools kit scam 'could cost schools millions'

Michael Gove faces legal action as rebel primary battles his academy plan

07/01/12
Free schools 'will not boost access to good schools'

Teaching unions shun pension deal

Teacher misconduct cases 'to go unheard'

Minister Nick Gibb defends academies scheme

Schools 'bribing pupils' to cheat Ofsted inspections

All children should read Harry Potter books by 11, says minister

Ditch infant class size limits, Michael Gove urged

04/01/12
Michael Gove: Academy school critics 'happy with failure'

03/01/12
Prince's Trust: School grades hit by lack of routine

Academic performance at school linked to exercise

Boys raised by traditional families 'do better at school'

When bureaucracy fails a brilliant school

Children becoming 'addicted' to computers

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