News Wire

  • 08/02/12
  • Dickensian levels of illiteracy still plague parts of England despite decades of increases in state spending on education, a minister declared yesterday.
  • Source: Daily Mail
  • 08/02/12
  • Schoolchildren will be encouraged to “have a book on the go” at all times as part of a national competition to improve childhood literacy.
  • Source: The Daily Telegraph
  • 07/02/12
  • Children’s natural development is being undermined by a relentless focus on formal assessments and targets in nurseries, childcare experts warn today.
  • Source: The Daily Telegraph
  • 07/02/12
  • Interview with David Bell, former permanent secretary at the Department for Education and now vice-chancellor at Reading University, who says he never had a difficult relationship with Michael Gove.
  • Source: The Guardian
  • 07/02/12
  • Rising numbers of children are still in nappies when they start primary school.
  • Source: Daily Mail
  • 06/02/12
  • Ministers have been accused of discriminating against dyslexic pupils by announcing plans to award 5% of marks in GCSE exams for spelling, punctuation and grammar as part of a drive to improve communication skills.
  • Source: The Guardian
  • 06/02/12
  • More than 5,000 head teachers are failing to do their jobs properly, the chief inspector of schools declared today.
  • Source: Daily Mail
  • 06/02/12
  • An independent inquiry has been launched to investigate postgraduate education.
  • Source: Times Higher Education
  • 03/02/12
  • Providing free nursery places costs the taxpayer £1.9 billion a year but is not having an impact on children’s achievement aged 7, a report suggests today.
  • Source: The Times Daily Mail