Posts on ‘December 9th, 2008’

Boys are more likely than girls to be given lower A-level predictions than they actually achieve, a study finds.
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A global league table has placed England’s primary and secondary pupils in the top 10 for science and maths.
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England’s 10-year-olds have shown the biggest improvement in maths of any country since 1995, according to international tables published today.
The annual Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (Timss) for 2007 shows that English 10- and 14-year-olds were the highest achieving students overall in maths and science in Europe, welcome news for the government which [...]

Higher noon is the twice-weekly email roundup of all the latest higher education news

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Top-level researchers from the Government have visited a Staffordshire school to help them to prepare a report into the needs of dyslexic students.
The team visited Maple Hayes School, Lichfield, to learn more about how the school is overcoming reading and writing difficulties. Maple Hayes is an … [visit site to read more]
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The chairman of a company fined £1.12m for pension mis-selling has been appointed by two cabinet ministers to head the government’s new drive for more apprenticeships in the private sector.
Simon Waugh, the chairman of AWD De Vere Wealth Management, has been made chief executive of the National Apprenticeship Service by Ed Balls, the schools secretary, [...]

Excerpts from Teachers TV’s top 10 Great School Movies, in reverse order

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Jenni Russell: Sir Jim Rose is trying to lift the rigid constraints on primary schools and give greater freedom for imaginative teaching

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In a rare interview, Ole Danbolt Mjøs tells Gwladys Fouché why he’s counting on universities to bring peace to the world

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Nicky Harrison on casting the school nativity

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