News archive for 6th November 2017

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School leaders pessimistic on school funding – despite new money from government - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents told to 'get a grip' over school absences for coughs and colds - Telegraph Plans to close Edinburgh music school are dropped - Scotsman Residential special schools are 'isolated' and lack ambition, review says - Times Educational Supplement | TES Mistrust’ between councils and residential special schools is harming pupils - Schools Week We need more research into technical education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents 'have to travel miles' to take part in WCAT consultation - Times Educational Supplement | TES New teacher says he quit after one term for his 'emotional and psychological wellbeing' - Independent Milton appears to back subcontractor inspections - FE News WCAT can’t keep its schools’ reserves, and 4 other things we learned from education questions - Schools Week Why we banned maths worksheets - Times Educational Supplement | TES We need a change in culture in schools: we must stop being frightened by Ofsted or the government - Times Educational Supplement | TES Design and technology teacher banned for taking cocaine - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents condemn council´s `insulting´ campaign over school attendance - Mail Former union president to advise DfE on sex and relationships education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Home Fooled: Extremists encouraging parents to pull their kids out of mainstream lessons - The Sun Too often, women, pupils or teachers are blamed for society’s problems - Times Educational Supplement | TES First free school run by for-profit company rated 'good' - Times Educational Supplement | TES STEMing the flow: What British parents value in education - HuffPost Academy trust CEO Ian Bauckham to advise government on sex education - Schools Week People think politics should replace religious studies in schools, poll shows - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities are part of the solution to dysfunctional Brexit debates - Guardian Children to learn about housing and homelessness with online resource - Herald Scotland First for-profit free school rated good by Ofsted - Schools Week Teaching on a film set: 'I’ve found myself in all sorts of bizarre locations' - Guardian Are business schools on the brink of a Brexit talent drain? - Financial Times New figures reveal sexting cases among youngsters have rocketed - Mail Your age is more than just a number to curious students - Times Educational Supplement | TES The role of business schools within universities - Times Higher Education | THE in praise of a gap year - Independent Head Backlash over council's 'Get a Grip' attendance campaign - BBC Relationships and Sex Education for the 21st Century - DfE Questioning for confirmation… and then challenging - PerspectED New survey highlights damaging impact of funding cuts on sixth formers - AoC | Association of Colleges Brian Monteith: Scottish schools have a lot to learn about raising standards - Scotsman Extra-curricular and student support cuts exposed - FE Week Sixth forms at the 'bottom of a funding chasm', warns new report - Times Educational Supplement | TES Colleges drop A levels due to funding cuts - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools turn to new IT course in droves after ECDL scrapped - Schools Week Government investigates recruitment agency cold calls to teachers - Schools Week Ofsted chief: Nursery rhymes are no longer being sung - Daily Mail Police investigate 17 child sexting cases a day - BBC 181 children in one class. Pupils are being taught in classes of more than one hundred as schools plea for extra funding amid budget cuts - The Sun Mergers: Managing Change - FE News Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children as young as ten are sexting - Times