Are schools spending less time on sport?
What’s the truth behind the claims that schools are spending less, not more time on sport? Keme Nzerem investigates.
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Grammar schools are “stuffed full” of middle-class children and do not improve the chances of poorer pupils, claims the Ofsted chief inspector.
Private school alumni dominate the country says Ukip’s Nigel Farage, so bringing back grammar schools would make things “fairer”. He tells Matt Frei: “What we’ve got now are a self-perpetuating rich”.
The chief inspector of schools in England says many places simply aren’t aiming high enough while white pupils from inner cities don’t seem to be doing as well as they should.
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Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt says the Al-Madinah controversy shows the government’s free schools policy is a “free market experiment” that puts the stability of pupils at risk.
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Got the answer? The majority of Britons think that teachers should be qualified, and that all schools – free or otherwise – should stick to the national curriculum, a poll for Channel 4 News finds.
The new shadow education secretary, Tristram Hunt, says a Labour government would not close any free schools set up under the coalition.
A Muslim free school in Derby is told it must take “swift action” to address concerns over the way it is run or face the prospect of closure.
The Chief Inspector of Schools Sir Michael Wilshaw accuses private institutions of offering the state sector “crumbs off their tables”.
Has the government’s revolutionary free schools movement failed by opening schools where there is already a surplus of places? FactCheck swots up on the facts.
Fee-paying schools are turning to the alternative exam as they continue to outperform state schools in bagging top grades.
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What’s the truth behind the claims that schools are spending less, not more time on sport? Keme Nzerem investigates.
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