News archive for 23rd August 2017

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Students “led up garden path” as just eight per cent advised to seek apprenticeships when they leave school - Mirror Scottish private school heads attack business rates plan - Scotsman Sir Peter Lampl comments on the latest OFFA access agreements - Sutton Trust Are degree apprenticeships right for my child? - HEFCE England's education system needs significant improvement to rival the world's best, reveals study - IOE London Blog Labour accuses government of failing parents on 30 hours free childcare offer - CYPN | Children & Young People Now GCSE results post-mortem - Teacherhead What went wrong for LearnDirect? Too big to fail? - feCompare Accelerating apprenticeship and technical education reform - feCompare Staffroom guide for GCSE students - The Staffroom Should exams become obsolete? - The Staffroom What should pupils do if they fail their GCSEs? - The Staffroom Villiers Park Educational Trust comment on OFFA’s Access Agreements - Villiers Park Educational Trust What would it take for England to be considered truly world class education system? - EPI Thinktank underlines 'gulf' between English schools and world's best - PoliticsHome Commons committee looks into £12bn university pensions shortfall - PoliticsHome Congratulations to new ESFA Chief Executive - AoC | Association of Colleges Students explain the new GCSE grading system (video) - BBC Why GCSE results will be different this year - Financial Times These are the GCSE grade boundaries for 2017 for exam boards as nervous pupils prepare for results day - Mirror AELP: 2017 should be last year for compulsory GCSE resits - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE reforms have caused heaps of confusion - but they will be worth it in the long run  - Telegraph 16 to 19 education: market entry - Education & Skills Funding Agency Access agreements 2018-19: universities help schools to support disadvantaged students - OFFA New GCSE 9 to 1 grades coming soon - Ofqual ESFA update: August 2017 - Education & Skills Funding Agency New CEO of the Education and Skills Funding Agency appointed - DfE Spain's Visiting Teachers programme - DfE Unique pupil numbers - DfE Data-riffic! What does data tell us about UK higher education in 2017? - Wonkhe Forget the dead cat: what’s really at stake in the Adonis wars - Wonkhe University administrators – ‘lovely and well-meaning’ but still below stairs - Wonkhe Abandon resits because they almost always end in failure, former exam board head says  - Telegraph OFFA: university access agreements - Russell Group New Insights on WP: Improving retention - HEPI Time has come for proper scrutiny of vice-chancellors' pay says UCU - UCU GCSE results - NUT EPI ‘World Class’ report shows that policy makers have routinely pursued the wrong priorities, says NAHT - NAHT Universities UK response to Office for Fair Access annual summary of institutions' access agreements - Universities UK Headteachers fear tomorrow's GCSE results will leave them in the job queue - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities urged to end secrecy over vice-chancellors’ pay - Guardian Costs of rebrokering academies to be published for first time - Schools Week Worried about this year's GCSE results? Keep calm and carry on teaching - Telegraph How does Adjustment work and should I use it if I did better than expected?  - Telegraph Parents: How you can help your child in the run up to Results Day 2017 - Telegraph GCSE results: re-marks, retakes and the step up to sixth form - Telegraph Starting an English degree: Advice from a former Exeter student - Telegraph Success and failure: keeping perspective during the exam season - Huffington Post Starting a Politics degree: advice from a former Oxford student - Telegraph GCSE Results: How many students will get the new top grade?  - Telegraph The reformed GCSEs are the qualifications this country needs - Schools Week ‘End secrecy’ on vice-chancellors’ pay teaching union demands - Scotsman New GCSE grade boundaries could spark chaos new system puts results ‘to chance’ - Express Quiz: which celebrities have these GCSEs?  - Telegraph What are the new GCSE grades? 1-9 grading system replaces A*-G - Express Heads unhappy with lack of government reassurance on new GCSEs - Schools Week With better apprenticeships and technical courses, A-levels should no longer be seen as the right choice for everyone - Telegraph GCSE results: How the new grading system works - BBC Sector response to Eileen Milner's appointment as new ESFA Chief Executive - FE News How to decide what to do after GCSEs - Telegraph Eileen Milner named as new ESFA chief - Times Educational Supplement | TES ESFA appoints Eileen Milner as its new chief executive - FE Week Eileen Milner to join the Education and Skills Funding Agency as the new Chief Executive - FE News Access agreements 2018-19: universities help schools to support disadvantaged students - FE News USA: Trump's immigration crackdown is traumatizing a generation of children - Guardian Eileen Milner appointed as CEO of Education and Skills Funding Agency - Schools Week I resigned over vice-chancellors’ pay. Students in debt deserve a fairer deal | Darren Jones - Guardian GCSE reforms: So… um… how exactly have they helped low-attaining pupils? - Schools Week Learndirect debacle shines light on £2m teacher test contract - Schools Week Why are ESFA keeping a low profile over Learndirect? - FE News What are the 2017 GCSE grade boundaries? - Metro GCSE results 2017: Subject tables - Schools Week English education: world class? - sector response - FE News Young carers like me are suffering in silence at university | Annalise Janack - Guardian England's new 'A** GCSE grade' could put pupils in Wales at a disadvantage, warn politicians - Wales Online GDPR compliance not just for corporates - FE News GCSE results day 2017: what is the new 9 - 1 grading system and why are so many students confused? - Telegraph Can you match the celebrity with their school report? - Telegraph Thousands of students set to receive wrong GCSE mark under new system, experts warn - Telegraph Sorry, but not every child is an Einstein | Ann Widdecombe - Express Only grade 5 and above should be considered a pass when GCSE maths and English results are released tomorrow - IOE London Blog Scott Macnab: Scotland stands alone on tuition fees - Scotsman English education: world class? - EPI Teaching for the future - FE News GCSEs 'need tougher pass mark to catch international rivals' - BBC Childcare website 'must be improved', says Morgan - BBC New GCSEs 'will halt skills decline': School standards minister says reformed exams will end scandal of teenagers having lower skill levels than their grandparents - Mail GCSE standard pass not enough to match top nations, says thinktank - Guardian Tough new GCSE grades will cause success rates to 'plunge', says thinktank - Independent New GCSEs dogged by ‘long tail of underachievement’ - Schools Week More than 62 per cent of parents say GCSE grading reforms have added to pupil stress - Times Educational Supplement | TES Child neglect: Record number of calls to NSPCC helpline - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'More pupils must achieve good GCSEs if England is to compete with world's best' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities colluding to hide executive pay, says Lord Adonis - Times Scotland: Private schools rail against rates plan - Times Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills - Times Educational Supplement | TES HMRC apologises for Childcare Service performance - Nursery World Private schools attack moves to make them pay £5m in business rates - Herald Scotland Private nurseries welcome moves to axe business rates - Herald Scotland Quarter of parents move house to be in right school catchment area - Times Educational Supplement | TES