Forum Brief: Teacher statistics
Policy Consultation 5 August 2002
The number of teachers at work in England has hit a 20 year high, according to statistics out today.
Forum Brief: Teachers' pay
Policy Consultation 2 August 2002
Teachers face a pay shake-up with greater linkage of income to performance, under proposals sent by the education secretary to the School Teachers' Review Body.
Forum Brief: Teachers' pay
Policy Consultation 31 July 2002
Key unions have given a mixed reaction to reports that teachers are set to be offered a new three year pay deal.
Forum Brief: FE strike ballot
Policy Consultation 30 July 2002
Members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers in 15 further education colleges have indicated a desire to ballot for industrial action in October.
Forum Brief: 'Classroom Managers'
Policy Consultation 26 July 2002
The remodelling of education means that teachers should now be regarded as the "manager of the classroom", a teaching union chief says today.
Forum Brief: IoD's education report
Policy Consultation 22 July 2002
The Institute of Directors has called for radical reform of Britain's education system.
Forum Brief: E-democracy proposals
Policy Consultation 19 July 2002
The government has this week launched a consultation on proposals which could lead to the traditional ballot box being scrapped in elections.
Forum Brief: SR2002 - Education sector response
Policy Consultation 16 July 2002
Education's annual budget has been increased by an average six per cent between 2002 and 2006, boosting spending by £12 billion to £57.8 billion.
Forum Brief: SR2002 - Science sector response
Policy Consultation 16 July 2002
Gordon Brown announced yesterday that in partnership with the Wellcome Trust the government will create and fund a new National Centre for Excellence in Science Teaching.
Forum Brief: Science education
Policy Consultation 12 July 2002
GCSE science received a barrage of criticism from a committee of MPs yesterday. Claiming the science curriculum is boring, repetitive and irrelevant, the MPs blamed three exam boards - Edexcel,
Forum Brief: Contraceptive Plan for Schools
Policy Consultation 28 June 2002
Public health minister Hazel Blears yesterday announced plans for school-based health clinics offering sexual health advice and contraception, following a successful pilot scheme in 20 schools.
Forum Brief: Space for Sports and Arts Programme
Policy Consultation 28 June 2002
The government has today announced a £130 million boost for sports and music in English schools.
Forum Brief: Truancy figures
Policy Consultation 19 June 2002
More than 12,000 children were caught truanting during a crackdown last month, the government revealed yesterday.
Forum Brief: FE strategy
Policy Consultation 19 June 2002
The education secretary has set out a new government strategy for the further education sector.
Forum Brief: Exam watchdog report
Policy Consultation 18 June 2002
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority has been told to "raise its game" by education secretary Estelle Morris.
