The Schools' News Service

A group of teachers and educationalists have launched “Celebrating Schools Day” – which will be held on 15 July 2008.   It is a day that allows your school to get some free positive publicity, should you wish.
 
The idea is simple.  Every summer the media run a series of negative [...]

New government research shows that parents want ever more involvement in their children’s education – and prefer informal chats with school staff instead of parents evenings.
The research shows half of all parents feel very involved their child’s education – up from just 29 per cent in 2001 – and the [...]

Here’s a summary of what the government says it is doing in this field, in its most recent pronoucements.

• Providing funding of around £1m over three years to the No to Failure project. No to Failure is trailblazing and evaluating the impact of specialist training for teachers and [...]

Every week schools send my office questions – and mostly they are pleas for help.
Below there is a list of questions – this list is just one day’s worth of question.
What we do is forward these questions on to subscribers to our news and information service – and lo and behold they send in the [...]