NEWS INDEPTH

Where next for the Primary curriculum?

The government has begun to firm up its plans for the primary curriculum with an emphasis on a return to the basics. Schools have been told to teach to the existing National Curriculum. What lies...

17/06/2010Where next for the Primary curriculum?

Summer Reading Challenge maintains reading attainments

The Reading Agency, the body behind the library-based Summer Reading Challenge, wants schools to champion the reading initiative to pupils, backed by UKLA research showing it can help avoid a 'dip'...

06/04/2010Summer Reading Challenge maintains reading attainments

Authors oppose 'misguided' VBS scheme

Authors remain opposed to the Independent Safeguarding Authority's (ISA) 'Vetting and Barring Scheme' (VBS), despite changes to the regulations that excluded them from having to register. In...

30/12/2009