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Gove urged to increase class size laws
Released 06/01/2012
Council attempts to start campaign requesting the government changes laws that restrict infant class sizes
Schools benefit from cash grants for science
Released 06/01/2012
Partnership scheme gives pupils and teachers the chance to work with professional scientists
School dinners to be cheaper than chips
Released 05/01/2012
Thanks to a change in government guidelines, school caterers can now offer special prices to those who regularly eat in their school canteen.
Gove says academy critics “enemies of promise”
Released 04/01/2012
Education Secretary Michael Gove is set to announce that plans to convert 200 of the worst performing primary schools into academies are to go ahead
Survey shows uncertainty and lack of support in schools
Released 03/01/2012
Results of the Key’s survey of school leaders, which had over 1500 respondents, have indicated there is lack of clarity and widespread uncertainty amongst school leaders
Inner city school head made dame
Released 03/01/2012
Headteacher of an inner city London primary school has been made a dame in the New Year honours list by the queen for to her services to education
Ofsted chief calls for local commissioning network
Released 03/01/2012
Leading government education inspector calls for local trouble-shooters to identify failing schools and sack incompetent head teachers
£1.4bn investment in Welsh schools
Released 22/12/2011
Capital funding programme to refurbish Welsh schools to take place over seven years
Free school capital funding confirmed for seven schools
Released 22/12/2011
The 24 free schools opening in September come at a capital cost of £130m, according to the DfE
Released 22/12/2011
COMMENT Tutoring expert Manda Barnes considers how Michael Gove's recent comments on ICT adoption could impact how schools and local authorities allocate the pupil premium fund
General knowledge - where has it gone?
Released 20/12/2011
COMMENT Retired headmaster and recruitment director Mike Abraham wonders: does anyone know anything anymore?
Released 19/12/2011
Three new documents highlighting the future of Ofsted’s inspection policy, set to start in January 2012, are published on their website
Days left to claim EdExec Live discount!
Released 19/12/2011
There is now only days left to claim the early bird discount for EdExec's live event on 22 June 2012
Academies urged to commit to healthy meals
Released 19/12/2011
The School Food Trust is to ask all academy schools to state their commitment to serving healthy school food