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'School test obsession deprives children of a joyful childhood'

16.09.09
Labour's obsession with school tests threatens to deprive children of 'a joyful childhood', according to the man who drafted the Government's own education reforms... more

Lord Sugar blames Government for 'neglected' apprenticeships

19.08.09
Alan Sugar has attacked the Government’s 'scandalous' record on apprenticeships despite being hired to promote Gordon Brown’s policies... more

London school with 100 spy cameras

21.07.09
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School in £1.6 million bonuses scandal ‘good value for money’

21.05.09
Government inspectors praised the head teacher who allegedly claimed £600,000 in “unlawful” bonuses and said his school offered taxpayers “good value for money”... more

Head, deputy and the bursar suspended over £1m bonuses

13.05.09
A leading London headteacher was suspended today over allegations that he received £200,000 in illegal bonuses, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Literacy lessons have been fatal for English, says teachers' leader

09.04.09
The drive to improve literacy in schools has killed the subject of English and left a generation of children unable to speak properly, a teachers' leader warns... more

Giant schools 'fuel bad behaviour'

09.04.09
Super-sized schools are fuelling bad behaviour and creating a “factory” culture in secondary education, teachers have warned ... more

Early-learning tests 'are a recipe for toddler tantrums'

08.04.09
The Government's new "nappy curriculum" for nurseries is fuelling tantrums among toddlers who are forced into formal education too early, teachers warned... more

Teachers call for boycott as scrapped Sats carry on

08.04.09
Teachers are planning industrial action within weeks because hundreds of secondary schools are still running Sats even though ministers have abolished the discredited tests... more

Schools may sue over A-level funding cuts

08.04.09
Schools are threatening to sue the Government over funding cuts that could deny 50,000 pupils sixth-form places this year... more

The hard truths about our school system that ministers won't admit

08.04.09
The uproar over whether or not Sats should be scrapped is just a distraction from the real problems in education, argues a top head... more

Recession forces private schools to lay off staff

07.04.09
Some of Britain's most prestigious private schools are being forced to lay off teachers as redundancies soar in the recession... more

Teachers: Train us to use force against pupils

07.04.09
Teachers demanded training in the use of force to restrain violent pupils amid warnings that classroom behaviour is out of control... more

Scrap worship in school, say teachers

06.04.09
Teachers are calling for the compulsory act of daily worship in schools to be scrapped... more

Giving children TV in bedroom 'turns them into Vicky Pollards'

30.03.09
Parents who allow children to watch television in their bedrooms are breaking up family life and creating a generation of "Vicky Pollards", teachers warned... more

Teacher training in six months is 'just a gimmick'

10.03.09
Ministers faced a backlash over their plans to allow City workers made redundant to become teachers within six months... more

Private schools braced for recession-driven exodus

27.02.09
Fee-paying schools are facing a "major fallout" this year from the recession as cash-strapped parents remove their children, teachers warned... more

Teachers call in the Yard to tackle 2,700 fights

23.12.08
Police were called to tackle serious violence in London schools almost 2,700 times this year, it has been revealed... more

TV blamed as white working-class boys struggle

11.12.08
White British boys from poor families are falling further behind their classmates at school, figures show... more

Sats replacement exams are 'costly nightmare for schools'

03.12.08
Children's Secretary Ed Balls will unleash an "expensive nightmare" with his planned replacement for discredited Sats, an expert warned ... more

School classroom CCTV raises privacy fears

10.10.08
A secondary school has installed CCTV cameras in its classrooms, raising privacy concerns from teaching unions... more

School calls for end to 'depressing' homework

22.09.08
One of London's leading state schools has cut the amount of homework given to pupils with a view to scrapping it altogether... more

Modern education 'turning children into little robots'

23.07.08
Young children are being turned into "little robots" because primary education has become a mini-version of secondary school, teachers have warned... more

Ofsted could check drug abuse and pregnancies

30.04.08
Schools could be made to keep records of teenage pregnancies, drug use and obesity among pupils, under government proposals... more

Attacked teacher says some pupils are just unteachable

17.03.08
A London teacher has told how she was left with whiplash, cuts and bruises after a pupil assaulted her in class... more

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