Bullying in Schools – What Can We Do?
The number one concern with young people in modern times is bullying of some sort with most of it starting at school; research released this week have stated that 60% of secondary pupils have experienced bullying. This comes as Rikama Education, who reported earlier this week, on Jeremy Wright who warns of social media operators […]
SATs – Branding Children as Failures
As all primary educators will know, SATs results were released yesterday, and most news outlets are headlining the positives of two-thirds of Year 6’s achieved their expected grades. Is two-thirds an acceptable amount? Thirty-three per cent failed to meet their grades, these year 6 children will have to be told that they have failed just […]
Bullying Cases Rise on Social Media
Jeremy Wright, the culture secretary, has stated that if social media firms such as Facebook and Snapchat do not act against online bullying ‘at the source,’ they could have severe fines or a block on their service. Mr Wright has asked if social media services can provide an easier way to report online bullying as […]
One-in-Three Teachers Leaves the Profession within Five Years
New statistics published by the DfE today have shown that one-in-three teachers leave their teaching job within their first five years and teachers are more likely to drop out after their first year within the classroom than any time since 1997; 15.3 per cent of those who qualified in 2017 began a brand new career […]
Reception Baseline Assessment – Will It Work?
The baseline assessment will be brought into schools in Autumn 2020 however a pilot of the scheme will be utilised this Autumn. The aim of this initiative is assessing mathematics and language skills of every four and five-year-old starting school; this will mean that there will be added pressure on parents to get their children […]
