Posts Tagged primary schools
Conkers anyone?
Posted by Anastasia de Waal in Education on 22/05/2009
Increasing amounts of ‘screen time’ are leaving children ill prepared for real life, a leading headmaster has argued. The Chairman of the Independent Schools Association (ISA), John Gibson, aired grave concerns about the implications of children’s rejection of outdoor play for Internet games and ‘virtual lives’ through social networking sites.
Critical Mass: Government’s ‘Small’ Infant Classes Too Big
Posted by Claire Daley in Education on 09/09/2008
Infant classes of 20 or under needed to close the achievement gap
OECD figures out today show how poorly the UK continues to compare internationally on class size. Primary class sizes rank 4th largest at 25.8 (compared to the OECD average of 21.5). Additional government figures reveal that in England’s primary schools in 2007/08 the average class size was even higher, at 26.2 pupils per class. According to the evidence, this matters most in infant classes (for 4-7 year-olds, Reception to Year 2), which rose from 25.6 in 2006/07 to an average of 25.7 pupils per class.