Primary Schools

Adoptions, School Uniform Grants and class sizes

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 14 October 2019 - Categories: Adoption, Class size, Primary Schools, School uniform

Today’s Education in the Media blog looks at adoption trends in England, Local authority school uniform grants and class sizes.

Action for Children report

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 9 July 2019 - Categories: Apprenticeships, Key Stage Two Tests, Mental Health, Primary Schools

Today’s blog looks at Action for Children’s report ‘Choose Childhood’, examining the quality of childhood experiences in today’s society. We also look at the interim stats on this year’s Key Stage SATS and the value of high-level apprenticeships.

Ensuring that children progress in school

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 23 April 2019 - Categories: Behaviour, Damian Hinds, Exams and qualifications, Free School Meals, Funding, Further education, Key Stage Two Tests, Mental Health, Primary Schools, School spending, School tests, School Workforce, Teacher workload, teachers, Technical education

In response to calls for SATs to be discontinued, the Education Secretary Damian Hinds wrote an op-ed for the Sunday Telegraph on 21 April, setting out the importance of primary school assessments to ensure that children are developing and progressing in education.

Primary school offer day

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 16 April 2019 - Categories: Primary Schools, School places

Last year 97.7% of parents got one of their top three choices, with 91% of these being their first choice. These numbers have been gradually improving since 2014 despite rising pupil numbers during this period. School standards have also been rising – 87% of primary schools are now rated Good or Outstanding, compared to 67% in 2010.

Friday 15 March 2019: Association of School and College Leaders

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 15 March 2019 - Categories: Damian Hinds, Funding, Further education, GCSE, Primary Schools, School spending

Today’s Education in the Media blog looks at the Association of School and College Leaders conference, as well as several new reports from the union.

Education in the Media: Thursday 13 December 2018

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 13 December 2018 - Categories: Admissions, Attainment gap, Higher Education, Primary Schools, Social mobility, Statistics, Universities

Today’s Education in the Media blog looks at the latest UCAS admissions data, the narrowing disadvantage gap in primary schools and an update on the Taking Teaching Further programme.

Education in the Media: Tuesday 10 July

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 10 July 2018 - Categories: Key Stage Two Tests, Primary Schools

Today’s Education in the media blog looks at the National Education Union’s survey on Key Stage 2 SATs tests and comments around IGCSEs.

Early years pilots launched

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 22 June 2018 - Categories: early years, Literacy, numeracy, Primary Schools

Early years pilots launched Schools are set to pilot improved measures to support children's early development in language and vocabulary in the Reception year, making sure they have the skills needed to thrive at school.

Education in the media: Wednesday 11 April 2018

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 11 April 2018 - Categories: Primary Schools

Today’s Education in the media blog looks at plans to do more to make sure children who are taught at home get the best education possible and research that shows the benefits of teaching Mandarin in schools.

Education in the media: 19 December 2017

Posted by: Media, Posted on: 19 December 2017 - Categories: Curriculum, Gender Pay Gap, Primary Schools, PSHE, Sex and Relationship Education

Today’s news review looks at relationships and sex education and the gender pay gap.