Forum Brief: Disruptive pupils
Policy Consultation 3 September 2003
Details of a multi-million pound plan to tackle truancy and bad behaviour in schools have been set out by education minister Ivan Lewis.
Forum Brief: Teacher survey
Policy Consultation 29 August 2003
Nearly 3,500 teaching posts were lost due to this year's education budget crisis, a survey has revealed.
Forum Brief: GCSE results
Policy Consultation 21 August 2003
Overall achievement at GCSE level is down for the first time in three years, exam results released today will reveal.
Forum Brief: SATs
Policy Consultation 19 August 2003
There has been little improvement in literacy and numeracy among primary school children, the latest test results have indicated.
Forum Brief: A Level results
Policy Consultation 14 August 2003
This year's A Level results have been published, with more students than ever achieving top marks.
Forum Brief: School funding
Policy Consultation 17 July 2003
Charles Clarke has outlined plans to overhaul school spending to avoid a repeat of this year's cash crisis.
Forum Brief: Tomlinson report
Policy Consultation 16 July 2003
Former chief inspector of schools Mike Tomlinson has published his report into the future of England's exam system.
Forum Brief: Youth activities
Policy Consultation 15 July 2003
Arts minister Estelle Morris has launched a £25 million "positive activities for young people" initiative in association with the Youth Justice Board.
Forum Brief: School funding
Policy Consultation 15 July 2003
Charles Clarke is to unveil plans which will allow schools to be able to calculate their minimum funding entitlement.
Forum Brief: Exam gender gap
Policy Consultation 11 July 2003
Effective discipline and a competitive spirit in schools help boys to narrow the gap in examination results with girls, Ofsted has found.
Forum Brief: Citizenship classes
Policy Consultation 3 July 2003
Schools have failed to get to grips with new citizenship classes, inspectors have found.
Forum Brief: Academic streaming
Policy Consultation 2 July 2003
A study released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and Unesco has said that academic selection and the streaming of pupils into different ability groups harms educational achievement.
Forum Brief: Age discrimination
Policy Consultation 2 July 2003
Age discrimination is set to be outlawed under plans announced by trade secretary Patricia Hewitt.
Sheila Dainton - education policy adviser at ATL
Stakeholder Interview 24 June 2003
Question: Does the government interfere too much in the teaching and assessment process?
Government 'interferes too much in the classroom'
News Article 24 June 2003
Opposition MPs have backed claims by a leading union that ministers interfere too much in the day-to-day running of schools.
