News archive for 5th April 2017

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Corbyn promises free primary school meals for all - BBC Jeremy Corbyn: add VAT to private education fees to fund school meals - Guardian Fears of another 'Trojan Horse' scandal reignited after Islamic school posts advert for 'male-only' teacher - Telegraph Almost 20,000 people prosecuted for pupil absences in 2015 - Guardian USA: Kansas school head quits over student newspaper probe - BBC Dundee is best ‘young’ UK university on global list - Scotsman Young people compete for chance to represent UK at international Skills competition - FE News The National Baccalaureate for England takes shape - Teacherhead Apprentices compete at Sparks Electrical Apprentice of the Year 2017 - FE News Teachers in Wales say they can't cope and want to quit - Wales Online Vast majority of primary teachers feel 'overworked' after assessment changes - Times Educational Supplement | TES Dundee and Stirling named amongst best universities in the world under 50 years old - Herald Scotland UTC that ‘knocked pupils’ aspirations’ put in special measures - Schools Week Perimeter Lecture: how to bake Pi - making abstract mathematics palatable - Guardian Sixth UTC hit with Ofsted inadequate grade - FE Week UTC that 'knocked pupils' confidence' goes into special measures - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sweden free school slammed for ‘separating pupils by gender’ - Scotsman One in four approved providers has no experience of apprenticeships - Times Educational Supplement | TES #PicBookDay: The power of picture books - Times Educational Supplement | TES New maths GCSE 'causes drop in A-level applications' - Times Educational Supplement | TES We need to stop saying 'I'm crap at maths' like it's a badge of honour, says Rachel Riley - Times Educational Supplement | TES It's not just students who are frightened of Cambridge - teachers are too - Telegraph Thousands of degree apprenticeships to be created through multi-million pound development fund - FE News Should parents be able to take children on holiday during term time? - Guardian Sweet Algebra. A model. - Teacherhead Derby school support staff vote for council pay offer - BBC A student says she might have to leave university if it shuts its nursery - Wales Online Private tutors cost £40 an hour – I help disadvantaged students for free - Guardian Baseline provider ‘surprised’ at DfE preference for formal reception test - Schools Week The real cost of a good education: Parents 'face £52,000 premium' to live near an outstanding school - Mirror Looking after the mental wellbeing of young people - FE News Parents face £52,000 premium to live near an ‘outstanding’ primary school - Mail Learn Jane Austen, 'thug' style (video) - BBC Half of teenagers 'never been in a theatre' - BBC 'Undocumented students' in US face anxious future - BBC Yoga to become 'compulsory' in state-run schools in Uttar Pradesh - Mail Parents pay £52k premium to live near 'outstanding' primary, study shows - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents pay £52,000 more to live in areas with outstanding schools, new survey reveals - Telegraph Number-crunching GCSEs just don’t add up - Times