In total, 88 per
cent of primary schools said that the management and security of tablets is significant or a very significant barrier to adoption.
85 per cent of secondary schools and 62 per
cent of primary schools said they disagreed with the idea.
According to BESA research, only 44 per
cent of primary schools say they are well - resourced when it comes to broadband.
Not exact matches
The research showed that while 84 per
cent of secondary
schools and 56 per
cent of primary schools offered some form
of counselling services for students, almost half
said that a lack
of local services and knowing what support is appropriate hindered their provision
of support.
While back in the academic year 2014/15, 55 per
cent of primary schools and 38 per
cent of secondary
schools said this would be a focus in budgets, this year we are seeing seven per
cent of primary schools reducing their spending.
Poor Wi - Fi provision is cited as an issue affecting 65 per
cent of primary schools and 54 per
cent of secondary
schools, and a significant number (42 per
cent of schools in the
primary sector and 31 per
cent of secondary
schools)
said their broadband provision did not meet requirements.
Caroline Wright, director general designate at BESA
says: «Our latest research shows that there is a growing desire and need by teachers for high quality CPD: 48 per
cent of primary schools and 41 per
cent of secondary
schools state that CPD will be a focus for 2016/17.
«In 1977 around 28.5 per
cent of teaching staff were male in
primary schools Australia - wide, now they only make up about 18 per
cent of teaching staff, and when we followed this trend into the future we found that by the year 2067 they will have disappeared from
primary schools completely,»
said lead author Dr Kevin McGrath.
A Department for Education spokesman
said: «Despite rising pupil numbers, 95.9 per
cent of parents in England received an offer at one
of their top three preferred
primary schools in 2015.
Annabel Karmel MBE, leading children's food expert and well - regarded parenting author,
said: «With almost 20 per
cent of children deemed obese by the time they leave
primary school at age 11, healthy eating must become commonplace in the daily
school routine.
The Local Government Association (LGA) has
said it had created an extra 300,000
primary places since 2010, which had been achieved with the 85 per
cent of primary schools that are council - maintained.
Twenty - one per
cent of primary school heads reported that their
school had got rid
of teaching staff, and over half (54 per
cent)
said their teaching assistants had been cut.
«Government
schools are still the major provider
of primary school education in Australia, followed by 19 per
cent of school children who attend Catholic
primary schools and 12 per
cent who attend independent
schools,» she
said.
A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM Our survey found that over 16 per
cent of administrators in
primary and secondary
schools said that they had been abused on five or more separate occasions during the past year.
The research, undertaken with a representative sample
of 906
school leaders by the National Education Research Panel (NERP), reveals that 53 per
cent of primary schools and 52 per
cent of secondary
schools say their
school is not adequately funded to provide a suitable teaching and learning environment.
«It's interesting, because Silverton
Primary School sits in the bottom 10 per
cent of the country socio - economically, and yet we perform in the top 5 per
cent in the country, so the results are extremely high,» Tony
said.
Almost all
of primary school leaders (97 per
cent) felt people underestimate the level
of mental health problems with pupils and 95 per
cent said they feel that their teachers already go «above and beyond» to support the pupils.
The research, undertaken with a representative sample
of 906
school leaders by the National Education Research Panel (NERP), reveals that 53 per
cent of primary schools and 52 per
cent of secondary
schools say their
school isn't adequately funded to provide a suitable teaching and learning environment.
Seventy - two per
cent of primary pupils
said that their behaviour at
school is better after a residential and 71 per
cent of secondary pupils felt more strongly motivated to learn.
Rise in orders Looking ahead to the 2014/15 academic year, an increasing number
of schools indicate funding will be in - line with the recent past, while 13 per
cent of primary and eight per
cent of secondary
schools say it will increase.
Teachers also
said they believe 39 per
cent of children in the UK leave
primary school disliking sport and 42 per
cent do not enjoy PE lessons in
school.
Research showed that 33 per
cent of primary and 49 per
cent of secondary
schools say they make some or extensive use eBooks on tablets.
However it is a shame that with the proven benefits
of e-books our research indicates that 58 per
cent of primary schools and 17 per
cent of secondary
schools say they make no use
of eBooks.
In addition, over a third (34 per
cent)
of primary school teachers
say they witness gender stereotyping in their
schools on at least a weekly basis.
Looking ahead to the next year, 79 per
cent of primary leaders and 92 per
cent of secondary leaders
say they are not optimistic about funding for their
schools.
Co-founder Allana Gay, deputy headteacher at Lea Valley
primary school in north London,
said she and colleagues were dismayed when the 2015
school workforce data showed 93.4 per
cent of headteachers were white British — a larger percentage than the 87 per
cent of white British classroom teachers.
Teachers also
said more than one in three children dislike exercise by the time they leave
primary school and believe 42 per
cent of children don't enjoy PE lessons.
Confusion continues over the Conservatives» plan to offer free breakfasts to
primary school pupils after Justine Greening
said the party have completed calculations based on a take - up
of just 20 per
cent.
«More than 96 per
cent of primary schools reported the grant was having a positive impact on their pupil's physical fitness, healthy lifestyle, skills and behaviour, with 87 per
cent of schools saying that the quality
of PE teaching has increased since 2012/13.»
Despite a lack
of faith in the results
of primary assessments, 64 per
cent of secondary teachers
said their
school created ability sets by using KS2 data, raising further questions about the efficacy
of ability groupings.
and probably about 40 per
cent put their hands up,»
said Ms Smith,
of a recent online safety talk she gave at an Australian
primary school.