Two special schools in Kidderminster are to close to make way for a new community school.
Plans to close Blakebrook School at Bewdley Road, and Stourminster School at Comberton Road, have been given the go-ahead on condition that planning permission for the new school building is granted by the end of next year.
The plans were approved [...]
Posts on ‘December 23rd, 2008’
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Science Weekly podcast: Chris Bishop discusses the quest for the ultimate computer
For our end of term science trip, we take the podcast on the road to London’s Royal Institution.
In the Faraday lecture theatre, we speak to Chris Bishop who is giving this year’s Christmas lectures. The theme this year is making the ultimate computer.
James Randerson is the Guardian’s only science correspondent who remembered to [...]
Academies ‘not school cure-all’
Politicians should not see academies as the panacea for school under-achievement, says a report.
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The year in education: 2008
This was the year of not only huge changes to the curriculum but also the first teachers’ strike for 21 years and exams chaos that claimed the scalp of more than one education chief.
The year started off badly as the results of the first round of the Making Good Progress pilot of single-level tests (that [...]
Police called to 7,000 violent incidents in schools
Police were called to deal with violence in schools more than 7,000 times last year, the Conservative Party said today.
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Violence: Schools seek police aid
The police were called to violent incidents in schools in England more than 7,000 times last year, the Tories say.
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Police get 7,000 calls to tackle school violence
Police were called to deal with violence in schools more than 7,000 times in the last year, according to figures revealed by the Conservatives today.
The Tories asked each police force in England how many times it had been called on to school premises for an attempted or actual violent crime.
Answers to the Freedom of [...]
Bad parents ‘widen ability gap’
Early gaps in ability between children from poor and rich homes is mostly due to poor quality parenting, a report says.
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Would you Adam and Eve it? Quarter of science teachers would teach creationism
More than a quarter of science teachers in state schools believe that creationism should be taught alongside evolution in science lessons, according to a national poll of primary and secondary teachers.
The Ipsos/Mori poll of 923 primary and secondary teachers found that 29% of science specialists agreed with the statement: “Alongside the theory of evolution and [...]
The perils of baubles are set out by Balls
The greatest menace to yuletide wellbeing may no longer be the half-raw, half-scorched turkey, nor the argument that has been fermenting all year and is uncorked by too much wine at lunch.
According to the children’s secretary, Ed Balls, the prime suspect could be the humble bauble that has festooned unsuspecting Christmas trees for generations.
Baubles [...]