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Sep
Proportion of students taking arts subjects falls to lowest in decade
New figures suggest that the number of 15-16 year olds studying arts subjects in England, such as drama and music, has fallen to the lowest level in a decade as a result of
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Sep
BBC Learning Launch Mental Health Video Campaign
A set of free videos introducing the issue of mental health to primary school has been released by BBC Learning. The series, entitled “When I worry about things” animates the
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Sep
New Ofsted system would see schools graded 'good-ish', headteachers warn
Head Teachers have warned that the proposed new one-day Ofsted school inspections could see schools graded as ‘good-ish’ and confuse parents as to what this means. The
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Sep
Ofsted boss ‘tears her hair out’ over schools that still grade individual lessons
Amanda Spielman has raised concerns about a lack of curriculum expertise in schools at this week’s ResearchED annual conference, held at Chobham Academy in Stratford, East
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Sep
One in five parents ‘do not spend any time reading with their children’
New research has found that a fifth of parents with primary school-aged children do not spend time reading with them. Furthermore, the YouGov poll of 448 parents in the UK shows
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Sep
Workload and government policy forcing teachers out, DfE research finds
Research by the Department for Education (DfE) has found that workload is the ‘most important factor’ for teachers leaving the profession, with factors such as government
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