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SATs inquiry finds QCA failures

    News
  • Thursday, December 18, 2008
    • | CYP Now
Failures at the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) were partly to blame for the summer SATs fiasco, an independent inquiry has found.

Pupil attainment gap widens

    News
  • Monday, January 5, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The attainment gap between schools in wealthy and deprived areas is increasing, according to latest figures obtained by the Conservative Party.

The Michael Tippett School, Lambeth, London

    Other
  • Tuesday, January 6, 2009
    • | CYP Now
How many pupils? The school provides 80 places for 11- to 19-year-olds with complex needs. Most pupils have severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties. The rest are on the autistic spectrum or have sensory, medical or physical disabilities.

Bikes4School

    Other
  • Tuesday, January 6, 2009
    • | CYP Now
What is it? Schools sign up online at www.bikes4school.co.uk to receive a unique code. If this code is entered when buying cycling goods via the bikes4school website, five per cent of the sale cost is donated to the school. Customers also get a discount on bikes and cycling gear purchased on the website.

Union worried by head recruitment difficulties

    News
  • Thursday, January 8, 2009
    • | CYP Now
A headteachers' union has expressed its concern at the high number of secondary headship vacancies having to be re-advertised following the publication of an annual recruitment report.

Consultancy spend trebles at DCSF

    Other
  • Tuesday, January 20, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) has been criticised for trebling its spending on consultants to more than 61m over two years.

School trips are unlucky victim of efficiency drives

    Opinion
  • Friday, May 13, 2011
    • | CYP Now
The squeeze is on for anything that does not appear immediately important. For colleges, enrichment funding is being slashed. This is funding that has contributed to a wide range of important discretionary activity, from sport to family education.

Funding for phonics training

    News
  • Wednesday, January 28, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The Department for Children, Schools and Families has announced nine million pounds of funding for training to develop high quality phonics in early years setting and primary schools.

Welsh schools improve standards

    News
  • Wednesday, January 28, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Three in ten education providers in Wales are not doing well enough, but schools are improving standards, according to the Welsh education inspectorate.

Home Education - Your Views

    Other
  • Tuesday, February 3, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The government has commissioned an independent review to assess the system of supporting and monitoring home education that is currently in place.

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