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Adi Bloom
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PSHE lessons improve pupils’ grades, study finds
Pupils who are healthier, more confident and happier to take risks perform better in school
7 December 2017
Catholic schools are ‘unlawfully’ promoting political action, humanists say
Humanists UK has called for the Department for Education to take action against Catholic schools which campaign for the cap on faith-based admissions to be removed
6 December 2017
More than 770,000 UK children ‘don’t have any books of their own’
Children without books are 15 times less likely to be good readers than their book-owning peers, research shows
6 December 2017
Lord Agnew: Large pay rises for academy chiefs ‘unreasonable’
Lord Agnew said that a pay rise of 141 per cent was not acceptable in the current economic climate
5 December 2017
Ofsted will wait two years before inspecting schools that may no longer be ‘good’
The inspectorate has confirmed plans to give schools one or two years ‘to address any weaknesses’ before conducting a full inspection
5 December 2017
Pupils go to parents, teachers and friends for careers advice - not to careers consultants, research shows
Survey findings come as the government pledges £4 million to appoint a careers leader in every school
4 December 2017