Seven and 11-year-olds feel the pressure from their parents and teachers.
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Dealing with inequality should be the main priority.
An academic, and parent at a Manchester school that has chosen to become an academy, says surely there is a better way.
It will take time, but a education system governed by Regional Schools Commissioners might not be more reliable.
Sir Michael Wilshaw’s 2013-14 annual report for Ofsted on the progress and standards achieved by schools has revealed that, while progress has been made in the primary sector, progress in secondary schools…
The English schools inspectorate Ofsted has announced it will be terminating contracts with its three private inspection services providers from September 2015 and will be employing school inspectors in-house…
Each new administration tends to try to improve compulsory education by introducing a new and purportedly better type of school. The current government has at least three, and is pushing vocational schools…
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