Sentences with phrase «comments by education secretary»

A target to improve Welsh pupils» scores in global education tests remains in place, the first minister has said, despite comments by Education Secretary Kirsty Williams.

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Commenting on the announcement of 102 new free school applications approved for 2014 onwards by the Department for Education, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said:

Commenting on the Government commissioned review by Darren Henley into cultural education, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said:

Commenting on the publication of the Government's response to the Education Select Committee's Fourth Report on «Participation by 16 — 19 year olds in education and training», Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» uniEducation Select Committee's Fourth Report on «Participation by 16 — 19 year olds in education and training», Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» unieducation and training», Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said:

Commenting on the Government commissioned review by Darren Henley into cultural education, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «Michael Gove is absolutely correct to highlight the importance of cultural education for all children and young people.

Commenting on the publication by the Department for Education (DfE) of the list of outstanding schools which have applied to become academies from 1 September 2010, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said:

Commenting on the statement on licensing teachers by Tristram Hunt, Shadow Education Secretary, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «When this proposal was made by the last Government in 2010, it was in the context of a national framework of pay and conditions of service which recognised and rewarded teachers as highly skilled professionals and which provided them with rights and entitlements to working conditions which supported them in focusing on teaching and learning.

Commenting ahead of a statement by the Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove on his decision not to proceed with English Baccalaureate Certificates (EBCs), Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT said: «The English Baccalaureate Certificates was always a distraction.

Commenting on the launch of a consultation by the Secretary of State for Education on professional development for teachers and calling for expressions of interest in a College of Teaching, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «This Government can establish whatever framework it likes for professional development but unless teachers are given a contractual entitlement to access such development, the current system of inequality and ad hoc arrangements will continue, with access being on the basis of grace and favour and the whims and preferences of individual employers.

Commenting on this year's GCSE results, NUT Secretary, David Evans, said: «This has been a difficult year for education in Wales with huge upheaval due to policy reforms introduced by the Welsh Government which are still bedding in.

Commenting on the report published today by the Education Select Committee into PSHE and SRE in schools, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The NASUWT recognises that the Select Committee is trying to address a difficult and contentious issue.

Commenting on the data released today by the Department for Education on permanent and fixed - period exclusions of pupils during 2013 - 14, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The increase in the number of pupils suspended due to assaulting adults in schools is extremely worrying.

Commenting on the publication by the Department for Education (DfE) of «National Standards of Excellence for Headteachers», Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «With increasing difficulties in recruiting new headteachers, and with record numbers of teachers wanting to leave the profession, the Coalition Government has failed to recognise the damaging effect of its policies on the morale and confidence of teachers and school leaders.

Commenting on the Education Policy Institute's Closing the Gap report into the progress made by the Government to narrow the pupil attainment gap, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «The findings of this report are sadly unsurprising.

Commenting on today's announcements by Ed Balls on education, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union said;

Commenting on the publication by the Department for Education of School Workforce statistical data on headteachers» salaries, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «Headteachers and other school leaders have an important and critical job to do in leading and managing teaching and learning in schools.

Commenting on today's speech at Brighton College by the Secretary of State for Education, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said:

Commenting on the statement by the Secretary of State for Education setting out proposals to reform the system of primary assessment, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «It is important to recognise, and as the NASUWT has stated consistently, that many of the concerns expressed about statutory primary assessment are the direct result of their use in the current high stakes school accountability regime.

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union has commented on the statement by the Secretary of State for Education, setting out proposals to reform the system of primary assessment.

He will join Simon Walters, the Mail on Sunday political editor, who last weekend reported that Lord Justice Leveson threatened to quit over comments made by the education secretary Michael Gove on the «chilling effect» of the inquiry on press freedom.

Commenting on today's speech by the Prime Minister, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union said: «Yet again we see the myth being peddled that the academies and Free Schools programmes are the answer to a good education in this country.

Commenting on the information released today that the Government will not be proceeding in this Parliament with the Education for All Bill, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The Secretary of State has again shown a determination to not blithely follow the path marked out by her predecessors, and to, instead, put her own stamp onto the future policy direction for education, for gooEducation for All Bill, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The Secretary of State has again shown a determination to not blithely follow the path marked out by her predecessors, and to, instead, put her own stamp onto the future policy direction for education, for gooeducation, for good or ill.

It was not immediately clear if the Education Secretary - who has no say over welfare cuts - was authorised to make her comments by the Chancellor or Prime Minister.

Senator Tom Harkin thought he would needle Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander a little bit last week regarding recent comments by Bush Administration officials blaming the Los Angeles riot in part on Great Society social programs.

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But his comments were quickly slapped down by shadow education secretary Angela Rayner who tweeted: «It's as if they've [the Conservatives] have forgotten they've cut all the services in local government that helped.»

Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, has commented on a survey by Eteach on teacher recruitment and retention.

14 October 2017: Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union comments on the «network of support» for disadvantaged pupils, announced by Sir Theodore Agnew...

Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union comments on the social mobility action plan announced today by Justine Greening...

Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union comments on the Local Government Association analysis of Department for Education figures, which shows that 125,000 children face missing out on a secondary school place by 2022/23.

Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, comments on the news that nine of AQA's vocational qualifications * have not been approved by Department for Education.

«The teacher shortage in our state... was exaggerated by the fact that we were dead last in teacher salaries — 51st in the nation,» Secretary of Education Melody Schopp commented in a webinar on building a strong and sustainable teacher workforce, hosted by the Learning Policy Institute, the Council of Chief State School Officers, and the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, comments on press reports that the Department for Education (DfE) has named eight preferred academy trusts to take over the 21 schools left high and dry by the Wakefield City Academies Trust, which announced last month that it was walking away from its schools.

Commenting on the essay by Julian Astle, education director at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said: «Julian Astle's essay is another sign that our accountability system has lost the confidence of those who once suppeducation director at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said: «Julian Astle's essay is another sign that our accountability system has lost the confidence of those who once suppEducation Union, said: «Julian Astle's essay is another sign that our accountability system has lost the confidence of those who once supported it.

Commenting on the report into Ofsted school inspections by the Education Policy Institute, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

Commenting on the Reception Baseline Comparability Study, published by the Department for Education (DfE) today (Thursday 7 April), Nansi Ellis, assistant general secretary (policy) of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

Commenting on the report on behaviour in schools by Tom Bennett, the Department for Education's adviser on behaviour in schools, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, has commented on the Government's Green Paper on Mental Health: Failing a Generation, a joint report by the House of Commons E...

Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, has commented on the Government's Green Paper on Mental Health: Failing a Generation, a joint report by the House of Commons Education and Health and Social Care Committees,

In June, he wrote on Twitter that he would «not be bullied» by the feds, and that Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's «comments & actions» prove that the Common Core is indeed a «fed takeover.»

Commenting on the latest UCAS data showing that teacher recruitment numbers have dropped by a third in just 12 months, Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said:...

Comments by CHSA: Regarding the Secretary of Education's Proposed Priorities for Discretionary Grant Programs

Rayner said she was disappointed by the comments, and, borrowing a phrase used by Hinds just yesterday, said the education secretary «seems to need reminding that the mere repetition of a falsehood does not turn it into the truth».

His comments come after new shadow education secretary Lucy Powell pledged more «local oversight», and represent the party's first official confirmation that this oversight will be led by councils if Labour wins the next general election.