News
Schools & teaching news stories:
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29Mar2012Over 5,500 pupils “read their way around the world” in the Reading Miles Global Challenge
A record number of entries have been received for our spring literacy competition, run in partnership with Oxford University Press.
Posted by Sarah De Zoysa
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26Mar2012Teacher concern over new reading test
The Government's new reading test for six-year-olds could face a boycott from teachers.
Posted by Jane Woodley
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23Mar2012Brand new Talk for Writing and reading conferences this summer
Four brand new conferences launch this summer, featuring Pie Corbett and David Mitchell.
Posted by Jane Woodley
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15Mar2012Raise literacy target in primary schools, says Ofsted chief
Sir Michael Wilshaw, the chief inspector of schools, says the current benchmark is too low to ensure later success at GCSE
Posted by Jane Woodley
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05Mar2012Brand new reading conference for primary schools
Brand new conference for leaders and practitioners focussing on teaching beyond decoding and reading for meaning.
Posted by Jane Woodley
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23Feb2012Deputy headteacher on a mission to inspire scores of young writers by getting the world to blog together
On 29 February, leap year day, Deputy Headteacher David Mitchell will be encouraging pupils, teachers and anyone else, anywhere in the world to write on the same blog.
Posted by Susie Musgrove
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23Feb2012Minister says reading plan could be just the ticket
Nick Gibb may ask schools to give library membership to all pupils.
Posted by Susie Musgrove
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16Feb2012Pupils banned from using slang in school
Pupils at an academy have been ordered to stop using slang to improve their job prospects.
Posted by Jane Woodley
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06Feb2012
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31Jan2012Children's literacy skills found lacking in Wales
Forty per cent of pupils in Wales are entering secondary school with a reading age that is more than six months below their actual age.
Posted by Fiona Lewis
