The Coming Secondary School Crisis

A new report from a Government committee, Retaining and developing the teacher workforce, has revealed a recruitment and retention crisis in Secondary Schools. While official announcements have celebrated a 3.5% increase in the number of teachers, this has masked a 4.9% drop in the number of Secondary Teachers. This fall has happened between 2010 and 2016…

Bargee Travellers on the River Cam

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Are we risking creating ‘Forgotten Children’ after an announcement that parents won’t be forced to register if their children are home-educated?

Robert Goodwill (children’s minister) told MPs he didn’t feel it was “necessary” for home-educating parents and carers to be registered. This announcement comes in the wake of revelations that the number of pupils leaving school to be home educated has almost doubled in the last six years with figures (from a Schools Week investigation) suggesting…

Put Wednesday November 22nd in your diary

On Wednesday, November 22nd, Chancellor Philip Hammond will reveal his Autumn budget. While speculation is revolving around Stamp Duty and Pension Changes, the budget will also be carefully reviewed by Teachers across the country following the largest collective protest from school funding campaigners. Head Teachers representing schools responsible for the education of over 3.5 million…

What are the advantages of single sex schools?

On Friday, the Court of Appeals ruled in favour of Ofsted who had challenged an earlier High Court ruling that cleared the Al-Hijrah school in Birmingham of Discrimination. Ofsted had argued that the school’s gender segregation was leaving female pupils “unprepared for life in modern Britain.” The Court of Appeals agreed but also ruled that…

Greening: Teaching will cease to be only for university graduates

Greening’s stance puts her at odds with 82% of Teachers in a recent poll who felt the profession should remain graduate only. There are substantial savings available through using the Government’s apprenticeship plans, so will budget starved schools be able to resist? There are still questions about what will this mean for teaching standards with…

The 60 Hour Teacher Working Week – A Lesson in Unsustainability.

All Work and No Play is a familiar phrase and people are consistently trying to attain that perfect work/life balance. Standard working hours across Europe are limited by law to no more than 48 a week although some countries such as the UK allow people to ‘opt out’ in order to work longer hours. In…

Dyslexia awareness week offer

Dyslexia Awareness Week runs from Monday 2nd October to Sunday 8th October 2017. To celebrate this special week we are offering a massive 30% off to educators signing up to complete this Nessy Dyslexia Training course throughout October! – Just £19 per person! Just enter the discount code: BRANSON when you sign up here: https://operationdiversity.wufoo.eu/forms/dyslexia-awareness-week-offer/…

Check out our supply teaching tips

Teach Agency has put together a list of ten key supply teaching tips No1. Ready, set, work… Once you have received your booking from Teach Agency, make sure that the lessons you are about to lead have been planned, and that you don’t need to bring your own planning. This is more likely to happen with…

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