Persistent Absences in Schools have more than Doubled since pre-Covid
The overall absence rate for schools in the Autumn term of 2022-2023 was 7.5%. This was an increase from the […]
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schools
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Faith Schools in England and Wales
28.2% of schools are faith schools, most of them Christian.
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Transgender Education Policies in England and Wales
There is little specific formal guidance for schools and more than half trans pupils feel like they can’t be themselves in school.
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Academies in England and Wales
Academies were first introduced under New Labour in the year 2000 to drive up standards and improve equality of opportunity. However academies under the coalition and the new Tories have been more about creating a quasi market in education.
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What is the Pupil Premium and how Effective is it?
The Pupil Premium provides extra funding to schools to improve the educational outcomes of disadvantaged children in England and Wales.
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Covid-19 and the Increase in Illegal Schools.
Back in 2019 OFSTED estimated that around 6000 pupils were taught in unregistered, illegal schools in England and Wales. The
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Researching in Classrooms
The classic method for researching in classrooms is non-participant observation, the method used by OFSTED inspectors. However, there are other
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Issues surrounding researching in schools
There are tens of thousands of schools in the United Kingdom, which means that observational research which focuses on just
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Are schools institutionally racist?
Some education polices such as prevent seem to be racist, and most ethnic minority students would agree!
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Will E-learning Platforms change Education?
Big data enthusiasts argue that the greater data collection and analysis potential provided by e-learning platforms such as Khan Academy