Welsh education: Estyn urges more help for best pupils
Wales’ schools inspection body Estyn is concerned not enough is being done to get the most out of the best pupils.… Read the rest
View ArticleHow school league tables undermine our bright maths pupils’ performance
Mathematician and member of the “Think Matts” team Matt Parker says the reason our students are falling behind in maths is because league tables give little incentive to push high-ability pupils and...
View ArticleBrightest pupils targeted in new Ofsted standards drive
Secondary schools will be ordered to prepare more pupils for top universities amid claims from Ofsted that large numbers of the brightest teenagers are failing to reach their potential. … Read the rest
View ArticleGrammar schools: why they still trump free schools
There are more grammar school places than there have been for decades – but competition for them remains maniacally fierce, says the Telegraph’s education editor Graeme Paton.… Read the rest
View ArticleState schools failing to cultivate brightest pupils, says Ofsted chief
As predicted a couple of days ago, Sir Michael Wilshaw has announced that the failure by state schools to nurture their brightest pupils is “an issue of national concern”, after an investigation found...
View ArticleWhy Ofsted is wrong about bright children in comprehensives
According to Peter Wilby in the Guardian, Ofsted is playing to Michael Gove’s agenda by scaremongering about bright children.… Read the rest
View ArticleOfsted report fuels debate over mixed-ability teaching
Thousands of children risk being consigned to educational failure because of Ofsted demands to set pupils by ability in secondary school, teachers’ leaders have warned. … Read the rest
View ArticleTeachers accuse Ofsted of pandering to Gove over state school criticism
Teachers have reacted angrily to comments from Sir Michael Wilshaw, the chief inspector of schools, who has said state schools are failing to nurture their brightest pupils. … Read the rest
View ArticleNurturing brighter pupils: ‘you get rewarded for achieving here’
The Guardian has an interesting look into how St Bonaventure’s school in east London – a school where Sir Michael Wilshaw was head between 1985 and 2003 – helps its students to progress.… Read the rest
View ArticleMartin Stephen: ‘Ofsted says comprehensives are failing the most able but...
A former head of St Paul’s boys school, Martin Stephen, has researched and written a book about how gifted children are educated around the world.… Read the rest
View ArticleProspect of tough new tests for children at 5 and 11 in new shake-up
Schoolchildren face the prospect of tougher new tests at the age of 11 and possibly as young as 5 as part of a government shake-up intended to identify the brightest pupils. … Read the rest
View ArticleKirstie Allsopp criticises ‘failing’ comprehensive schools
The abolition of grammar schools in most parts of the country has stopped thousands of children “getting on” in life, according to Kirstie Allsopp. … Read the rest
View ArticleHead complains top performing schools losing out as funds diverted to...
The Telegraph is reporting comments from the head of the top performing school in this year’s league tables – Colyton grammar in Devon – as saying that the future of England’s grammar schools is under...
View ArticleToday’s poll: Should the state pay for able children to go to high-quality...
Research for the Sutton Trust says more parents now support rather than oppose schemes for the state to pay for able children to go to high-quality private schools.… Read the rest
View ArticleBring back assisted places for poor pupils: Parents want return of scheme to...
In its report on the Sutton Trust’s Mobility Manifesto and admissions poll, the Mail is reporting that parents want a return of taxpayer-funded schemes to pay for bright children from poorer...
View ArticleOfsted warns state schools are failing their brightest pupils
The Telegraph is has picked up on claims by Ofsted in their latest report that tens of thousands of bright pupils are going backwards because of a “worrying lack of scholarship” in too many secondary...
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