Julie Henry
Contributor Education Journalist and Editor at Evening Standard
Contributor Education Journalist and Editor at Daily Mail
Contributor Education Journalist and Editor at The Mail on Sunday
Education Journalist, Editor and Media Consultant at Freelance
Articles
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4 weeks ago |
telegraph.co.uk | Julie Henry
Parents who favour single-sex schools are voicing their unhappiness at the rush to co-ed. In a recent discussion on Mumsnet, one mother cited two local girls' schools with plans to take boys. "I'm angry that the girls' welfare is being sacrificed for financial or strategic reasons, or because girls are supposed to have a 'moderating' effect on boys' behaviour," she says.
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1 month ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Julie Henry
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has pledged the party will ‘go to war against the teachers’ unions’ after the country’s largest education union branded it ‘far-Right and racist’. The National Education Union is to demand at next month’s annual conference that pupils are taught the dangers of voting for Reform. Teachers are set to debate a motion accusing ‘far-Right and racist organisations, including Reform’ of scapegoating refugees, asylum seekers, Muslims and Jews.
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1 month ago |
telegraph.co.uk | Julie Henry
Teachers' criticism of what children are taught comes as the Government-commissioned curriculum and assessment review published its interim report this week. In it, Prof Becky Francis, who is leading the review, says the curriculum needs to do more to deliver "equality duties" and ensure that "all young people feel represented". The review cites pupils who claim they have encountered "negative portrayals" that can be "disempowering and demotivating".
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1 month ago |
telegraph.co.uk | Julie Henry
Pupils who fail to make progress, who would previously have repeated the year, can now progress to the next stage. Similarly, students who fail several subjects at the end of the equivalent of sixth form can still take university entrance exams. Rewrites of curricula are also underway, according to traditionalists. Under the People's Party a single, common history of Spain was introduced, to nation-build in the face of separatist movements.
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1 month ago |
telegraph.co.uk | Julie Henry
When a head teacher calls in a parent because their child has assaulted another pupil, they might reasonably expect a reaction of shock, embarrassment, upset or, at worst, defensiveness. What Sean McNamee got was a punch in the face. "The boy was getting into trouble and getting involved in fights, but I knew there were pressures at home," says the primary school head.
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