The government will nationalise recession-hit private schools by turning them into state-funded academies, ministers have confirmed.
Headteachers predict that some struggling fee-charging schools will seek to join the scheme to stave off closure, as more parents desert the private sector.
There are warnings, too, that thousands of pupils may seek places at already-stretched state schools this [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2009’
Government to nationalise failing private schools
Defiant, the superhead expelled from education
She went from being one of the first ennobled “super headteachers” in the country to the humiliation of being barred from ever again holding a senior management position at a school.
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Defiant, the superhead expelled from education
She went from being one of the first ennobled “super headteachers” in the country to the humiliation of being barred from ever again holding a senior management position at a school.
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It’s time to raise bar for top-grade A-levels, exams watchdog says
Students should have to get higher marks to qualify for an A grade pass at A-level, the head of the new exams watchdog is recommending.
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‘It was all easy’ – teenage genius takes 23 A-levels in a single year
Plenty of uppity Oxbridge undergraduates like to boast about their academic records but none can match that of one particular new student.
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FIVE-POINT PLAN FOR ALCOHOL-FREE CHILDHOOD
For the first time, young people and their parents will have clear medical guidance on alcohol consumption. The guidance, will be announced today by Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, to be published for consultation. (2009/0020)
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CHILDREN’S MINISTER: CALL ON SCHOOLS TO PROMOTE OUT OF HOURS ACTIVITIES
Children’s Minister Beverley Hughes today called on all schools and local authorities to do more to develop out of hours activities for children and young people, and make sure that all sections of their communities … (2009/0021)
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Top leaders at stricken academy quit
The chief executive and headteacher of one of the government’s newest academies have left their posts after the school’s descent into chaos led to it being placed in special measures by Ofsted.
Richard Rose Central academy, Carlisle, was forced to close for a day last week after demonstrations by pupils got out of hand, despite security [...]
New leaders for failing flagship academy
One of the Government’s flagship academies is under new leadership today after being placed into special measures.
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Local authorities need to be brave, ready, quick – and think big
It’s time for English local authorities to go talent spotting for staff who can transform schools. If they fail to develop staff from both inside and outside their own organisations they will miss unique opportunities to revitalise whole communities.
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