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Sin bins for pupils to be scrapped

· Ministers plan to remove younger children · Unions condemn new private sector role

Regular tests 'narrow curriculum'

Regular testing in schools narrows the curriculum, placing too much emphasis on certain aspects of core subjects, a leading academic has told the BBC.

Anti-Bullying Week: Alan Johnson Announces Expansion Of Peer Mentoring Scheme

Education and Skills Secretary Alan Johnson today announced plans to expand the highly successful ‘Peer Mentoring’ scheme as the third annual.........

Ofsted to keep closer watch on classrooms

Ofsted is to send more inspectors into lessons to observe teachers at work, following criticisms that its reports are focusing too much on schools....

Crunch-time looms in battle to cut school tests

Calls for the Government to scrap or relax its testing regime for more than a million children a year will reach a decisive point this week.

Parents doubt value of school evenings

Parents are increasingly turning their backs on traditional parents' evenings and would prefer more informal contact with schools to learn about......

New approach in language lessons helps pupils progress more quickly

A pioneering project that is helping thousands of primary pupils to learn a foreign language shows they are progressing at about twice the rate.......

Teachers 'need better training'

Training days for England's teachers should be quadrupled to 20 a year, costing £75m, a think tank proposes.

Teachers 'should have more say'

Teachers should decide what is taught in schools and not ministers or employers, academics argue.

Private schools net more pupils

The number of pupils at independent schools in England has risen slightly, despite increasing fees.