MPs organise a ‘character and resilience summit’
The All Party Group on Social Mobility is organising a ‘character and resilience summit’ to cascade confidence building techniques used in private schools to state school students. Read the full…
The All Party Group on Social Mobility is organising a ‘character and resilience summit’ to cascade confidence building techniques used in private schools to state school students. Read the full…
One-in-five school children are to have catch-up classes in the three-Rs. Head teachers will receive £54.5m to run booster lessons in the first year of secondary school aimed at 11…
The Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, has announced the appointment of four new non-executive members to the Department for Education Board, as part of a drive to improve…
Think-tank the Work Foundation has today published ‘International lessons on youth unemployment’ a new report with recommendations on how the UK can ‘do better’. Read the full story: International Lessons…
England’s chief inspector of schools, Sir Michael Wilshaw, has ordered a “landmark report” into how state schools teach the most able students. Ofsted’s head warned some pupils, who got top…
A total of 60% of secondary schools are planning to cut vocational qualifications or have ‘already done so’, a new Edge Foundation study shows. This is despite 85% of senior…
Almost a quarter of England’s sixth forms and colleges did not produce any pupils with the A-level grades sought by the most competitive universities (2As & a B), data from…
Careers services for young people in England show a “worrying deterioration”, MPs are warning. Good careers guidance has been highlighted as important to social mobility and to tackling youth unemployment…
New case studies of successful partnerships between schools and diverse local employers have been added to the Teachers Guide. These include; the Abingdon Diploma Partnership in Oxfordshire, Harris Academy Bermondsey…
Young business and creative students aged 16-19 headed to London to get a taste of life at two of Britain’s most influential organisations, and to boost their employability skills. A…