News archive for 8th November 2016

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Illegal private schools are charging taxpayers £28,000 a head to look after problem pupils in cold and unsafe buildings warn Ofsted - Mail Why the ban on homework deserves a top mark - just let kids be kids - Mirror Students cast their votes for Clinton and Trump in school mock elections - Times Educational Supplement | TES Judge refuses to name Islamic school in sex discrimination row as he rules its policy of splitting up boys and girls at age of nine is legal - Mail Sex education does not work - Mail Students expect personal data to improve university experience - Times Higher Education | THE Council propose new school for pupils with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties in Blaenau Gwent - Wales Online Ofsted wrong to penalise Islamic school over gender segregation, court rules - Guardian Managing school finances well is a 'moral and ethical issue' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students vote to boycott University Challenge - BBC I'm 'really excited' about what FE can do for our country, says Justine Greening - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education secretary commits to focusing ‘much more’ on FE - FE Week DfE doesn’t know which interventions are ‘value for money’, education secretary says - Schools Week Grammar schools could lose selective status for missing poor pupils target - Schools Week Take Politics Out of Education - FE News Tutor-proof 11-plus test would be 'holy grail' says schools minister - Guardian Tutor-proof 11-plus test is 'holy grail', says schools minister - Guardian Justine Greening calls for education research to be targeted at schools in disadvantaged areas - Times Educational Supplement | TES Grammar expansion plans based on 'flimsy evidence' - BBC Schools vote both ways in mock US elections - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'We're preparing for the worst': urban heads await funding changes - Guardian Grammar schools 'would disrupt London's education system' says UCL expert - Evening Standard New overseas student restrictions 'could be financially fatal to universities' - Herald Scotland School's legal bid to block Ofsted report continues - BBC Nick Gibb responds to academic criticism of grammar schools: six things we learned today - Times Educational Supplement | TES Segregating boys and girls at state-funded Islamic school 'not unlawful discrimination', High Court rules - Telegraph Ofsted ordered to amend report claiming gender segregation broke law - Schools Week Carmichael backs more FE investment as he rejects new grammars - FE Week Tutor-proof 11-plus test is ‘Holy Grail’, claims minister - Schools Week Wilshaw: Problem students 'offloaded' by some schools - BBC Segregation of sexes at Islamic state school 'not discriminatory', High Court tells Ofsted - Times Educational Supplement | TES Headteachers band together against Theresa May’s grammar school plans - Huffington Post Tef: dump the pointless metrics and take a hard look at casualisation - Guardian SA: student visas extended amid campus protests - PIE News Ofsted chief warns schools over use of 'alternative provision' for challenging pupils - Guardian Research round-up 8 November 2016 - NAHT Teaching assistants' pay strike sees County Durham schools close - BBC Brexit will hit demand for UK HE differently across the globe - Wonkhe More than 1,000 schools found to be 'spying' on children's internet use - Independent Pupils with behavioural problems offloaded to illegal schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Back to school: unintended consequences and the government’s new education policy - Wonkhe Tokyo Statement - 2016 - Russell Group UK-India university bonds are strong, but we can do even more - CBI Grammar schools: 8 conclusions from the data - EPI PSHE Association stresses the importance of including SRE within statutory PSHE - PoliticsHome Headteachers attack grammar plans in open letter - PoliticsHome Early years experts challenge recommendation for review of reception - Early Education Early years minister tells sector 'exam grades not only proof of quality' - Nursery World Birmingham City University and BBC team up for apprenticeship scheme - FE News 1,000 schools 'using computer software to monitor pupils' - Mail Headteachers' group voices opposition to grammar school plans - Mail Saddle your steed, Sir Greg Martin, overpaid superhead, and gallop out of our schools - Guardian ‘Why would a Tory object?’: crusader for grammar schools is having his moment - Guardian Grammar school is blighting my much better comprehensive - Guardian Ofsted on ‘mission to find fault’ at Islamic school, leaving staff feeling bullied, court told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unique mindfulness course is a hit with college students - FE Week More than 1,000 schools spy on pupils' web browsing - Mail Surrey heads tell Theresa May of 'vehement opposition' to grammars - BBC Warning over return to ‘tick box’ teaching in schools - Herald Scotland High Court to rule on school's bid to block Ofsted report - BBC Surrey headteachers express 'vehement opposition' to grammar schools plan - Guardian Surrey heads voice 'vehement opposition' to grammar school plan - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers 'forced to act as Big Brother' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Campaign demands support for speaking skills after teachers describe training ‘barriers’ - Schools Week Comprehensive heads reject grammar schools plan - Schools Week