England News

• GTC 'will not be missed by teachers'

  It is unlikely that educational professionals will miss the General Teaching Council   Read more about GTC 'will not be missed by teachers'

  

• Room for improvement in RE teaching, Ofsted finds

  Improvements could be made to the teaching of religious education, Ofsted has   Read more about Room for improvement in RE teaching, Ofsted finds

  

• Teachers 'can have powerful effect'

  The extent to which school teachers can affect pupils has been revealed by one famous   Read more about Teachers 'can have powerful effect'

  

• Gove confirms plans to scrap GTC

  Education secretary Michael Gove has confirmed he plans to scrap the General Teaching   Read more about Gove confirms plans to scrap GTC

  

• Teaching staff 'cautious over academy plans'

  A number of head teachers are approaching the offer to turn schools into academies   Read more about Teaching staff 'cautious over academy plans'

  

• Funding 'will remain for specialist teaching'

  Funding for specialist one-to-one teaching to help struggling pupils will remain,   Read more about Funding 'will remain for specialist teaching'

  

• Academic teaching affected by 'encroachment of politics'

  Schools should not be expected to tackle some of the ills that afflict today's   Read more about Academic teaching affected by 'encroachment of politics'

  

• Somerset pupils try new sports in healthy schools event

  Hundreds of Somerset pupils and parents took part in an action-packed activity event   Read more about Somerset pupils try new sports in healthy schools event

  

• Teachers 'average 9 days of sickness'

  The majority of state school teachers in England were signed off sick in 2009, new   Read more about Teachers 'average 9 days of sickness'