Education
Tens of thousands of youngsters have “dropped out of the school system”
Tens of thousands of children are not being educated either in school or at home, a report has revealed. A generation of kids are being left behind by a combination of bullying, difficult upbringings and having special needs, according to the study. A leading charity is calling on the Government to take urgent action to help identify and support those who drop out - often for months or years at a time. Off the radar of schools and other services...
Hardest hit schools facing financial cliff edge as £1 billion set aside for grammars
Britain's hardest hit schools are facing a financial cliff edge despite the Prime Minister being able to find £1 billion for her pet grammar schools scheme. The government’s ‘flawed’ new funding formula will see the hardest hit schools facing a “financial cliff edge” in 2020, according to a new study. A report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) suggests 1,000 schools will be forced to take a massive hit of seven per cent per pupil when ‘transitional protections’ run out....
Sometimes it is better to get a B than an A grade
Sometimes It Is Better to Get a B than A: The Truth Every Fresher Should Know You just received your paper from yesterday’s major examination, and you got an A. This, however, is not new to you. Most students aim for straight As in the hopes of being the top of their class or making their parents proud. Whatever is the reason behind this consistent success, students spend more time studying and less time enjoying the actual learning experience. Learning...
Every school in UK faces “Brutal” cuts, says new report
Education Policy Institute study claims £74,000 will be slashed off primary school budgets while secondaries stand to lose £291,000 GMB, the union for school support staff, warned today every school in the UK faces a real-terms per-pupil funding cut thanks to the Government’s brutal national funding formula. According to a new report by the Education Policy Institute, primary schools will face budget cuts of £74,000 on average by 2019/20, and secondary schools will lose £291,000. This is the equivalent of...
How Donald Trump’s presidency could affect international students in the US
International students and professors at US universities were among those caught in the wake of President Trump's revised executive order to ban anyone from six predominantly islamic countries from entering the US. There are currently over a million international students at US universities, and there is concern among them that this ban, along with Trump’s general anti-immigration rhetoric, could have severe ramifications for them. It’s worried colleges too, the Association of American Universities warned that the order could cause irreparable...
“Low priority” sixth form funding now at “1990” levels
Not great news for 16-18-year-olds hoping to get some decent A-levels, as the government has decided that ensuring this age group gets good grades had taken a back seat, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Money has recently been clawed back from schools, after the government ditched its plan to make every school an academy and decided that the funding should be returned to central government rather than used in other areas of the educational system. Now the think-tank...
£9 billion to be spent on new free schools as old ones left to rot
Billions of pounds are to be spent on new free schools while the old ones are left to rot. The shocking figures have been revealed as the education sector suffers a funding crisis, with plans to spend £9 billion on new free schools while current state schools are falling apart described as "utter madness" by union GMB. A National Audit Office (NAO) report today says 6.7 billionn is needed to bring existing school buildings in England and Wales to a...
“New grammar schools show Tories have completely wrong priorities to education,” claims Union
Since Theresa May vowed to push for a new raft of grammar schools many have questioned the fairness of the system, and whether is will simply exacerbate the gap between the haves and the have-nots. The PMs first flagship educational establishment is due to open in 2019 in Croydon, allowing the school to chose the thousand pupils who will attend the school and will also be able to access direct government funding, to support it. The Greens, Lib Dems and...
First-born children more likely to do better at school
First-born children are more likely to do better at school because parents pay them more attention, according to new research. The extra focus gives them an "edge" over younger brothers and sisters and higher IQs - as early as the age of one. Researchers found the eldest child outperformed siblings in thinking skills after receiving more "mental stimulation". Advantages started from just after birth to three years old. The differences were highlighted in language, reading, maths and comprehension abilities. As subsequent...