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Posts on ‘December 20th, 2008’
Hope as school on verge of rescue
Melissa Benn: Parents have nothing to fear from state education
Figures just released by the Audit Commission which show a sharp increase in the number of applications to state schools from parents who previously would have sent their children to private schools. A third of London boroughs have reported a noticeable rise in applications, with a further 20% predicting the figures to climb higher next [...]
Bumper Christmas homework quiz
How much can you remember from school? Test yourself in this quiz extracted from the book Homework for Grown-ups
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Work of 30,000 reseachers ignored by RAE
The work of many full-time researchers has been ignored in the recent assessment of universities
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Richard Falk: My expulsion from Israel
Richard Falk: When I arrived in Israel as a UN representative I knew there might be problems at the airport. And there were
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Ucas-style system for sixth forms could be fiasco, warn colleges
An online admissions system proposed for 16-year-olds seeking places in colleges and sixth forms could turn into another Sats-style fiasco, ministers have been warned by college heads.
College and local authority leaders were called to the the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) yesterday to hear details of the plan to create a national admissions [...]
Teachers to get ‘role model’ code
Teachers will have to act as “role models” both in and out of school under a proposed new code of conduct.
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Investment uncertainty stalls budget
The drafting of budget proposals by Wyre Forest District Council has been delayed because of the credit crunch and £9 million of the authority’s money being trapped in Icelandic bank accounts.
Council leader councillor John Campion told cabinet members that they would normally be … [visit site to read more]
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Move over school is a step closer
A bid to create a controversial independent trust school in Cannock Chase has moved a step closer after a key vote by governors at Kingsmead Technology College.
The governors at the Kings Avenue site in Hednesford voted in favour of becoming independent from Staffordshire County Council at their last meeting on … [visit site to read [...]
Francis Gilbert: Will the teaching council ever learn?
The new draft of a code of conduct and practice for teachers really made me laugh. It’s a big and wordy document from the General Teaching Council for England (GTC) and full of the off-putting, sanctimonious language that makes teachers such as me want to go and strangle the nearest bureaucrat to hand. There are [...]