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Standards for Teaching Assistants released by a non-government sponsored group

The standards for teaching assistants that were commissioned but not published by the government a year ago have been reviewed and released by a group of eight interested parties. The group  included the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), Unison, … Continue reading

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New report on the impact of immigration from European countries on England’s schools.

A new report published today by SchoolDash hopes to shed some light on the impact of immigration from European countries on England’s schools says Schools Week in a summary of the report.  This reports shares data in the form of … Continue reading

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Teachers Media focuses on Teaching Assistants this week

This week Teachers Media are focusing on teaching assistants training and how they can support teachers in class. You can find videos to aid TAs’ professional development in both primary and secondary settings as well as advice on how TA’s … Continue reading

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May is International School Grounds Month

Why not join the international community who value using school grounds as part of the learning environment? ‘In May each year, the International School Grounds Alliance calls on schools around the globe to take their pupils outside to celebrate their … Continue reading

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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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Is your school ready for Science Week?

There is a wealth of material and information available at the British Science website. Once Science week is over, the resources and activities  will be useful to support curriculum topics across all age groups over the year. Follow the link … Continue reading

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Teaching assistants improve results – results of 2 studies

News reports in several media streams are reporting on the published results of 2 focused studies funded by The Education Endowment Foundation where TAs have been trained to provide focused intervention programmes. One of these was the Nuffield Early Language … Continue reading

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National Story Telling Week

The Society for Storytelling’s 16th annual National Storytelling Week will take place from Saturday January 30th to Saturday February 6th 2016. Why not join in and encourage your pupils to share their favourite stories, create and tell their own stories or invite parents, … Continue reading

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