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Lack of further maths A-Level ‘costs pupils places at top universities’
State school pupils could be missing out on places at leading universities because too many comprehensives fail to teach further maths A-Level, a Minister has warned. This is from the Telegraph… There...
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Survey finds employers would prefer to take on a “higher apprentice” than a...
A university degree is worth less than some apprenticeships, according to a survey which found that most employers would prefer to take on a “higher apprentice” than a graduate. This is from the...
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£25m to help boost number of pupils studying Further Maths A level
Education Minister Elizabeth Truss has announced that funding for the Further Mathematics Support Programme (FMSP) is being expanded to £25million over five years. This is from the DfE… The key aim of...
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Teach First Leadership Development Programme extended to early years
The Department for Education has announced that the Teach First programme, which currently covers people working with children aged five and over, is being extended to those working with early years...
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Quality nurseries urged to make full use of flexibility
After a speech at the Nursery World Conference yesterday by Education and Childcare Minister Elizabeth Truss, the DfE is reinforcing encouragement for nurseries to employ more graduate leaders to...
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Childcare minister Elizabeth Truss attacks unruly nurseries creating children...
The childcare minister Elizabeth Truss has criticised “chaotic” nurseries for breeding what she claimed were a generation of children with no manners. This is from the Guardian… The Tory minister said...
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Elizabeth Truss’s comments on nursery education are authoritarian claptrap
Anouchka Grose says it’s sad to think that childhood, where we might exercise some freedom from crushing social constraints, might be formalised. This is from the Guardian… The childcare minister,...
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Toby Young: Liz Truss’s call for more formal, French-style nursery education...
Writing on his blog in the Telegraph, Toby Young suggests the reaction on Twitter to Liz Truss’s comments on nursery education show ignorance of both of what she actually said and of evidence into...
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Nurseries – The View from France: Path to excellence starts with a kiss from...
The Independent has an article from its ‘man in Paris’ John Lichfield on the French nursery system where his own two daughters were educated in response to Elizabeth Truss’s comments on its superiority...
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Teachers told not to use red ink in case it upsets pupils
The Daily Mail is reporting that teachers at a Harrow school have been told not to use red link to mark homework to avoid upsetting pupils… The edict has been condemned as ‘absolutely political...
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What would ‘schoolification’ of our nurseries mean?
The BBC’s education reporter Hannah Richardson has written an in-depth article considering nursery education and the potential impact of suggestions by Children’s Minister Liz Truss to make it more...
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Childcare ratio changes proposed by the government will make children suffer
Neil Leitch, the chief executive of the Pre-School Learning Alliance, believes the arguments being used by Liz Truss to change the childcare ratios in nursery schools are ‘baseless’ and that the...
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Parent groups join nurseries to fight new carer ratios
The Observer reports a new alliance of parents and nursery chains – complete with e-petition (see below) – to fight against proposed changes to childcare ratios… Parents are joining forces with...
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Childcare ratio plans ‘in chaos’, says Labour, after Clegg expresses doubts
Plans to allow childminders and nursery staff to look after more children in England are in “chaos”, Labour says. It follows Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg admitting he had doubts about whether it...
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Spelling and grammar test for all 11-year-olds next week to tackle poor literacy
Up to 600,000 schoolchildren will be required to sit a new exam in spelling, punctuation and grammar amid fears that almost a quarter of pupils are starting secondary education with substandard...
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Gove says Clegg ‘showing some leg’ to Lib Dems over childcare
Nick Clegg has been accused by Michael Gove of opposing childcare reforms purely in an effort to strengthen his position as Liberal Democrat leader, following mounting dissent within his party. This is...
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Why sex education in primary school should be compulsory
Being open and frank about sex from an early age means parents and teachers get some influence over how children view sex and relationships, says mother and Channel 4 News presenter Cathy Newman,...
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Students to be offered bursaries to train as nursery teachers
The Telegraph is reporting that school leavers will be able to claim up to £1,800 to work in nurseries under Government plans to raise the status of the childcare profession… Around 1,000 students will...
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Clegg announces proposed childcare ratio changes are being dropped
Plans to allow nurseries and childminders in England to look after more children are being dropped, Nick Clegg has said. This is from the Times… The proposals championed by Liz Truss, the Conservative...
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Toddlers ‘cry for a month in French nurseries’
A nursery workers’ leader has unleashed a stinging attack on France’s more formal early years education system which has been praised by a minister. This is from the BBC… Pre-School Learning Alliance...
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