News archive for 30th June 2017

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Headteachers urge Government to issue advice for schools caught up in terrorist attacks - Telegraph Performance points: comparing KS4 or 16-to-18 qualifications - DfE 16 to 18 completion and attainment qualifications: 2016 - DfE ESFA: Inform - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESF funding rules - Education & Skills Funding Agency Apprenticeship funding bands - Education & Skills Funding Agency Teaching excellence? - ASCL NASUWT latest supplier for World Para Athletics Championships - NASUWT NASUWT comments on social media & children's mental health report - NASUWT Sutton Trust report shows no single school structure is perfect, says NAHT - NAHT In the news: 30 June 2017 - UCU Using the register of apprentice assessment organisations - Education & Skills Funding Agency Salary vs. satisfaction: What constitutes good work for graduates? - NFER Festival of Education and Festival of Skills - NFER Everyone’s favourite subject – the politics of course classification - Wonkhe The right letter at the right time, and applicant aspirations - Wonkhe Employment and earnings – how do TEF and LEO compare? - Wonkhe Apprenticeship standards: list of occupations available - Education & Skills Funding Agency Why politicians need to make themselves more relatable to the young - Telegraph Education of secondary pupils with special needs too dependent on teaching assistants - IOE London Blog In this week's Tes Further: The FE college training the next generation of mariners - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents fork out for four figure back-to-school bill - Scotsman Anne Milton: New skills minister’s first speech to sector and Q & A in full - FE Week Wanted: innovative sex education lessons - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sponsored academies not succeeding with bright, disadvantaged pupils - IOE London Blog Daily roundup 30 June: Junk food, social media, and emissions - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Critical Lilac Sky trust finance warning kept under wraps for months - Schools Week Ofsted watch: Week of extreme contrasts for providers - FE Week Academy schools benefit ‘low-achieving poor pupils’ most - Financial Times Ofsted 'requires improvement' - says Ofsted early years chief - Nursery World More than 100 staff face potential compulsory redundancy at Bangor University - Wales Online 'I fainted quite a bit': what I learned from my nursing placement - Guardian Minister met with key studio school officials to discuss ‘review’ of model - Schools Week Minister met with key studio school officials to discuss ‘review’ of model - FE Week New logo for teaching super union revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES UTCs demand more funding than mainstream schools - FE Week Oldham's failing Collective Spirit secondary added to list of free school closures - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nursery World Awards 2017: the shortlists revealed - Nursery World Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 30 June 2017 - Pearson Policy Tracker – Keeping track of what happened in the world of education in June 2017 - Pearson DfE U-turn on hiding controversial apprenticeship data ‘welcomed’ - FE Week New guide for schools on how to make the best use of teaching assistants - Schools Week Controversial 2014/15 achievement rate data will now be published - FE Week Using the register of apprentice assessment organisations - FE News Pressure to publish in journals drives too much cookie-cutter research - Guardian Special needs: politicians should check the evidence before making claims about inclusion - IOE London Blog Children in Vietnam gave this amazing rendition of the Welsh national anthem - Wales Online Anger as IfA’s apprentice panel presentation postponed - FE Week University 'safe space' policies leave academics in fear of losing their jobs, claims professor - Independent Social media and children’s mental health: a review of the evidence - EPI Limiting time online 'won't protect children' - BBC ‘After getting pregnant, you are done’: no more school for Tanzania's mums-to-be - Guardian Fine motorists idling outside schools to cut air pollution, say health watchdogs - Guardian Amanda Spielman, chief inspector, Ofsted - Schools Week New GCSEs force curriculum trade-off - Schools Week Revealed: Pupils’ lives at risk after fire safety breaches at illegal schools - Schools Week Calls for DfE advice on lockdowns as more schools adopt the anti-terror measure - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nursery free hours extra cash worth 'less than a stamp' - BBC Moderate use of social media 'builds resilience and wellbeing in young people', report suggests - Independent Bright, poor students are being let down in academy chain schools, suggests study - Independent High-attaining poorer pupils are underperforming at sponsored academies, new study finds - Schools Week Chain Effects 2017: Which academy trusts are well above average? - Schools Week University’s £352,000 salary for vice-chancellor’s under fire: Minister hits out at Southampton after 55% rise for the role over six years - Mail Pupils who are extreme internet users more likely to be bullied, report warns - Schools Week NDNA survey: 'Crunch time for nurseries' - Nursery World Councils warned over dangers to pupils and teachers of over-testing - Herald Scotland ‘Data monster’ warning over new standardised school testing plan - Herald Scotland Minister attacks university chiefs over huge salaries - Times George Osborne crams sixth job into his busy schedule - Times Teenagers spending six hours a day online despite mental health risks - Times Arrests made after Edexcel A level maths exam question is leaked on social media - Times British parents spend less on children’s education than foreign counterparts - Times Parents harm children by pushing university, says MasterChef winner Gary Maclean - Times Teachers warn Swinney against releasing test results ‘data monster’ - Times SEND education ‘too dependent on teaching assistants’, researchers say - Times Educational Supplement | TES Third of 15-year-olds indulge in extreme internet use linked to mental ill health, study shows - Times Educational Supplement | TES Multi-academy trusts not doing enough for high attaining poor pupils, says charity - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don’t gloss over the gap for pupils in care, ministers in Scotland told - Times Educational Supplement | TES LGA: skills devolution must go 'radically further and faster' - Times Educational Supplement | TES