Permanent Damage Could be Done if Funding Crisis Continues
Over eighty cross-party MPs have written to Philip Hammond saying that he must increase school and special educational needs funding for prevent inequalities throughout the country in education; these MPs believe that if funding is not increased soon, permanent damage could be caused. The funding crisis has become so evident in some parts of the […]
School Funding Starts on ‘Day 1’ Under Johnson Leadership
The current frontrunner for the next prime minister, Boris Johnson, has stated that the education sector would receive funding ‘from day 1,’ in a major contract to rival Jeremy Hunt, saying that education would be a ‘social mission’ for him, focussing more on the NHS. In an interview, Mr Johnson says that education is the […]
One-in-Three Teachers Leaves the Profession within Five Years
New statistics published by the DfE today have shown that one-in-three teachers leave their teaching job within their first five years and teachers are more likely to drop out after their first year within the classroom than any time since 1997; 15.3 per cent of those who qualified in 2017 began a brand new career […]
Mental Health Focus, where are Resources Going?
When mental health is discussed in government or by educational professionals, it is mainly aimed towards teens. I admit, when we converse about mental health at Rikama Education, I picture a teenager. Even the government has admitted the same with their mental health first aid pledge being applicable for secondary aged pupils only. Why is […]
Are Creative Arts being Squeezed Out of Our Schools?
The education secretary, Damian Hinds, was questioned today by various MPs on the Commons Education Select Committee about a recent survey, which Rikama reported on, finding that teachers in England work the longest hours in Europe however; these teachers are actually teaching for less time than they did 5 years ago. Creative Arts dubbed as ‘not-essential’ […]
