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Formal Exams for Four Year Olds
The education secretary has announced plans to introduce formal testing for four and five year old when they begin school.
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Schools Urged to Provide Childcare for Two Year Olds
Education Minister Liz Truss has announced that schools will be petitioned by the government to accept students from age two. The campaign is being stepped up in a bid to help parents suffering from the shortage and cost of childcare facilities.
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Extend the School Day to 6pm Say Advisors
Government advisors have suggested that school days should be lengthened and holidays shortened. Under the proposals, the school day would be extended to 6pm, and school holidays would consist of six or seven weeks a year.
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Help Poorer Students to Make the Right Choices
A study published by the Institute of Education has shown that school children from poorer backgrounds are not receiving the guidance they need in order to make decisions about their curriculum and future.
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More Schools Meet Government Targets
New results show that more secondary schools in England are meeting government targets. Of 3,200 state schools, 154 are now categorised as under-performing, a drop of 61 from last year.
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University Grades Significantly Higher than 10 Years Ago
New data has emerged which shows that the grades of British university students have dramatically improved, prompting speculation that universities may be manipulating results in order to maintain their place in league tables.
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Debate Heats Up Over Higher Education Funding
Talks are underway between senior government ministers as to whether the student opportunity fund will be maintained. The fund, currently £327m, is in place to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds in completing their university studies.
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Labour's Plan to Licence Teachers
Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt has proposed that all state school teachers should be required to have professional teaching qualifications. He criticised the government’s policy of allowing unqualified teachers to work in academies and free schools, and said that under a Labour government only qualified teachers would work in state schools.
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Aysmmetric School Week Proposed
Called the “asymmetric week’, the proposals would mean that students served by the council would spend four and a half days in school each week instead of 5.
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