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News in 2011

• Primary school league tables: one-in-10 schools 'failing'

  Dec

  15

  Almost one-in-10 primary schools could be closed or taken over amid growing concerns over “chronic” under-performance in English and maths, according to official league tables publish...

• Learning a Foreign Language Can Help You Live Longer

  Dec

  15

  Although you can't reverse the aging process, it is possible to take daily measures to increase your lifespan. In his new book, "Healthy Aging," Dr. Andrew Weil says the key to living longer and ...

• A £1.4 billion investment in the future of our schools

  Dec

  5

  Education Minister, Leighton Andrews, has announced an investment of nearly £1.4 billion in our schools over seven years as part of the 21st Century Schools Capital Funding Programme. ...

• Michael Gove speaks to the Schools Network

  Dec

  1

  Speaker:Michael GoveSpeech date:01 December 2011Location:BirminghamUpdated:11 January 2012*Please note that the text below may not a...

• Ofsted reassures 'failing' schools

  Oct

  7

  Below-average exam results won’t automatically lead to disgrace It is there in black and white. The finalised wording for Ofsted’s new inspection regime seems to promise failure for thousands o...

• EMAS UK - Hosts another training seminar in Surrey

  Sep

  30

  This month EMAS UK conducted their prestigious EAL Seminar in Surrey. This was held at the Epsom and Ewell High School in Surrey, on 29th September 2011. Let's see what the attendees said:...

• WHITE KIDS’ LINGO CRISIS

  Sep

  26

  CHILDREN from white working-class  homes cannot speak English as well as their school chums from ethnic minorities.  Kids who have English as a second language actually...

• EMAS UK - Training Seminar Aston University - Birmingham

  Sep

  26

  EMAS UK hosted another EAL training seminar in Birmingham at the Aston University on 22nd September 2011. Take a look at the general feedback they received;Jean and I thank you for all the...

• Press release: No-notice inspections for welfare provision at boarding and residential special schools as Ofsted introduces a new inspection model

  Sep

  19

  Boarding and residential special schools are to have unannounced, no-notice inspections when welfare is to be inspected separately from education, Ofsted announces today as it introduces a new co...

• EMAS UK announces EAL training seminar dates – 10% discount for bee-it readers!

  Sep

  6

  Language service EMAS UK will be running a series of English as an Additional Language (EAL) seminars from this month, designed to equip teachers with the extra skills required to teach EAL pup...

• Bilingual Education Project - Spain

  Aug

  8

  Bilingual Education Project Spain - Evaluation Report This report presents the findings of an independent three-year investigation into the Ministry of Education/British Council Bilingual Schoo...

• DfE: Interim Results for KS2 & 3

  Aug

  2

  DfE: Interim Results for Key Stage 2 & 3 National Curriculum Assessments in England, 2010/11 Description This Statistical First Release (SFR) provides national, r...

• Teaching Makes a Difference - Cardiff

  Feb

  2

  Leighton Andrews AM, Minister for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning, Reardon Smith Theatre, Cardiff, 2 February 2011A commitment to education and self-improvement has been...

• BETT Winner 2011 - Tools for Teaching and Learning

  Jan

  18

  EMAS UK beat companies from around the world to win a prestigious education crown at the largest educational awards in Europe.John and Liz Foxwell of EMAS UK, collected the ...