NUT brands Clarke 'immature' over conference snub
Press Review 19 February 2003
Clarke snubs NUT
News Article 18 February 2003
Education secretary Charles Clarke has snubbed one of the country's biggest teaching unions.
Forum Brief: Public sector pay
Policy Consultation 7 February 2003
The independent salary review bodies for teachers, members of the armed forces, senior civil servants and judges are today expected to put forward proposals for wage rises of around three
Forum Brief: Teaching review
Policy Consultation 28 January 2003
The government's drive to improve test results for English and maths in primary schools is being hampered because many teachers are not up to the job, according to a new
Forum Brief: Curriculum reforms
Policy Consultation 21 January 2003
Education ministers have announced that 14 to 19 year olds are to be allowed to concentrate on studying vocational subjects.
Forum Brief: Classroom agreement
Policy Consultation 15 January 2003
Forum members respond to a "historic" deal on overhauling classroom practices.
Forum Brief: Teaching reforms
Policy Consultation 8 January 2003
Radical reform of the school workforce is key to a £1 billion investment plan for education, David Miliband has said.
Forum Brief: Teacher survey
Policy Consultation 7 January 2003
One in three teachers believe they will no longer be teaching within five years, due to problems with workload, government interference and poor pupil behaviour, according to a new survey.
Forum Brief: Advanced skills teachers
Policy Consultation 6 January 2003
The government is finalising plans for a fourfold increase in the number of "superteachers" employed in state schools, according to reports.
Forum Brief: Truancy
Policy Consultation 12 December 2002
Education secretary Charles Clarke is today unveiling plans to crack down on truant children by imposing £50 fines on parents who fail to send their children to school.
Forum Brief: School budgets
Policy Consultation 10 December 2002
Schools will be given greater control over the spending of their budgets, under plans revealed by the education secretary yesterday.
Forum Brief: Exam report response
Policy Consultation 3 December 2002
In the ePolitix forum teachers and examiners respond to the Tomlinson report.
Forum Brief: Specialist schools
Policy Consultation 28 November 2002
The government announced an expansion of specialist schools which will allow all secondary schools which meet the criteria to apply for the special status.
Forum Brief: Pre-Budget Report - Education
Policy Consultation 28 November 2002
As part of his drive to bring business skills into schools and universities, Gordon Brown announced £60 million a year for enterprise learning that he hopes will ensure that by
Forum Brief: Literacy rates
Policy Consultation 27 November 2002
The chief inspector of schools has warned that schools are failing to teach literacy properly.
