News archive for 12th December 2016

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Grammars plan: heads tell education secretary of their 'deep opposition' - Guardian Wales 'special measures' education call - BBC Consultation responses reveal widespread resistance to government selection plans - Schools Week Schoolgirls say FA paper on football treats them like 'brainless baby Barbies' - Guardian Students 'willing to pay more for tailored teaching' at university - Telegraph Grammar school plans beneficial to just six areas in England, experts suggest - Independent How schools are helping refugee children to succeed - Guardian 'No winners' following school funding changes, heads warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'High social cost' adults can be predicted from as young as three, says study - Guardian Government to pilot ‘secure schools’ after Taylor review condemns youth prisons - Schools Week Brain tests predict children's futures - BBC Education Committee joins forces with Health for inquiry into the role of education in preventing mental health problems among young people - FE News PISA beyond the rankings: pupils’ aspirations and future plans - IOE London Blog ‘It is Christian propaganda!’ Protest by parents at school where half of pupils are Muslim - Express MPs to begin new inquiry into pupil mental health - Times Educational Supplement | TES AELP's Mark Dawe: what are the opportunities for 2017? - FE News New research benchmarks international IB students’ language skills for universities - FE News Kilmarnock College opens on former Johnny Walker site - Scotsman Why the Tories’ so-called free childcare will punish children and families | Neil Leitch - Guardian Education Committee joins Health Committee to review the role of education in addressing mental health problems among young people - UK Parliament Girls give FA red card over advice to get them into football - BBC Current grants you could apply for - Times Educational Supplement | TES Would I invite Donald Trump to be a guest speaker at our school? Absolutely - Telegraph HS2 accused of 'brainwashing' schoolchildren on high-speed rail route - Guardian How to save money during a new school build or remodel - Times Educational Supplement | TES Weathering a social media storm - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeship reform, the levy and the impact on recruitment - FE News MPs investigating how colleges can better support students over mental health issues - FE Week Graduates from under-privileged families earn 10% less than peers from wealthy backgrounds - Huffington Post Select committees launch joint inquiry into schools’ mental health provision - Schools Week Exceptional students and staff honoured in Celebration of Success - FE Week Imperial College review reveals 'bullying behaviour' - Times Higher Education | THE MPs to examine role of education in preventing mental health problems - CYPN | Children & Young People Now 12 December 2016 Seven funding lessons for structural investment - HEFCE IFS unconvinced on impact of 30-hour free childcare - Nursery World UKCISA: preserve EU students’ rights post-Brexit - PIE News The Bill begins its Peer Review - HEPI UK considers plans to nearly halve international student visas - Guardian New grammars would benefit just six areas in England – report - PoliticsHome Grammar schools and social mobility – further analysis of policy options - EPI Traineeships: employers - SFA Traineeships: training organisations - SFA Traineeships - SFA Childminders more upbeat than nurseries over funding - Nursery World Ofsted probes behaviour link to later learning - Nursery World Traineeships: young people - SFA Understanding the educational background of young offenders: summary report - DfE Letter from Nick Gibb MP to Chair regarding National Funding Formulae - UK Parliament Letter from Chair to Nick Gibb MP regarding national funding formulae - UK Parliament DfE publication on design principles for multi academy trusts - NAHT Read NAHT’s response to the government’s plans to extend grammar schools - NAHT Take part in PTA UK's latest research project - NAHT NAHT Submits evidence on teachers' pay increases to School Teachers' Review Body - NAHT Progress 8 and Attainment 8 2016 and 2017 - NAHT Planned grammar school expansion could damage social mobility - ASCL MillionPlus responds to the ‘Schools that work for everyone’ green paper - MillionPlus How should universities work with schools? Green Paper response - Universities UK ATL comment on EPI report ‘Grammar schools and social mobility - Further analysis of the government's policy options' - ATL New head teachers will have to pass a test before being appointed - Herald Scotland Only six local authorities 'pass tests for where grammar schools should be' - Mail Students from under-privileged backgrounds 'earn less after graduation' - Mail Race to the bottom: who's checking delivery quality of apprenticeship standards? - FE Week Movers & Shakers: Edition 193 - FE Week Skint young teachers risk retirements as pension opt-outs climb by a fifth - Times Educational Supplement | TES SSAT 2016: Teaching to the test is stopping PISA progress, says Debra Kidd - Schools Week SSAT 2016: Numeracy and literacy focus narrowed the curriculum, says Sean Harford - Schools Week Dire or delightful? - BBC New grammar schools would benefit just six areas, says study - BBC Grammars plan will not help in 96% of areas in England, analysis finds - Guardian Free schools meals quotas for grammar schools 'won't work' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Big Questions 1. Assessment - Headguruteacher Grammar schools are wrong answer for poor pupils - Times Just six areas meet government’s grammar schools criteria (but they aren’t in deprived places) - Schools Week National Literacy Trust (December newsletter) - UCET