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Katie Price Tries Her Hand At Education

Posted 29.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Model and businesswoman Katie Price wants to set up a free school to help children who are visually-impaired and suffer from other disabilities, it ha...

Want To Study At The University Of Jaguar?

PA | Posted 29.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Fifteen new university technical colleges linked to firms including Jaguar Land Rover and Virgin Atlantic are to open within two years, the government...

I Sent Private Emails As My Work Blackberry Was Not Agreeable, Says Gove

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

It seems the Conservatives are behind with the times as well as in the opinion polls after Michael Gove claimed the reason he sent private emails to h...

Almost 88,000 Racist Bullying Incidents Recorded In Schools - But That's Not The Real Problem

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

More than 87,000 incidents of racist bullying have been reported in schools between 2007 and 2011, it has been revealed, but the real concern is those...

School Resisting Academy Status Closes As Teachers Strike

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Striking teachers and parents took part in a protest on Tuesday outside a school which is resisting academy status. Downhills Primary School in Har...

Poor Children Excluded From Nurseries, MPs Warn

PA | Posted 22.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Some families are being denied access to free nursery education unless they agree to pay compulsory "top-up fees" for extra hours, a cross-party group...

Thousands Of Children Taught In Crumbling Schools Due To Public Funding Delays

PA | Posted 09.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Tens of thousands of children are being taught in crumbling old schools in the face of delays to public funding for new buildings, it was suggested on...

Pupils Scoff 'Academic' GCSEs And Turn To 'Practical' Studies Instead

PA | Posted 09.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Demand for GCSEs is falling as students continue to choose practical courses in subjects such as food safety and music. For the third year in a row...

Pupil Premium Used To Plug School Budget Cuts, Heads Warn

PA | Posted 01.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Schools are being forced to use the Government's flagship pupil premium to plug cuts to their budgets, headteachers are warning. More than four-fif...

Hundreds Of Heads Earning Above £100k

PA | Posted 25.06.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Around 700 school leaders are earning six-figure salaries, official figures show. Data published by the Department for Education reveals that 200 h...

Primary School Pays PR Firm £351,000 To Get Mentions In Parliament

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 20.04.2012 | UK Universities & Education

A primary school paid a political media company more than £351,000 over three years to manage its public relations and ensure it was mentioned in par...

Lucy Sherriff

Gove Needs To Realise University Is 'Not The Golden Route'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 18.04.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Children's education is suffering as a result of Michael Gove and his department being blinded by the notion university is the "golden route" of educa...

Gove Calls For Cap On Catholics

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 30.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Michael Gove has supported a cap on Catholic pupils at a new school due to be opened, despite other faith schools existing with no intake limit. Co...

Pupils Pay For Teachers' Strike As 60% Of London Schools Hit

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 29.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Hundreds of students suffered as a result of teachers staging a strike on Wednesday, which saw around 6,000 teachers and lecturers marching through ce...

62,000 Pupils Skipping Classes Each DAY As Truancy Rates Rise

PA | Posted 28.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Rising numbers of pupils are skipping school without permission, official figures showed today. Statistics published by the Department for Educatio...

DfE To Toughen Teacher Training Tests

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education

The Department for Education is to increase the difficulty of teacher training literacy and numeracy tests in an attempt to ensure the highest quality...

School Reforms May Cause More Than Two Thirds Of Heads To Quit

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education

School reforms may cause more than two thirds of secondary school headteachers to leave the profession, according to a survey. Ministers' attitudes...

Future Of Religious Education Is Jeopardised Church Complains

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education

The Church of England has voiced concerns religious education is being sidelined by the government's school reforms. The subject is facing "multipl...

One In Seven Children Rejected By First Choice Of Secondary School

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 22.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education

One in seven pupils in England missed out on their first choice of secondary school this year, official figures show. The announcement follows pred...

Gove's Staff 'Repeatedly Destroyed' Emails?

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Michael Gove's staff at the Department for Education repeatedly destroyed official government correspondence, it was reported on Monday. According ...

Gove's Emails Subject To FOI Laws, Rules Commissioner

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 05.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education

The Department for Education's private emails are subject to Freedom of Information laws and Whitehall will have to disclose the information, it has b...

Third Sector Voice is Key To Tackling Troubled Families

Anne Marie Carrie | Posted 28.04.2012 | UK Politics
Anne Marie Carrie

The third sector is able to reach out to troubled families in a way that works. It works because families are not suspicious of us, they are not intimidated by our services and they are able to trust us.

Excessive Workload And A Fear Of Ofsted Driving Teachers Out Of Classroom

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 27.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Almost 9,000 teachers took early retirement last year, a figure which one union has attributed to excessive workloads and a fear of Ofsted as main rea...

Aren't Children Tested Enough Already?

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 27.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Michael Gove will be sticking by his proposals for introducing more reading tests for children, despite warnings that they are a "waste of money". ...

School Complaints Should Not Be 'Badge Of Shame'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Schools are receiving thousands of complaints about issues affecting pupils each year, a government report suggests. The study calls for a culture ...