Read about the latest education news and discover this week’s Teaching Events.

Teaching News and Events (5/2/11)
Read the latest education news headlines and discover this week’s teaching events…
Teaching News and Events (20/11/10)
Here are links to some of this week’s education-related news: Education Secretary Michael Gove has announced plans to more than double the number of top head teachers helping struggling schools in England. However, most of England’s best teachers are deterred from becoming heads because of the pressures of targets, according to a survey of their own [...]
Teaching News and Events (22/10/10)
Here are links to some of this week’s education-related news stories: The chancellor George Osborne has said that schools in England are to get a real-terms increase in funding. This BBC report reveals how the cuts will affect education. A government report has revealed that almost one in four primary school boys in England has special [...]
Teaching News and Events (9/10/10)
Here are links to some of the latest education news and articles: One in six pupils are failing to make the expected progress in English or maths by the time they leave primary school, according to recent SATs statistics. Attacks on teachers in schools in Wales have hit their highest level in five years. A [...]
Teaching News and Events (2/10/10)
Here are some of this week’s education-related headlines: “No touch” rules discouraging teachers from restraining and comforting children are to be scrapped. Surrey County Council is exploring plans to turn all of its secondary schools into academies. Meanwhile, the Lib Dem executive member for education has written a letter to the Guardian claiming that academies [...]
This week’s Education News (10/7/10)
It’s been another busy week with lots going on in education. Here are links to some of the headlines: Hundreds of school buildings projects were scrapped this week. However, there was confusion after the original report included errors which gave some schools hope that their plans were to go ahead, only to be cancelled later. [...]
This week's Education News (3/7/10)
This post contains links to this week’s education related news stories: More academy news… Schools will not be required to consult with parents or staff before converting to academies, according to this report… A list of schools who have expressed an interest in becoming an academy was published… New data has also questioned the success [...]
Children 'missing out on sleep'
A survey from BBC Newsround has found that many children are kept up late at night by video games, mobile phones and televisions. An article on the BBC News site explains that: “Newsround sent a questionnaire to 1,000 children aged between nine and 11 at schools across the UK. Most said they went to bed at [...]







