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YOUNG Islanders continued their recent trend of outperforming their English counterparts in GCSE exams as the 2023 results were announced yesterday. As seen in other parts of the British Isles, grades returned towards 2019 levels, after a spike in 2020 and 2021 when exams were cancelled and results were based on teachers’ assessments. The proportion […]

THE Education Department is developing ‘guidelines and procedures’ for the use of artificial intelligence in schools amid fears the technology is aiding cheating and could lead to the ‘death of coursework’. Fears have been raised that text-generating chatbots such as ChatGPT are being exploited by students in a bid to improve their grades. Nationally, a […]

ONGOING staff shortages which have led to teachers from UK agencies being flown in to cover vacant posts are a product of the government’s ‘sticking plaster’ approach, a backbench politician has said. Deputy Rob Ward, who worked as a teacher before moving into politics, said he believed little had been done to address the issue […]

THE Education Minister has said the government will support the directors and leadership at Beaulieu in delivering an action plan and review their progress, following an independent report shedding light on failings and ‘inconsistencies in the quality of teaching’ at the school. Deputy Inna Gardiner made the comments after an inspection found that, while the […]

A MOVE to increase funding for schools that have more students with special educational needs has been welcomed by the chair of the board of governors at Haute Vallée School. Philip Le Claire, who founded the charity Autism Jersey, said he hoped the government would ‘follow through’ on its new funding formula – setting out […]

GCSE students in Jersey have outperformed their 2019 grades – and their English counterparts. A total of more than 1,400 young Islanders sat exams this summer, with passes at grades 4-9 – the equivalent of grade C or above under the previous marking system – achieved in 81.6% of the exams. This compared with a […]

A ROW over catering facilities operating in St Peter could soon be reignited amid fears that a central site might also be used to prepare school meals. Parishioners first raised concerns over noise, smells and traffic at St Peter’s Technical Park in 2017 when it emerged that the hospital’s catering unit was being moved to […]

‘SUBSTANTIAL’ improvements have been made to Jersey’s mental-health service for young Islanders, the Children’s and Education Minister has said. Deputy Inna Gardiner spoke out following the publication of a critical report from Comptroller and Auditor General Lynn Pamment, which raised several concerns about Jersey’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services – such as a lack […]

THE divide between town and rural primary school pupils – and those in state and fee-paying schools – has been laid bare in a report on childhood obesity. According to the Jersey Child Measurement Programme, 44% of children in Year 6 in urban areas were overweight or obese – compared to 22% of those in […]