A high-powered Academies Commission has been established by the Royal Society for the Arts to look at the impact of academies on the future of the education system in England.
The Government have set their sights on improving school leadership in plans to overhaul the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH), by making a teacher’s professional ladder even tougher to climb. Psychometric tests will be introduced to judge who is best suited to take on school leadership, a change designed to ‘raise the bar’ and create ‘highly effective’ school leaders.
Pensions, regional pay agreements, the costs of setting up free schools and academies and perceived ‘privatisation creep’ – these are just some of the issues that have riled teachers, and could mean more industrial action during the summer term.
A job in the sun – on the island of Lanzarote
Imagine a job where you can enjoy year-round mild temperatures and beaches of fine sands in your spare time. To find out more about the life, and about teaching opportunities, we caught up with Daniel Canino Ramos, director of Queen’s – a brand new British school in Playa Blanca on the island of Lanzarote. Read more.
From plans to overhaul summer holidays, to solving truancy problems by introducing uniforms with built in tracking devices, we take our regular delve into the media to see which stories have been creating a stir. Catch up with Eteach, and have your say.
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