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Teachers across England are struggling to deliver quality RE lessons, despite the fact the public still want the subject on the curriculum. Mr Dorricott said: ‘What RE teachers need are better resources. It’s no use saying that RE lessons are incoherent or stereotypical if you don’t give teachers the tools to teach them well’. He added: ‘This is all the more important if you expect Geography and History teachers to teach RE. They need simple, easy-to-use lessons with great visual aids to do justice to this important area of education’.
Education	Families First March/April 2013



Outstanding schools could be downgraded by Ofsted if they fail to help their most deprived pupils. Such a move would see over¬subscribed schools that are otherwise deemed highly successful by inspectors re-categorised as 'good' or even 'requiring improvement' - the second-lowest rating. Chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw accused schools in 'relatively affluent' areas of 'complacency' for focusing on more able students while cultivating 'low expectations' in others. Ofsted will 'visit and revisit' until there is an improvement, he warned.
Education	Daily Mail June 21 2013



Primary school teachers know so little about religion that more than two-thirds now rely on the internet to plan their RE lessons, a study has found. Research by the National Association of Teachers of RE (Natre) found that most teachers questioned felt their own training did not equip them to teach the subject, leading to fears that they could unwittingly turn to misleading, inaccurate or even offensive material.
Education	Daily Telegraph June 21 2013



Children should be tested in basic language and literacy skills before they even start formal education, the head of Ofsted has said. Sir Michael Wilshaw warned that the assessment of pupils' grasp of the nursery-age curriculum is "too broad" and comes "too late". He called for a change in the way young children are tested, with more external moderation and the publication of results showing their progress. Sir Michael, Ofsted's chief inspector, also raised the question of a return to externally marked Sats for all seven-year-olds to restore rigour to primary education. He acknowledged that this was unlikely to win political support from ministers. His blueprint for a new testing system in primary schools is aimed at closing the gulf in achievement between the poorest children and their more affluent classmates. Evidence suggests that children growing up in deprived homes start to fall behind their peers by the age of five and the gap widens in later years.
Education	Daily Telegraph June 21 2013



Hundreds of schools and colleges are failing to send any sixth-formers to Britain's most highly regarded universities, figures have disclosed. For the first time, the Government published results showing the success rate of schools at securing places for pupils at leading institutions such as Oxford or Cambridge. The data showed that state-educated sixth-formers in some parts of the country were more than twice as likely to go to university as their peers living in other areas. A total of 359 state-funded schools and colleges failed to send a single student to one of the 24 leading
Education	Daily Telegraph June 21 2013



It was reported at the end of last year that there is widespread support in England for teaching Christianity in schools, according to a YouGov poll released by Oxford University. Almost two-thirds (64%) of the more than 1,800 people questioned said that children need to learn about Christianity to understand English history, while more than half (57%) said it was important if pupils are to understand the English culture and way of life.
Education	The Plain Truth Spring-Summer 2013



Every state school in England was given a new copy of the King James Bible from the government – with a brief foreword by Education Secretary, Michael Gove, to mark the 400th anniversary of its translation last year. The ‘gift’, made around Easter 2012, was intended to help every pupil in every primary and secondary school access Britain’s cultural heritage.
Education	The Plain Truth Spring-Summer 2013



England’s schoolchildren should have shorter holidays and spend more time in the classroom. Education secretary, Michael Gove, called for a longer school days and term times, warning the current system is out of date and fit for the agricultural economy of the 19th century. He said pupils are at a ‘significant handicap’ compared to youngsters in the East Asian nations who benefit from extra tuition and support from teachers.
Education	The Sentinel - April 19, 2013



Andrew Lloyds Webber has launched an educational programme which will allow every child at participating schools to learn to play a musical instrument. It is hoped that the new Andrew Lloyds Webber programme will improve the behaviour and overall academic achievements of pupils, rather than create performing artists.
Education	The Sentinel - April 24, 2013



Sexual abuse allegations have been made involving as many as 100 victims at five of Britain's leading music schools, it emerged yesterday. Ian Pace, a well known musician and former pupil at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester, said he had heard of accusations concerning his alma mater as well as the Purcell School in Herts, Wells Cathedral School in Somerset, St Mary's Music School in Edinburgh and the Yehudi Menuhin School in Surrey. Many more claims concerned psychological and emotional abuse. The pianist, who has been campaigning for a government-led inquiry into the alleged culture of sexual abuse at music schools and colleges, said he and others had handed the names of all the alleged perpetrators to police. Officers cannot begin an investigation unless a specific formal complaint is made. A "significant" police inquiry is under way in Manchester, where about 10 teachers at Ghetham's and the Royal Northern College of Music are being investigated over allegations of rape and serious sexual assault.
Education	Daily Telegraph 09.05.2013



Traditional GCSE grades should be scrapped because the system fails to differentiate properly between bright and weak pupils, Cambridge University's exam board has warned. The existing eight-grade scale - from A* to G - should be abolished as part of a government overhaul of exams for 16-year-olds, it was claimed. Cambridge Assessment said that grades should be replaced by a points-based system in which pupils are awarded scores between zero and 900 depending on their performance in tests. The change, outlined in a policy paper, would prevent two students achieving exam marks "some distance apart" yet receiving the same grade, examiners explained.
Education	Daily Telegraph 09.05.2013



Universities in the UK are lagging behind those in other countries because of a lack of investment in higher education, an international study has found. The UK was ranked 10th in the world despite boasting some of the best research institutions, such as Oxford and Cambridge. According to researchers, Britain was outperformed by other nations including America, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands in an assessment of the overall effectiveness of the higher education system. UK universities were named among the best in the world on a pound-for-pound basis — measuring research output and the production of a skilled workforce needed to meet the needs of industry. But the study by Universitas 21, an international network of universities and colleges, found that the nation slipped dramatically when assessed by the amount of public and private investment in universities.
Education	Daily Telegraph 09.05.2013



A quarter of applications to set up free schools in England over the past two years were from faith-based organisations, official data shows. This compares to a third of state schools which have a faith designation. Church of England, Catholic, Muslim, Sikh and Jewish groups were among 132 faith applicants under the scheme. The data was published after the Department for Education lost a bid to withhold it and was ordered by the Information Commissioner to release it. As he released the data, Education Secretary Michael Gove said he wanted to be ‘careful’ about the information published on free schools applications. The material now published by the Department for Education (DfE) gives details of free school proposals published under the first three rounds of applications.
Education	The Sentinel, February 21, 2013



The head of Ofsted has criticised teachers who attempt to "pull the wool" over inspectors' eyes by laying on "frenetic" lessons to impress them. Sir Michael Wilshaw said teachers should not "put on a show" when they were being scrutinised. Such behaviour was likely to backfire, he hinted, as inspectors found it "deeply irritating". It was also "confusing" for pupils.
Education	Daily Telegraph 16 March 2013



Primary schools are to receive more than £100 million of funding for intensive sports teaching. The funding deal, to be unveiled in the coming days by David Cameron, will effectively guarantee that children will continue to have access to specialist sports teaching at least once a week. Competitive sports will form the centrepiece of the lessons. Every primary school is to be given a sports grant that is based on its number of pupils….The funding is being provided from across government with the education, health and sport departments all contributing. It is seen as a key part of the London 2012 Olympic legacy and Lord Coe, who was chairman of the Games' organising committee, is understood to have been involved closely in drawing up the plans.
Education	Daily Telegraph 13 March 2013

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