- 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
