Reserve free schools for where they solve squeeze on spaces, says Cheadle MP
A Greater Manchester MP is ‘delighted’ by David Cameron’s promise to create a new free school in Cheadle.
Feng shui for an A? Colourful ‘clever classrooms’ boost grades, says Salford Uni
Changing the colour, lighting and decor in classrooms can positively affect the academic performance of children across the UK, claims new research by the University of Salford.
Boy, 16, arrested over ‘sale of ecstasy pill to schoolgirl’ who later fell ill in Wythenshawe
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of drug offences after allegedly selling an ecstasy tablet to a year eight schoolgirl who later fell in South Manchester.
Either black people more stupid than white or unis are racist, says Man Uni study
Figures show that race inequality remains to be a stringent issue across areas of higher education, including staffing, admissions and employment.
Women are being stalked and do not even know it, warns sister of Bolton murder victim
Stalking and murder victim Katie Boardman’s sister speaks out on the importance of taking stalking more seriously and education for unaware victims in light of new online campaign.
Teachers’ professionalism is comprised by ‘unmanageable workloads’ – NUT chief
Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), says the body would need to work with the ‘whole of education’ to create a culture for their own needs and not the government.
LGB minus T: Manchester trans community ‘don’t receive same support as gays’
The trans community does not receive the same support given to other minority groups, according to prominent trans activist and organiser of Manchester Sparkle OBE Jenny-Anne Bishop.
‘Back off’ Ofsted! ‘Climate of fear’ forces out finest teachers, says NUT chief
John Morgan, secretary for the Manchester Union of Teachers (NUT), believes that teachers are being forced out of the profession through ‘intolerable pressure’ by Ofsted.
GCSEs make teens feel stupid even when they’re NOT, says Manchester education boss
As the GCSE results gender gap widens, a Manchester education boss is claiming the exams don’t just make boys feel stupid but girls too ‘even when they’re not’.
Brit kids’ school curriculum ‘from Victorian era’, claims North West MEP
Julie Ward MEP, whose sister is a teacher, believes that ‘knee-jerk’ government interventions in offering incentives for STEM recruits has prompted further crisis in the education system.
Cost of raising child soars to £230K… and it’s only going to go UP, say poverty aid bosses
A national report by the Centre of Economic and Business Research (CERB) has revealed that the cost of raising a child to the age of 21 was up by £5,000 last year.