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Dec 12, 2023 · A House of Lords report published today, Tuesday 12 December, warns that the current education system for 11–16 year olds is too focused on academic learning and written exams, limiting opportunities for pupils to study a broad and balanced curriculum and to develop core skills.
Jun 15, 2022 · Education systems across Britain are "failing on every measure" and 60% of parents don't believe schools prepare pupils for work, according to The Times Education Commission.
- Getting Exams Back to Normal
- Addressing Inequality
- Provide Support For Teachers
- Free Speech in Higher Education
The first hurdle comes next month with the annual round of GCSE and A-level exam results. This will be the first cohort since 2019 to have formally sat their exams. The Department of Education will be hoping that the exam results, which have already been taken and marked, will not cause such headline grabbing disruption this summer as in the two pr...
In November 2020, the Department of Education launched its flagship initiative to address pandemic learning loss in England, the National Tutoring Programme– which pairs schools with tutors who work with individual students or small groups to help them catch up in core subjects. However, the House of Commons Education Committee recently reported th...
The pandemic has had a serious impact on children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing and the problem remains acute. One of the short-term impacts of this is growing pressures on teachers in classrooms. For this reason as well as the rise in the cost of living, teachers are asking for a substantial pay increase. It seems unlikely that cu...
On 27 June 2022, before her promotion to education secretary and subsequent resignation, Michelle Donelan had written to university vice chancellors advising them to consider whether their membership of certain diversity schemes was appropriate given their responsibility to uphold free speech. This was regarded with concern by many in the education...
Sep 22, 2023 · The U.K. government has ordered more than 100 schools to close because of crumbling concrete, and more public buildings could be at risk. As CBC’s Margaret Evans explains, the debacle has come...
Jun 2, 2021 · Some 35% of English adults say the school system in England is worse now than it was ten years ago, compared to 24% who think it’s about the same as it was, and 17% who say its improved. This opinion of a worsened system appears to be mainly driven by some 42% of those with children aged 17 to 18 saying schooling has changed for the worse ...
Mar 11, 2022 · The "devastating" impact of England's school closures during the pandemic is leading to greater inequality, MPs say. A report by the Education Select Committee found Yorkshire and the...
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Are schools facing a workforce crisis?
Dec 1, 2023 · All sectors of the education system are facing a workforce crisis. In schools, only 69% of those who qualified 5 years ago are still teaching, and 15% of that cohort left in their first year. The pupil population in England is set to decline significantly due to low birth rates.
