British athletes and officials take time out from the classroom to go for gold Many school staff spent the last few weeks of term counting down the days until the start of the summer holidays and the arrival of the Olympics, but one geography teacher has been waiting years for… read full article »

  Increase in failing schools paints a ‘worrying picture’, he says An Ofsted inspector has spoken out against the watchdog’s “frightening” new regime, warning that it is failing too many schools and suggesting that chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw is partly to blame. Graham Lancaster, an Essex-based inspector, broke ranks… read full article »

More than half of secondary school leaders are considering leaving the profession, according to a TES survey out today, with most blaming government policies At the end of next week, Carol Mason will call time on her career as a head. After spending a quarter of a century at Brentwood… read full article »

FE news | Published in TES magazine on 27 January, 2012 | By: Joseph Lee Thousands of unemployed people are being denied the opportunity to receive work-based training at colleges, according to a report by the Association of Colleges (AoC). Bureaucratic rules and a lack of coordination are stopping colleges… read full article »

Courses offering ‘insider information’ in exchange for cash are branded ‘immoral’ Examiners are making thousands of extra pounds a year by coaching teachers and pupils in private courses that offer “insider information” into the qualifications they set and mark, TES can reveal. England’s big three exam boards all have examiners,… read full article »