News archive for 23rd June 2017

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To win back younger voters, Conservatives must present the case against socialism - Telegraph Cambridge pushes productivity above all else – no wonder so many of us are unhappy - Telegraph Boxing, knitting and hard work: the Tes Schools Awards 2017 winners revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools accused of 'sowing confusion' in children's minds by over-promoting transgender issues - Telegraph Children should learn to count on their fingers, researchers say - Mail Good practice in research and development partnering - HEFCE Justine Greening tells teachers "you are celebrities" at Tes Schools Awards 2017 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Advanced Teacher Status welcomed - AoC | Association of Colleges Fascinating Finn and a pedagogy of possibilities - Early Education Fascinating Finn and a pedagogy of possibilities - Early Education Five years’ time? - Sutton Trust Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 23 June 2017 - Pearson Education experts unhappy with DfE primary testing plans - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Grenfell Tower: Pupils share 'happy memories' of lost friends - BBC The Queen's speech and education | Natalie Perera - EPI Exeter school’s uniform resolve melts after boys’ skirt protest - Guardian Open academies and academy projects in development - DfE Cloud software services: how schools should protect data - DfE Further Education Commissioner intervention reports - DfE Allegations of malpractice in Edexcel's C4 maths paper - Ofqual Amanda Spielman's speech at the Festival of Education - Ofsted Statistics: national achievement rates tables - Education & Skills Funding Agency National achievement rates tables 2015 to 2016 - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA e-bulletin - Education & Skills Funding Agency Academies financial notices to improve - Education & Skills Funding Agency Academies budget forecast return 2017 to 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency ILR specification, validation rules and appendices 2017 to 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Stop censoring student journalists – we're trying to hold universities to account - Guardian Exeter’s schoolboys in skirts follow a proud tradition of breaking the rules | Anne Perkins - Guardian Sir Michael Barber gives speech at Universities UK - Universities UK NASUWT responds to primary assessment reform plans - NASUWT Northern Ireland’s schools failing to address equalities issues - NASUWT NAHT response to the consultation on the Rochford Review recommendations - NAHT DfE figures show recruitment crisis continues - NAHT More strikes at College of North West London - UCU In the news: 23 June 2017 - UCU Advanced learner loans funding rules 2017 to 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency The Impacts of the Apprenticeship Levy: Findings from the employer survey - AELP ATL comment on ETF launch of Advanced Teacher Status - ATL How to read: Michael Barber’s UUK speech - Wonkhe Ofsted chief: Promoting British values in schools can help fight extremism - Mail School holidays row: Isle of Wight man loses legal fight over daughter's absence - Guardian University rankings: good intentions, image polishing and more bureaucracy - The Conversation DfE orders fire safety checks to identify schools ‘at risk’ after Grenfell blaze - Schools Week Early years minister role still vacant - Nursery World Schools go green to support Grenfell fire victims - BBC England's largest primary-only academy trust Reach2 gives up two of its schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES OECD in 'schoolification' warning - Nursery World NCG and others blame IT ‘glitches’ for achievement rates table absence - FE Week ISCA Academy schoolboys who donned skirts in uniform protest now allowed to wear shorts to class - Huffington Post Ofsted chief pledges to boost research and tackle extremism with 'zeal' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Thomas Tallis School forced to apologise after students asked to pen suicide note in English class - Huffington Post Women in STEM: how can we encourage more women into engineering? - Times Higher Education | THE Researchers to explore whether pupil-led social projects boost performance - Times Educational Supplement | TES Campaign group calls for overhaul of reading in the early years foundation stage - Times Educational Supplement | TES Second alleged Edexcel A-level paper leak being investigated – this time it's maths - Times Educational Supplement | TES Women in STEM: looking forward to equality - Times Higher Education | THE Ofsted watch: Local authority provider shakes off inadequate rating - FE Week Colleges in dark over data reporting rule - FE Week Ofsted chief stresses ‘real challenge’ with apprenticeships register - FE Week Ofsted will crackdown on extremism and promote 'British values', Amanda Spielman vows - Telegraph Ofsted to punish schools pushing exam targets over learning, says chief - Guardian Learning and performance: how to help students get in the zone - Guardian Petition to scrap business rates for nurseries reaches Scottish Parliament - Nursery World Why I always recommend apprenticeships to new school-leavers - Huffington Post For students, the Queen’s speech should be a call to action | Malia Bouattia - Guardian Gold standard for 14 colleges with HE teaching - FE Week Spielman says inspectors will look ‘more closely’ at schools’ curriculums - Schools Week Why drag queens want to read to primary pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES PACEY teaming up with health visitors to promote childminding - Nursery World Universities, don't rest on your laurels – use the Tef to improve - Guardian University Technical Colleges: beneath the headlines - FE News University rankings: World's top 20 universities - Telegraph Sector response - Education and Training Foundation launches Advanced Teacher Status - FE News Terminated: Government ban major levy provider after FE Week exposé - FE Week Dstl – Supporting International Women in Engineering Day 2017 - GOV.UK Education and Training Foundation launches Advanced Teacher Status - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Are more pupils really taking arts subjects? - Education Datalab Justine Greening: Social mobility must be at the heart of the government’s agenda in Brexit Britain - PoliticsHome TEF results – the chair’s post-match analysis - Wonkhe Can TEF make waves in Scotland? - Wonkhe 'Boys in skirts' vow to continue protest until school changes 'no shorts in hot weather' rule - Mirror GSE: Dear parents, our global teachers have important tips! - Edmodo Turkish schools to stop teaching evolution, official says - Guardian Just 150 seconds to decide the fate of a school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils taught to help classmates at risk of ‘honour’ violence - Scotsman Brian Wilson: The SNP are great at asking for your views – but nobody’s listening - Scotsman Trust’s shorter summer holiday policy causes rise in term-time absence - Schools Week Teachers’ bravery praised as schools unite after Grenfell trauma - Schools Week Silence (from politicians) is golden - Schools Week Jill Wood, Headteacher, Little London Primary School - Schools Week Private religious schools flout equality laws – but remain open - Schools Week The schools where Ofsted failed to follow up fears over pupil safety - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cut GCSE subjects to five to ease pressure on stressed-out pupils, says top headteacher - Mail YouTube – friend or foe? - FE News “You STILL require 3 million apprenticeship starts Minister?” - FE News Taxpayers' £140,000 bill to hound dad who refused to pay £60 fine for taking his daughter on a term-time break - Mail It's schools not Italian menus, that bar way to social mobilty - Mail The 1,300 headteachers paid a £100,000 salary - Mail EEF: New trials launched to test school careers programmes - Schools Week Could XPrize tablets replace teachers in Tanzania? - BBC Term-time holiday legal battle has cost taxpayers almost £140,000 so far - Guardian Scottish school reforms attacked as 'dysfunctional' and 'unwanted' - Herald Scotland Flak starts to fly over SNP school reforms - Herald Scotland ETF launches advanced teacher status scheme - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland eyes Singapore in 'radical' overhaul of teaching career paths - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boys at Isca Academy in Exeter wear skirts in protest at shorts ban - Times Luton Islamic school accused of misconduct - Times Children only need four or five GCSEs, says top head Jenny Brown - Times More school heads are paid over £100,000 - Times School holiday case cost six teachers’ pay - Times Scotland: Social media and job pressure blamed for rise in student stress - Times Ireland: University chief vows action if staff breached guidelines - Times Taxpayers forked out nearly £140,000 on term-time holiday court battles, figures show - Express