Training and development agency for schools news feed http://www.tda.gov.uk./rss/news/directnews.aspx Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:29:22 GMT Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:37:56 GMT en Sitecore CMS: http://www.sitecore.net. Sitecore RSS module: Sitecore.Modules.RSS, Version=1.1.2693.25221, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null A primary school in Sheffield is dropping the word 'school' from its title and referring to itself instead as a place for learning. http://www.tda.gov.uk./about/directnews/2009/01/08/Schools_dropping_word_school_from_titles.aspx Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:37:56 GMT http://www.tda.gov.uk./Home/about/directnews/2009/01/08/Schools_dropping_word_school_from_titles.aspx Darts could be used in maths teaching to help pupils and adults tackle mental arithmetic, Sion Simon, the Minister for Further Education, has claimed. http://www.tda.gov.uk./about/directnews/2009/01/08/Darts_could_help_with_maths_teaching.aspx Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:37:56 GMT http://www.tda.gov.uk./Home/about/directnews/2009/01/08/Darts_could_help_with_maths_teaching.aspx A total of 13 secondary schools in Bradford are to be refurbished under the Government's Building Schools for the Future (BSF) scheme. http://www.tda.gov.uk./about/directnews/2009/01/08/Refurbishments_planned_for_Bradford_secondary_schools.aspx Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:37:54 GMT http://www.tda.gov.uk./Home/about/directnews/2009/01/08/Refurbishments_planned_for_Bradford_secondary_schools.aspx Oxford University Press has published a new series of books aimed at primary school boys which it claims will encourage them to read and enjoy the activity. http://www.tda.gov.uk./about/directnews/2009/01/07/New_books_could_encourage_boys_to_read.aspx Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:40:55 GMT http://www.tda.gov.uk./Home/about/directnews/2009/01/07/New_books_could_encourage_boys_to_read.aspx Support staff play a crucial role in the running of schools and the delivery of educational services to children, it has been claimed. http://www.tda.gov.uk./about/directnews/2009/01/07/Support_staff_crucial_to_schools.aspx Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:32:07 GMT http://www.tda.gov.uk./Home/about/directnews/2009/01/07/Support_staff_crucial_to_schools.aspx Schools in Merseyside are being offered funding to provide diploma courses for their 14 to 19-year-old students. http://www.tda.gov.uk./about/directnews/2009/01/06/Merseyside_schools_get_diploma_funding.aspx Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:31:38 GMT http://www.tda.gov.uk./Home/about/directnews/2009/01/06/Merseyside_schools_get_diploma_funding.aspx Ministers are considering changes to school record regulations that would require teachers to improve communications with absentee fathers. http://www.tda.gov.uk./about/directnews/2009/01/05/School_record_regulations_under_review.aspx Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:23:53 GMT http://www.tda.gov.uk./Home/about/directnews/2009/01/05/School_record_regulations_under_review.aspx Schools in Coventry have seen a 35 per cent increase in the number of support staff working for them in the last five years. http://www.tda.gov.uk./about/directnews/2009/01/05/Coventry_schools_see_increase_in_support_staff.aspx Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:23:53 GMT http://www.tda.gov.uk./Home/about/directnews/2009/01/05/Coventry_schools_see_increase_in_support_staff.aspx Schools in Bristol are facing a shortage of headteachers and are looking to fill at least 20 vacancies for school leaders over the next 12 months. http://www.tda.gov.uk./about/directnews/2009/01/05/Bristol_schools_facing_Headteacher_shortage.aspx Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:23:52 GMT http://www.tda.gov.uk./Home/about/directnews/2009/01/05/Bristol_schools_facing_Headteacher_shortage.aspx The Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) has seen an increase in the number of people interested in teaching as a career. http://www.tda.gov.uk./about/directnews/2009/01/02/Interest_in_teaching_careers_growing_says_TDA.aspx Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:18:01 GMT http://www.tda.gov.uk./Home/about/directnews/2009/01/02/Interest_in_teaching_careers_growing_says_TDA.aspx