92% off Target for Education Mentor
Less than 8% off Target for Education Mentor Target for the government’s flagship programme of ‘Catch-Up Mentors’ to assist and help students learn through their missed lessons during Covid is currently 92% off, according to the Department for Education. The target from the government was to give extra tuition to 252,000 students throughout the country. […]
School’s to Shut Early
A multi-academy trust in the North-West of England, and West Yorkshire; the Focus Trust, has decided to close its fifteen schools on the 11th December instead of the 18th due to the rise in Coronavirus cases. School Trust to Shut The trust has stated that it was trying to ‘safeguard staff’ as well as protect […]
Physical Attacks on the Rise
In the last year, a quarter of teachers have said that physical violence in schools have increased in various schools across the country. A very similar number of teachers have stated that verbal abuse has increased as well, with many believing that the violence is being exacerbated by social media. With the release of this […]
80% of Schools Worse Off
The Department for Education (DfE) have announced extra funding for all schools however even with this, 80 per cent of schools are still worse off and less funded than they were in 2015. Unfortunately, this shows that the school funding crisis is not over. The Schools Cut campaign has states that the government has promised […]
New Ofsted Framework: Brutal
The new Ofsted framework has started this academic year, the first teachers to experience the new inspections have described it as ‘brutal’ and ‘intense.’ One such teacher even wrote to the Ofsted Chief, Amanda Spielman, complaining that her Ofsted experience was ‘soul-destroying.’ Focusing on Curriculum The biggest significant change in the new framework of Ofsted […]
