News archive for 18th April 2017

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Editor asks: Halfon answers three key questions after snap election announcement - FE Week First-choice primary school places increase in high-demand areas - Schools Week If children want to run free, let them | Patrick Barkham - Guardian Proportion of children getting place at their preferred primary school rises, analysis finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Thousands of children miss out on first choice of primary school - Independent EU citizens in UK face health insurance hurdle - Financial Times Teacher trainers told they can recruit 25% more trainees - Schools Week Research round-up 12 April 2017 - NAHT Primary schools: 14,000 children do not get first choice - BBC Thousands in England still losing out on first-choice primary school - Guardian One in four children miss out on first choice primary school in some areas - Telegraph Schools urged to coincide inset days with elections - Schools Week Sector response to snap general election on 8th June - FE News General election will give schools an 'organisational headache' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unions urge parents to turn education cuts into election battleground - Guardian More than 1,000 schools given a mental health ‘point of contact’ - Schools Week Did your child get the primary school place you wanted for them? - Guardian £1.6 billion bids for ‘markedly oversubscribed’ non-levy procurement - FE Week Research on “what works” to close school attainment gap - Scotsman General election 2017: Grammar schools likely to become campaign issue - Express General election 2017: The FE sector responds - Times Educational Supplement | TES National Offer Day: What to do if your child doesn’t get into your first choice school - Metro Boy misses out on school place - BBC Teachers opt not to disrupt primary tests - BBC NUT demands funding formula response before election - Schools Week NUT will 'break' primary assessment unless Sats are changed, says Courtney - Times Educational Supplement | TES The five most exploitative things about student loans - Huffington Post The student movements strength is in its grassroots, it’s time to revitalise it! - Huffington Post What the general election will mean for education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Snap General Election 2017: 5 key things schools need to know - Schools Week Lord Sainsbury: Technical careers must be showcased if we are to make technical education a success - FE News New GCSE grades will put more pressure on stressed out students, warn teachers - Huffington Post Primary school admissions 2017: How to appeal if your child missed out on their first choice - Independent Education at the heart of our plan for Britain - Justine Greening - FE News Now Malala Yousafzai is a UN Messenger of Peace, she must be an advocate for private schools - Telegraph Three skills-based solutions to boost UK's productivity - FE News Primary school offer day 2017: Poor children twice as likely to attend substandard schools, study finds - Telegraph Primary school offer day 2017: how to appeal a decision - Telegraph Fraudulent communications claiming to be from ESFA - FE News New Zealand: concern over entry rate 'disparity' for Māori students - Times Higher Education | THE Ministers urged to ‘rethink’ or ‘delay’ introduction of 30-hours free childcare - PoliticsHome Analysis: Primary school offer day - EPI Brazil unveils new HE internationalisation scheme - PIE News General Election called - AoC | Association of Colleges Theresa May announces general election for 8 June - Nursery World Funding for projects to improve children's life chances - Nursery World Appeal for young to choose childcare amid recruitment crisis - Nursery World Call to replace 30 hours with means-tested system - Nursery World Amy Winehouse, Adele and Jessie J are no reason for new grammar schools | Laura McInerney - Guardian Can a new technique stem England’s rising tide of school exclusions? - Guardian Call for 30-hour childcare to be scrapped in favour of means-testing system - CYPN | Children & Young People Now University mergers: academics fight to be heard in marriage of minds - Guardian Twitter chat special: Teaching excellence and the Global Teaching Excellence Award - HEA Nearly one in five nurseries set to make a loss - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Institute for Apprenticeships: operational plan - DfE Series of inspections to focus on children living with neglect - Ofsted Daily roundup 18 April: Pupil monitoring, mental health and Brexit fears - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Sector urges parties to prioritise children's issues in general election - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Announcement of a General Election on 8 June - AELP Why universities have a crucial role to play in the industrial strategy - Universities UK Invest in education as part of a long-term economic plan - ASCL NAHT response to General Election announcement - NAHT Information slides published to explain the different charts and tables in RAISEonline - NAHT Local planning over school places and admissions is vital, says NAHT - NAHT Primary assessment consultation: The best starting point for measuring progress in primary school - NAHT Announcement of a General Election - NUT UK employers ‘will take on immigration enforcement’ - Financial Times Business chiefs urge productivity watchdog - Financial Times General Election announcement casts uncertainty on future of HE Bill - Wonkhe Delivering the extended work experience element of digital T-levels - FE News Pupils are not prepared for adult life, says Bear Grylls - Mail Give nursery children lessons about same-sex relationships, say teachers - Mail Poorest pupils face bigger cuts per head under funding formula - Financial Times Ireland: Third of new teachers will quit within decade - Times Ofsted is failing, so give parents access to data on schools - Times I’m not afraid to take my boys out of school in term, says Grylls - Times Call to teach toddlers about transgender issues - Times