The Schools' News Service

Activities outside the classroom made easier
Teachers and others will now find it easier to take young people out and about as Schools Minister Diana Johnson launched a consultation on simple and straightforward guidance to cut red tape.
Activities outside the classroom have significant benefits for young people and help to bring learning to life. They support [...]

Raising Money for Secondary Schools
It is an indisputable fact that some schools manage to raise far more money from non-governmental sources than others.
When one looks at this it is often tempting to explain the difference by the nature of the local community or the wealth of the parents, but that in fact can be misleading. [...]

Teaching social relationships is hard.
Of course it is just my opinion, but for me, teaching teenagers about social relationships is hard. Even emailing you with details of a book about social relationships is hard, because if I use a certain word beginning with “s” and ending with an “x” then about 40% of [...]

Racial discrimination in schools
It is a frightening thought, but a study by Manchester University and analysts at Education Data Survey have found that 44 per cent of teachers said that they had suffered discrimination because of their ethnicity.
The Teacher Support Network is not surprisingly taking up this issue and have said,
“Racism is simply unacceptable and [...]