Monthly Archives: April 2016

Government scraps SPAG test at KS1

School’s Minister, Nick Gibb, has decided to ‘remove the requirement on schools to administer the KS1 grammar, punctuation and spelling test for this year only’ following the realisation that it already been published as a test paper in January 2016. … Continue reading

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HLTAeastmid Twitter account

We now have a Twitter account specifically for our East Midlands HLTA network, but no followers yet! You can follow us and receive tweets from the site as well as retweets of resource based and educational information that may be … Continue reading

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Views on ‘Education Excellence Everywhere White Paper’

The White Paper Education Excellence Everywhere was published in March 2016 and has caused heated debate, particularly regarding the forced academisation of all schools. It is well worth looking at some of the key features of the White Paper and … Continue reading

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