Exam cheating by mobile technology

New figures published by Ofqual show that 4,400 pupils were caught attempting to cheat in last year's GCSEs and A-levels - a 6 per cent rise on the year before. The most common offence was bringing banned items into exam rooms - including mobiles, MP3s, BlackBerrys and calculators. Smuggled mobiles were then used to go on the internet in search of answers. Others were caught with information hidden on MP3 players, accessed using tiny earpieces.

Pregnancy tests at school

Girls as young as thirteen are to be offered routine pregnancy tests in schools in Liverpool and Wirral, as part of a teenage health drive on Merseyside.

Secondary Leadership

Life ‘gets in the way’ of talking

A national survey of 2,000 parents, of children aged 0-11, has revealed that more than half of parents worry that they don't have the time to talk and communicate properly with their children, because life gets in the way.

Primary Leadership

Children disappointed by low-tech primary schools

A new study reveals that the current generation of high-tech primary school pupils feel increasingly disappointed by the low-tech nature of their schools.

Primary Leadership

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The IT diploma

The long awaited 14-19 Diploma is fnally being taught. Judith Hartley and Ray Isaacs report on their frst year teaching the IT Diploma.

After Baby Peter: overcoming the barriers to effective team

The Every Child Matters agenda demands that agencies work together. But how? Philippa Sully shares what she thinks the barriers are – and how to overcome them.

Going off the rails

The solutions to school leadership dilemmas can be elusive, complex, multi-layered things, as one headteacher discovered when a promising young NQT seemed to lose interest in her job.

Making Ofsted less of a headache

Schools in England face a tougher Ofsted regime starting this year. Mike Boyce from Granada Learning looks at how school leaders can make sure they are ready.

Tinkering with a flawed system?

NASUWT leader Chris Keates argues that rather than adjust the existing Ofsted regime, the entire system of school inspection needs a complete overhaul.

The curious story of specialist schools

With science schools underachieving in science, what are students and their parents to make of the specialist policy? Alan Smithers and Pamela Robinson investigate.

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Apprenticeships - what’s in it for employers?

Apprentices are, on the whole, young and inexperienced - and therefore they can still be in need of some moulding and a guiding hand. Here Chris Boynton looks at apprenticeships and what’s in it for employers.

The best and worst of international teaching

Love the adventure, develop cultural understanding, extend your teaching skills, but miss your family. That’s what teachers who have been teaching overseas for several years are telling new recruits to international teaching.

Providing children Home Access to technology

Despite the increase in internet availability over the past few years, a substantial number of children in the UK still do not have a computer at home and a third of families do not have access to the internet. Will the government's new Home Access change things?

Bridging the gap between parents, pupils and schools

It’s widely recognised that the more involved parents are in their child’s education, the better the pupil performs at school. Here, David Burgess discusses how to bridge the gap between parents, pupils and schools.

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