News archive for 19th December 2017

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Understanding effective approaches to part-time provision - OFFA Comment on The Children’s Society report on Children in Poverty - National Education Union New guidance on sex education is vital, says National Education Union - National Education Union Sutton Trust - admissions - Russell Group Deadline for talks on USS pension scheme extended into 2018 - UCU NAHT welcomes consultation on RSE and PSHE - NAHT Changes to the EBacc attainment measure in 2018 - NAHT Social Mobility: stereotypes help no-one, says new GSA President - GSA Former college student spared jail over hacking offences - Times Educational Supplement | TES Professor aims to break link between disadvantage and low attainment for Manchester's pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES The little drummer boy - HuffPost Fee cap hits businesses using apprenticeship levy for MBAs - Financial Times Majority of Bright Tribe’s £1m ‘northern hub’ funding spent on senior staff - Schools Week Students against period poverty: why young activists are seeing red - Guardian LGBT+ issues could be taught in school sex education for the first time in history - Independent Starting early - what is the EEF doing to examine disadvantage before year 1? - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF The top challenges for the UK’s HE leaders - revealed - Jisc Ofqual chief blames exam boards for big rise in GCSE grade changes - Guardian Free childcare take-up tops 200,000 - CYPN | Children & Young People Now DfE to revamp 'outdated' sex education guidance - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Daily roundup 19 December: Free school meals, private school, and youth zone delay - CYPN | Children & Young People Now How can we make sure CPD is effective? - The Staffroom Corporate collaboration: How companies can help support social mobility - Villiers Park Educational Trust PhD diary: The romance versus the reality of a PhD - Times Higher Education | THE Thousands of UK families miss out on free childcare provision - Financial Times Pupils perform better with teachers of the same race and sex, research suggests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education Secretary launches RSE call for evidence - FE News Ofqual will regulate T-levels, boss insists - FE Week Ofqual boss 'disappointed' by surge in GCSE grade changes, and 4 other things we learned today - Times Educational Supplement | TES Thousands of parents missing out on 30 hours places - Nursery World The shame of period poverty is keeping British girls out of school. Let’s break the silence | Amika George - Guardian Don't panic: two-year degrees probably won't radically shake up universities | David Morris - Guardian More pupils in rural areas receiving free school meals, research reveals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why did Prince Charles hate Gordonstoun so much, when did he go to school there and was he bullied? - The Sun Is sex education compulsory in UK primary and secondary schools and are children taught about porn and sexting? - The Sun Government aims to strengthen QTS and teacher career development - Nursery World 52% rise in GCSE grade changes happened because exam boards ‘didn’t follow rules’ - Schools Week Top principals boost students' outcomes, research finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Society has changed - that's why our children need compulsory sex and relationship education - Telegraph Skills minister personally delays controversial Kensington college merger - FE Week Should homework be set for the Christmas holiday? - FE News Pay deal reached for Scottish teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Department of Education wants to know what we should be learning about in sex education - Metro A barrier to access? - Sutton Trust Admissions barrier for poor students - Sutton Trust Individualised Learner Record (ILR): check that data is accurate - Education & Skills Funding Agency Ofqual questioned on reform of GCSEs and A-levels qualifications - UK Parliament Alice in Dataland – an original story for Education Guardian | Michael Rosen - Guardian Let’s say Auf Wiedersehen to England’s embarrassing tuition fees - Guardian Colleges and higher education institutions notices to improve - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA: current notices of concern - Education & Skills Funding Agency LRS: monthly headline report - Education & Skills Funding Agency Correspondence from Lord Agnew - UK Parliament 30 hours free childcare: autumn term 2017 - DfE Statistics: childcare and early years - DfE Using the register of end-point assessment organisations - Education & Skills Funding Agency Pupil premium: conditions of grant 2018 to 2019 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Dedicated schools grant (DSG): 2018 to 2019 - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA Post-16: intervention and accountability - Education & Skills Funding Agency Check early years qualifications - DfE Rural primary schools designation - DfE Changes to teaching of sex and relationship education, and PSHE - DfE Education Secretary launches RSE call for evidence - DfE EYFS staff:child ratios - DfE approved qualifications - DfE LA and school expenditure: 2016 to 2017 financial year - DfE Even letters to Santa go by email now, so why must students write exams with a pen? | Laura McInerney - Guardian Pupils face part-time school because of teacher shortage - Scotsman Leader comment: Scotland’s teacher crisis hits stunning new low - Scotsman Putting the Careers Strategy into practice - FE News Will college governors have to justify high executive salaries? - FE Week STEM: time to ditch the acronym and focus on inspiring the next generation - FE News Teachers demand significant pay rise to prevent classroom exodus - Herald Scotland Primary school pupils could be taught about transgender and homosexual relationships in sex education revamp - The Sun Poor students 'lose on grade predictions' - BBC Girls' school bursaries for poorer families are shunned because parents fear daughters won't fit in, says leading headmistress - Mail Why is education chief Justine Greening so immobile on social mobility? - The Sun All primary pupils will be given classes on gay and transgender tolerance as part of new relationship lessons - Mail Poorer students put at disadvantage by university application process, charity warns - Independent Teachers weigh in on the new sex education curriculum - Schools Week Disadvantaged students given lower predicted A-level grades, report says - Guardian Sexting to online porn: What should sex education lessons cover? - BBC Apprenticeship numbers to grow next year, CBI survey suggests - Times Educational Supplement | TES University admission system 'puts poorer students at disadvantage' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government asks teachers to help make sex education relevant to the modern world - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher recruitment toughest in science, maths and geography, research suggests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children in poverty will miss out on free school meals under universal credit - Nursery World Shed elitist image, private schools told - Times Lessons in transgender issues for all primary pupils - Times Experts called in to stop young pupils self-harming - Times