Academies ‘reluctant to change’
Academies, soon to be a majority of secondary schools in England, are showing more signs of continuity than radical upheaval, suggests a survey.
BBC News – Education & Family
Student admissions change ditched
Plans to allow students to apply for university places after they knew their A-level grades have been dropped.
BBC News – Education & Family
We’ll speed up the rate of change in schools, says Gove
The Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, gave a warning yesterday that the pace of his school reforms would accelerate despite claims from headteachers that they will provoke a “climate of fear” in classrooms. Mr Gove told the annual conference of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) in Birmingham: “Lest anyone think we should slacken the pace of reform, let me reassure them: we have to accelerate.”
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Union plea to delay exams change
Schools should be allowed to delay a new exam system if they are not ready to implement it, Scotland’s largest teaching union says.
BBC News – Education & Family
Special education change defended
Northern Ireland’s Department of Education is planning to scrap the statements which guarantee extra help to pupils with special education needs….
BBC News – Education & Family
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