…dispelled. And, of course, the fun bit of advice was that it’s never a bad idea to take fancy dress stuff with you to university, because you never know when…
SMALL BUT INCREASING NUMBER OF SCHOOLS ARE USING THEIR PUPIL PREMIUM FUNDING TO OFFSET BUDGET CUTS NEW SUTTON TRUST AND EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION POLLING
…premium funding was. The most common priority for spending, identified by over a quarter of teachers (28%), was on early intervention schemes. 13% said that more 1:1 tuition was a…
How a teacher’s character manifests itself in the classroom is often missing from understanding pedagogical wizardry
Kevin Stannard cited Sutton Trust research on teaching practice in the Times Educational Supplement. All too often this “pedagogical praxis” is missed when we discuss the make-up of top teaching…
Starbucksification of schools
…office in 2014. Her predecessor, Michael Gove, had enraged teachers and their unions (which he christened the “blob”, after a monster from a 1958 science-fiction film) with his shake-up of…
Bright state school pupils from Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire to get extra support to access top university courses
…benefit from a series of school visits, project days, campus visits and academic support provided by the University of Nottingham’s community learning hubs. Students will also receive advice on their…
Best in Class Summit
…in the least advantaged fifth of schools said their pupils were well-behaved compared with 96% in the most advantaged fifth. They also reported spending less time teaching and more time…