News archive for 28th September 2017

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Greening: teaching will cease to be only for university graduates - Schools Week Leader comment: We want well-informed children, Katie Hopkins is not the answer - Scotsman School of Oriental and African Studies hosted more extreme speakers in past year than any other university, report finds - Telegraph What can children eat at school? - BBC Oxford University Press forced to defend 'X-rated scene' in children’s book  - Telegraph Mother given benefits to keep children at school - Daily Mail Almost half of all young people in England go on to higher education - Guardian Hike in fees has not put people off going to university, figures show - Telegraph New minister holds dual roles at academy trust despite DfE guidance - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents beware: is Katie Hopkins hanging around your child’s school? - Guardian FSM pupils falling away in phonics - Schools Week White Rose Maths says it will stop work if there is 'overwhelming consensus' to do so - Times Educational Supplement | TES Should FE colleges raise their HE fees? - FE Week Big Noise children’s orchestra gets top inspection report - Scotsman The rise of the ‘professional apprentice’: how apprenticeships are filling skills gaps - FE News The final step in Britain's reading revolution - Telegraph Who is Theodore Agnew? 7 facts about the new academies minister - Schools Week Highland pupil appeals for new teachers - BBC The FA and Football Foundation launch £300,000 Futsal Fund for Colleges - FE News Theodore Agnew confirmed as new minister at the Department for Education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Reading gap widens for poorer children – and 3 other findings from today's KS1 results - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education and Training Foundation launches new maths and English courses for teachers - FE News Agnew confirmed as new academies minister - Schools Week Ofqual seeks views on ability of teachers to leak exam questions - Times Educational Supplement | TES Theodore Agnew touted as new academies minister - Schools Week School funding changes will fail to tackle 'postcode lottery', heads warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES High-scoring students at Bath College through to national SkillBuild finals - FE News The pupils in this high school voted to wear blazers and now teachers say they’re more positive - Wales Online Bradford school's ban on sausage rolls and pork pies sparks backlash - Guardian KS1 Results: phonics results static as reading, writing and maths rise - Schools Week Ofqual calls for evidence on 'risks and benefits' of teachers writing exams - Schools Week Sats: Rise in 7-year-olds passing reading, writing and maths - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Some will not pass' chartered teacher test - Times Educational Supplement | TES CONEL named top further education college for student satisfaction in England - FE News How can teachers support vulnerable children at school? - Guardian Pupil’s letter to John Swinney: ‘We aren’t learning anything’ - Scotsman Subcontracting - Marmite of the sector but an answer to higher level skills? - FE News Give children terror attack advice in schools, say police - BBC Scotland Yard advises children to Run, Hide and Tell - Daily Mail School heads in 'postcode lottery' funding protest - Daily Mail Police urge children to 'run, hide, tell' from terror – not take photos - Guardian Free childcare extension could widen gap between rich and poor, says charity - Guardian Head teacher turns rebel over funding - BBC Early years changes 'risk leaving poorest children further behind' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Thursday is 'worst day of the week' for teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teaching likely to experience growth in employment during next decade - Times Educational Supplement | TES "Incredible" mentor scheme to cover all Glasgow secondaries - Herald Scotland Head of St Olave’s Grammar School in Orpington vows to defy law over exclusion - Times Interview with Margaret Casely-Hayford - Times Higher Education | THE Student visa red tape costs some universities £500,000 a year - Times Higher Education | THE International: World in brief – 28 September 2017 - Times Higher Education | THE ‘Bias’ blamed for dearth of female Nobel prizewinners - Times Higher Education | THE English universities ‘could lose £1.4 billion’ from fee-cut plan - Times Higher Education | THE The week in higher education – 28 September 2017 - Times Higher Education | THE New specialist teacher role mooted in Scotland - SecEd Praise for Welsh science teaching despite PISA outcomes - SecEd Commission set up to investigate impact of fake news on students - SecEd MPs call for evidence in alternative provision inquiry - SecEd Researchers blame Progress 8 for decline in GCSE art subject entries - SecEd Evidence review identifies keys to Pupil Premium science success - SecEd Will Ofsted’s latest plan create an unofficial fifth school rating? - SecEd Labour: Ofsted should assess schools on apprenticeships promotion - PoliticsHome 30-hour free childcare plan would widen school readiness gap - Schools Week