Dont close rural schools says Knight
Posted by admin
Schools minister Jim Knight is writing to all local authorities in England to remind them that they should not close rural schools, it emerged today.The move comes after a campaign to prevent the closure of rural schools, a reaction to government guidance issued in December which told local education authorities to prioritise the removal of [...]
Britain to Credit McDonalds Skills
Posted by admin
LONDON - McDonald’s employees trained in skills needed to run outlets for the fast-food chain can get credit toward high school diplomas, the British government announced Monday.
Along with two other large companies, McDonald’s Corp. was given the power to award the equivalent of advanced high-school qualifications as part of a plan to improve young people’s [...]
Burger bar Alevel for staff at McDonalds
Posted by admin
Staff at McDonald’s will gain the equivalent of A-levels in running burger restaurants after the fast food giant won government approval to become an exam board.The firm is piloting a “basic shift manager” course, which will train staff in everything they need to run a McDonald’s outlet, from marketing to human resources and customer service [...]
Know your place …
Posted by admin
The English education system is sliding back into Victorian times with today’s schools almost as segregated by social class as they were in the 19th century, a controversial new book argues. The Education Debate, published tomorrow, draws a parallel between today’s academies, faith and comprehensive schools, and the elementary, grammar and public schools of more [...]
When the pathway disappears
Posted by admin
Ed Balls, the secretary of state for children, schools and families, has stated that one of the four building blocks for the successful raising of the education participation age is “advice and guidance that helps all young people make the right choices”. This should be supported by “clear specifications for local authorities to provide every [...]
Gerald Pillay Hope and faith
Posted by admin
There is a cross - minus the figure of a tortured Christ - above the door leading to the comfortable office of the vice-chancellor, set among the well-trimmed gardens of Liverpool’s smallest university. It says a fair bit about the place and the man.”Liverpool Hope is an extraordinary place,” enthuses Professor Gerald Pillay, by training [...]
To have and have not
Posted by admin
Withywood Community school takes its name from the large postwar estate it serves in south Bristol. Its headteacher, Bob Thornton, says his pupils and their parents are the “salt of the earth” and on the up. Official Ofsted forms tell a story of a community where “self-esteem, empowerment and literacy are historically very low”. On [...]
Sad to be gay
Posted by admin
Sam Clark, 19, first knew he was gay at the age of 10. Ever since, he has suffered from homophobic bullying. Things got worse after he came out at secondary school. “I would be pushed over in the playground. Jokes were made openly in front of the teachers,” he says.Clark is far from alone. A [...]
Too much too young
Posted by admin
What did your child do at nursery today? Dressing up? Messing around in the sandpit? Perhaps baking fairy cakes? Or was he or she learning to read and write?Under new government guidelines for early-years education, three- and four-year-olds should be taught to “form simple sentences, sometimes using punctuation”, and write in different forms such as [...]
English geography teaching found to be “mediocre”
Posted by admin
Neither are enough pupils going on field trips, it added, partially because of health and safety concerns.
British schools inspectorate Ofsted said there has been a significant fall in the number of children studying the subject at the upper levels of secondary education.
In primary schools, the achievement of pupils and the quality of teaching is weaker [...]
