Isabel Nisbet, the chief executive of Ofqual has called for the scrapping of school targets focused on the achievement of C-grade GCSE passes. She has also criticised the current system of league tables and called them...

Rules preventing teachers from restraining or comforting students are to be scrapped. Michael Gove has made this latest announcement as a part of a "new deal" for teachers. Read a report from the BBC following Michael Gove's...

Michael Gove has announced another measure in an attempt to reduce what he sees as unnecessary bureaucracy within education. The plan is to not only remove the SEF, but also reduce the inspection process to four key areas. This process will...

For all of those waiting for the new database 'ContactPoint' to come on stream, this offers confirmation that the whole scheme has been scrapped. The concept of a central database containing the details of vulnerable young people, assisting...

The General Teaching Council for Wales has sent out new guidelines to teachers which directly relate to their use of Facebook. Although this has angered the NASUWT, it is a topic that is becoming more and more prevalent within staffrooms in schools.

A report from Ofsted claims that half of all special needs children are diagnosed wrongly and require better teaching and pastoral care instead. This article from the Guardian looks at the claims in detail.