Oxfam warns over worsening conditions for Syrian refugee children
Oxfam has issued a stark warning over the worsening situation for refugee children fleeing the Syrian civil war. Millions of civilians have escaped across […]
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The power of neuroscience to improve teaching is 'oversold', academic says
Brain-based teaching methods overemphasise the importance of neuroscience, ignoring the fact that learning is also influenced by society and culture, according to a leading neuroscientist. […]
TES journalists honoured at prestigious education awards
Journalists from TES have scooped a host of awards at the prestigious CIPR Education Journalism Awards, held at the Houses of Parliament last night. The prize […]
Off with its head: Another free school loses its leader
The head of another free school, this time of IES Breckland in Suffolk, has stepped down after just over a year at the helm. Sherry […]
Charity chief: PRUs being run for 'the needs of the system' and not the needs of their pupils
Pupil referral units do not focus enough on classroom education and are currently “designed to meet the needs of the system” rather than the pupils, […]
Durand's boarding school plans hit hurdle as planning permission refused
Contentious plans to bus hundreds of London teenagers to a boarding school in a mock Tudor mansion in the South Downs have hit yet another […]
Ofsted: Teachers should be free to teach as they want as long as children learn
Teachers will no longer be judged on their teaching styles or have to match lessons to the needs of individual pupils to achieve top grades […]
The 10 funniest things that happened in education this year
In recent years, too many comedians to count have tried to cash in on school-related antics, but none of their efforts are a patch on […]