Education In Depth
Will the arrival of the EBacc boost young people’s attainment?
After months of speculation, Michael Gove has revealed plans to change the exams system, with the new English Baccalaureate Certificate (EBacc) intended to bring about more academically rigorous standards
Youth work in schools: happy union or a culture clash?
As an independent commission sets out to examine what role youth work can play in formal education, Charlotte Goddard discovers a range of partnerships between youth groups and schools across the country
Skills for the Job: Gender dysphoria
Children can face hostility if their behaviour does not conform to gender stereotypes, says Margaret Griffiths of charity Mermaids UK
Research Report: Transition to Adulthood for Young People with Autistic Spectrum Conditions
An investigation into services available for young people with autistic spectrum conditions leaving school
Good Practice Case Studies
How teens share lessons in becoming a parent
Young parents are getting back into education by teaching other teenagers what effect bringing up a baby can have on their lifestyle
How mediation resolves family conflict
Young people are being helped to mend relationships with their families to prevent them becoming homeless
How a play tackles negative body image problems
Young people take to the stage to help teenagers confront unhealthy attitudes to body image
Parents’ classes improve children’s conduct
Educational psychology forms the basis of a programme to enable parents in Somerset to deal with their children’s problem behaviour
Good Idea: Chess lessons for inner-city children to boost achievement
A project that teaches primary school children how to play chess during school hours
Latest Education News
- LGA slams council inspection framework
- Legal guide a 'missed opportunity' says school governors' leader
- Speech and language teaching enhances pupils' reading
- LGA fears children's centre closures if cuts continue
- DfE announces voluntary sector funding
- Scottish YOI unveils education plans
- Charities seek extension to care leaver support
- Councils prioritise reception classes over early years care
- Calls for DfE to improve 'failing' PSHE education
- Study exposes extent of ‘sexting’ among children
Education Policy
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Consultation: Transforming Youth Custody: Putting education at the heart of detention
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Consultation: Improving Educational Outcomes for Children of Travelling Families
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Consultation: Funding academies and local authorities for functions that devolve to academies
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Consultation: The use of biometric information systems in schools
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School funding reform: Next steps towards a fairer system
Inspection
Education Comment
Social media will let tomorrow’s leaders bridge north-south divide
This month, shuttling between the north-east and the south-east of England, I have been struck by some of the massive variations in the experiences of children and young people in different parts of the country, and how this impacts upon national debates about future policy....
Youth workers could be the missing link in PSHE
Youth work and schools make strange bedfellows. The very essence of youth work as voluntary and non-formal is certainly at odds with the formal, compulsory nature of school.
Shared education could bridge the partisan divide
Northern Ireland’s education system has been described as one of the most socially divided and segregated. The denominational system means that more than 90 per cent of pupils attend either “Catholic” or “Protestant” schools.
