News archive for 29th April 2017

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Boarding schools no longer need 'Harry Potter effect' to inspire children, leading headmaster says - Telegraph Lord Lawson: lack of free speech at universities is a 'great blight of our age' - Telegraph Universities must 'push back' against Government's international student crackdown, says CEU chief - Independent Primary school headteacher and her deputy head husband quitting over 'bland and joyless' curriculum - Mail Heads warn test and exam results 'can be manipulated by politicians' - Mail A word of thanks: our profession is packed with brilliant passionate people. - Teacherhead Sats tests: exam results 'manipulated for political agenda' - BBC Heads could "explore all options for action" over assessment and accountability - Times Educational Supplement | TES Head teachers vote to oppose grammar school expansion - BBC Headteachers call for "vigorous campaign" against new grammar schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level language grades will increase to correct historic undergrading - Schools Week Heads support call to consider cutting school week because of funding cuts - Times Educational Supplement | TES Are you fooling yourself? Education and epidemiology - The Learning Spy Heads consider shortening school week in protest over cuts - Schools Week Private schools now educate more international students abroad than in Britain - Telegraph Oxford University apologises for 'everyday racism' advice which offended autistic people  - Telegraph Day 2: Annual Conference round-up - NAHT English secondary schools 'facing perfect storm of pressures' - Guardian Secret Teacher: fidget cubes need kicking out of class - Guardian Top university chiefs receive free bills on top of £450,000 a year salaries - Mail 'I don't feel blessed' - BBC Number of students seeking counselling in Scotland soars over past four years - Herald Scotland Most Scottish colleges running at a loss sparking fears for future - Herald Scotland Caitlin Moran: why I should run our schools - Times Oliver Kamm: there never was a golden age of proper grammar - Times The building blocks of financial education - Times Scotland: no tax breaks for state schools, says Swinney - Times Five hundred head teachers accuse Theresa May of pushing schools 'to breaking point' - Independent