by Wendy Newman | Jan 9, 2012 | News
Statistics from the Graduate Teacher Training Registry have shown that the numbers of people applying to train as teachers has fallen by 29% compared to the same point last year. Modern foreign languages was one of the worst hit subjects with applications for...
by Wendy Newman | Jan 6, 2012 | News
A recent Conversative Party survey has found that only 3% of pupils are getting good GCSE pass in key subjects in some areas. Nick Gibb, the schools minister, said last year that it was "a scandal that four-fifths of our 16-year-olds did not take the core...
by Wendy Newman | Jan 5, 2012 | News
Michael Gove’s statement just before Christmas re: the National Curriculum review can now be found here: http://education.gov.uk/inthenews/inthenews/a00201092/written-ministerial-statement-on-the-national-curriculum-review. He has decided that it is essential...
by Wendy Newman | Dec 16, 2011 | News
The Irish government has proposed a range of cuts to the education budget, which will provide net savings of around €76 million in 2012, increasing to €241 million in 2014, accoridng to the Irish Times. Among the cuts he Modern Languages in Primary Schools...
by Wendy Newman | Nov 29, 2011 | News
Shadow Education Secretary, Stephen Twigg, has backed the government’s introduction of the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) which recognises students who achieve a GCSE C-grade or better in English, maths, history or geography, sciences and a language. Twigg...
