News archive for 13th August 2018

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DfE and Ofsted at odds over exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exam boards launch review as parents exploit loophole to get students extra time - Telegraph Faith school ok to ban mums from wearing lycra - Times Educational Supplement | TES Speculation surrounding A Level reforms and Ofsted's Assessment Framework - FE News A-level results day: Unconditional offers could lead to drop in top grades, experts warn - Independent Register of end-point assessment organisations - FE News Scotland: John Swinney in 'complete denial' over primary one tests after teachers and parents complain - Telegraph Young children who converse with adults have a better grasp of language says study - Mail Five students disqualified from A-level Maths following online leak - Telegraph Universities criticised for offering 'half-baked' unaccredited degree courses - Independent Register of end-point assessment organisations - Education & Skills Funding Agency Apply to open a special or alternative provision free school - DfE Proven teaching techniques - The Educator 'Better partnerships will boost productivity' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Invite a DfE staff member into your school - NAHT Ofqual re-launches results-day app to allow comparisons of annual variations in GCSE and A-level results - NAHT Latest information and updates from WJEC - NAHT Latest information and updates from Pearson - NAHT Latest information and updates from AQA - NAHT Ofsted plans to tackle 'exam-factory schools' - The Educator How to conquer the anxiety beast on exam results day - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level results: how to support your students - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hull College overspent by almost £10 million in 2016/17, overdue accounts reveal - FE Week Monica Lewinsky: Schools must help counter cyberbullying - Times Educational Supplement | TES John Widdowson appointed chair of the WEA - Times Educational Supplement | TES What teachers tapped this week #46 – 13th August 2018 - Teacher Tapp Bournemouth University to pick manufacturer of choice for £7m refresh of entire PC estate - Public Technology A new Fulbright award - Fulbright Commission Middle-class teenagers ‘play the system to get into top universities’ - Sutton Trust One individual behind A-level maths paper leak, says exam board - Guardian Rough Sleeping Strategy to include care leaver support - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Live blog: College A-Level results 2018 - FE Week Subscriber Says: why Angela Rayner can win teachers’ hearts - New Statesman University degree or degree apprenticeship: Which route is best? - Telegraph Letters: Ignore the gloomy assessments, Scotland has a highly educated population - Scotsman Trojan horse scandal: deputy head who wanted homosexuals “eradicated” loses latest job bid - Express David Hughes: better partnerships between colleges and employers will boost productivity - Times Educational Supplement | TES Special consideration in GCSE and A Level: summer 2017 exam series - Ofqual What are academies - and what are their pros and cons? - Telegraph Costs of training and cuts in education funding are keeping working class actors out of the industry - Mail Schoolboy rapists: Laura Bates blames the 'dehumanising' nature of online porn and a lack of sex and relationship lessons - The Sun Scottish Government drive to help deprived students ‘flawed’ - Scotsman Ofsted's proposals could increase workload yet again - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unconditional offers could mean fewer A* A levels - Times Educational Supplement | TES Fears of fall in A-Level results - Express Department for Education non-executive appointments - FE News Apply to open a special or alternative provision free school - FE News How parents should prepare for A-level results day this week - Telegraph A-level results day 2018: A step-by-step guide on what to do - Telegraph We need three post-16 pathways: A-levels, T-levels and applied generals - FE Week How play can boost learning for all age groups - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unconditional offers could mean fewer A* A levels - Times Educational Supplement | TES The cost of doing the right thing by part-time students - Wonkhe Schoolboy rapists think girls crying is a ‘part of foreplay’ due to rise in online porn - Mail New A-level and GCSE grades will be handed out fairly, says Ofqual - Guardian Locals decry 'tortuous' exclusion after Glasgow School of Art fire - Guardian ‘Education failure’ will be the Nationalist epitaph | Brian Monteith - Scotsman Scottish Government drive to help deprived students ‘flawed’ - Scotsman A-levels vs the International Baccalaureate: which makes a more rounded student? - The Conversation Ed tech continues to enhance learning and education - FE News Union calls for P1 assessments to be scrapped as guidelines breached - Herald Scotland P1 testing rollout was a mess, say one-third of parents - Herald Scotland Degree subject matters more than university status if you want to become rich, new research shows - IOE London Blog Boys 'will get more A and A* grades than girls in their GCSE and A-Level results because they are better at new harder tests more focused on exams' - Mail Markers grading this year's GCSE and A-Level exams will be more lenient so 'no pupil is disadvantaged' by new harder tests - Mail Unconditional offers could have impact on A-level grades - Mail Pass marks set to be lowered for new, tougher A-levels so 'guinea pig' students are not disadvantaged - Telegraph A-level pass mark could plunge to protect pupils from revamp - Times Trojan horse teacher called gays ‘animals’ - Times Fewer EU migrants increases skills shortages - Times Students being ‘deceived by half-baked qualifications’ - Times Philip Pullman champions nursery rhymes - Times Scotland: Labour calls for inquiry as Higher grades keep falling - Times