News archive for 6th April 2017

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High Court in landmark ruling against term-time holidays - Scotsman Councils issue more than £8.8m worth of unauthorised school absence fines in a single year - Independent Parents who took advantage of cheaper term-time fares prior to Supreme Court ruling could now be prosecuted - Telegraph Are ‘closed book’ examinations a bad idea? - The Learning Spy Editorial: the Guardian view on journalism - lessons from a Kansas school scoop - Guardian Parents are remortgaging home to fund private tutors - Express Editorial: the Guardian view on Labour’s primaries plan - top marks - Guardian Gaby Hinsliff: before we have free school meals for everyone, let’s prove it works - Guardian Could a private school tax to pay for school meals work? - Scotsman English A-level applications drop 35% due to new ‘harder’ GCSEs - Schools Week Combined courses 'improve computer science diversity' - Times Higher Education | THE What does Labour's school meals policy mean for families, teachers and politicians? - Guardian Jeremy Corbyn champions universal benefits with free school meals policy - Guardian Long-awaited DfE board minutes ‘fail to set example’ on transparency - Schools Week Term-time holiday dad loses court battle over school fine - BBC DfE increases budget for teacher recruitment advertising by £6m as trainee numbers slump - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education providers secure cash boost to tackle construction skills shortages - FE News Term-time holidays: parents can be prosecuted for taking children out of school without permission, Supreme Court rules - Telegraph Survey claims two-thirds of students are living in 'squalor' due to landlord neglect - Huffington Post Young people bullied over free school meals are highlighting a vital aspect of Labour's new pledge - Huffington Post What does the Supreme Court ruling on term-time holidays mean for parents? - Telegraph State attorney seeks life sentence for leading scholar - University World News Oxford University puts up more portraits of women - BBC Half of heads unaware of National Reference Test, and 5 more findings from Ofqual perception data - Schools Week Arts education deserves to be centre stage - Financial Times Sex crimes in London schools and nurseries up by 60 per cent - Evening Standard Father loses UK court fight over daughter’s holiday - Financial Times Ofsted launches official ‘good’ logo in policy U-turn - Schools Week Jon Platt case: school leaders welcome Supreme Court term-time holiday ruling - Independent Breaking: Ofsted launches official ‘good’ logo in policy U-turn - FE Week Where do you stand on taking kids out of school for a holiday? - Guardian Comment: heads, not parents, should decide holidays - Evening Standard Skills Commission demands cross-departmental minister for lifelong learning - FE Week Union boss backs Corbyn’s free meals policy, but demands more school funding - Schools Week 10 Blogs for Great Teaching - Teacherhead Term-time holidays: Supreme Court rules parents can be prosecuted for taking children out of school without permission - Telegraph China: professor allowed to return to Australia after being questioned on his research trip - University World News Japan: education reforms stir memories of wartime indoctrination - Mail Father who took his daughter on term-time holiday loses his two-year Supreme Court battle - Mail Parents can't take kids on holiday in term time without permission, rules UK's top court - Wales Online Term-time holiday dad loses court battle - BBC Jon Platt loses landmark term-time holiday legal challenge - Schools Week Unionlearn film highlights importance of union support as apprenticeship levy goes live - Unionlearn Supreme court upholds ban on term-time holidays - Guardian Apprenticeship levy will support better paid jobs and help boost UK productivity - Unionlearn State schools hire fundraisers in bid to make ends meet - Times Term time holiday dad to hear Supreme Court ruling today - Express Term-time holidays: Supreme Court to rule if parents can legally take children out of school in landmark case - Telegraph The apprenticeship levy has come into force - FE News Toxic diesel fumes are putting pupils in danger - Mail Australia: fairytales could be removed from schools for promoting gender stereotypes - Mail UK Supreme Court to rule on term-time holidays after Disney World row - Independent How much will parents be fined if they take their children on holiday during term time? - Telegraph Anthony Glees: demand for 'safe spaces' is leading to double standards - Mail Want to teach ethical fashion to kids? Here's how - Guardian More parents prosecuted for taking children out of school without permission - Mail Supreme court to rule on term-time holidays - Guardian Chinese university to open in Oxford despite ideological crackdown at home - Guardian Monk remained at Ampleforth College for eight years after allegations of sexual abuse were first made - Mail Monk accused of running sex club allowed to stay at Ampleforth - Times Apprenticeship levy: time to focus on quality says CBI - FE News Primary school pupils taught critical thinking and research skills - Herald Scotland Schools have 12 months to publish gender pay gap statistics - Schools Week Toby Young: the middle classes should cough up for state schools - Times Dundee drives Britain’s success in universities table - Times Scotland: pupils face postcode lottery as councils shut down libraries - Times Prosecutions for truancy rise by a fifth - Times Term-time holiday dad awaits court ruling - BBC More than 100 parents per school day prosecuted for taking their children out of school - Telegraph More parents prosecuted due to children missing school without permission - Express