News archive for 22nd August 2018

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Damian Hinds: Pupils who sat new GCSEs not at a disadvantage - Mail GCSE results 2018 - live: Thousands of teenagers in England to receive new numerical grades under tougher exams - Independent Head resigns at leading private school where rapper filmed explicit pop video - Telegraph Number of pupils getting top GCSE grades will be same as previous years, Education Secretary says - Telegraph Reality Check: Are exam changes affecting what students study? - BBC Bristol University student 'had no contact with welfare team despite suicide attempt' - HuffPost Pioneering free school in London to be taken over by academy trust - Guardian Everything you need to know about Wales' reformed GCSEs in 2018 - Wales Online IfA refuses to reveal funding band review recommendations - FE Week GCSE results: School leavers are biggest losers from crash in apprenticeship opportunities, so the government must respond - FE News GSCE results day 2018: When do GCSE results come out? GCSE grade boundaries revealed - Express British universities criticised over pursuit of Egyptian links - Guardian What to do if you fail your A-Levels or GCSEs - how to resit and what to do next - Mirror How to apply for re-marks and appeal GCSE results 2018 - Schools Week New GCSE grades explained: What does 9-1 mean for your child? - HuffPost We all need time to unwind - even children - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Leeds trust looks to online consent for school immunisations - Public Technology Why don’t more girls study maths and physics? - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS Announcing David Laws as panel discussion chair - AoC | Association of Colleges Why metacognition? 12 reasons for educators - UKEdChat Adult participation in learning survey 2017 - Learning & Work Institute Barriers to learning for disadvantaged groups - Learning & Work Institute My A-level results day - Villiers Park Educational Trust Disadvantaged pupils ‘more likely to be excluded than to achieve the EBacc’ - Teach First Advanced learner loans qualifications catalogue - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA Update: 22 August 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Data protection: how we share pupil and workforce data - DfE Academy trusts: notices about poor performance - DfE Barriers to learning for disadvantaged adults - DfE Adult participation in learning survey 2017 - DfE Adult Education Survey 2016 - DfE SEND complaints: guide for young people aged 16 to 25 in education - DfE Take part in the Voice Box joke competition and raise the confidence of children and young people in your school - NAHT Supporting children and young people who have a family member in prison - NAHT NEU comment on reintroducing the education maintenance allowance - National Education Union NASUWT comments ahead of GCSE results - NASUWT Why teachers leave the profession? - The Educator Poor students are the most likely to be excluded - The Educator Widening participation and unblocking the skills pipeline - Wonkhe Apprenticeships 2018: Your options after GCSEs and how to apply for a course that pays you to study - Mirror Hinds calls on Ofsted to reward good school SEND support - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Black student is raising money for university: 'Someone like me, I'm not supposed to be in Oxford' - Independent Girls with top science GCSEs 'deterred from study at higher level' - Guardian Reality Check: Are exam changes affecting what students study? - BBC GCSE results 2018: Send us your (non-traditional) success stories! - Schools Week GCSEs are a waste of time – an education expert proposes an alternative - The Conversation Banning packed lunches may seem well meaning but not all parents can afford school meals - Metro GCSE results day 2018: What do the new numerical grades mean? - Independent GCSE results day Q&A: Expert advice on retakes, next steps and dealing with disappointment  - Telegraph Banned: Teacher who swapped nude photos with pupil - Times Educational Supplement | TES Girls' confidence key to tackling STEM gender gap - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Progress 8 has been blown out of the water' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Poorer parents feel patronised by targeted 'school readiness' classes - Nursery World Busy Bees nurseries re-brands and gains a signature scent - Nursery World Schoolgirls rate getting dream job over motherhood, survey shows - Evening Standard When is GCSE Results Day 2018, what time are the results out and how do you get them? - The Sun ESFA Update: 22 August 2018 - FE News What next after GCSEs? A guide to apprenticeships, BTECs and NVQs - Telegraph Teachers' pension scheme payments: 2017 to 2018 - FE News Tory austerity means hard working pupils from deprived areas are not given the chance to succeed - Metro GCSE grade boundaries 2018: What is the new grading system and is it harder to do well this year? - Evening Standard GCSE results day: A step-by-step guide on what to expect tomorrow - Telegraph DfE and executive agency ePCS spend over £500: 2017 to 2018 - FE News Students urged to get vaccinations after measles outbreak - Guardian Social students: 36% of students get news from social media - FE News UVAC demands special treatment for degree apprenticeships - FE Week DfE and executive agency spend over £25,000: 2017 to 2018 - FE News New GCSEs 'taking toll on pupils' mental health' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Poorest 'more likely to get exclusion than EBacc' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'End the silent crisis of looked-after children' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Google and Facebook asked to counter cheats - Times Educational Supplement | TES When do kids go back to school, how long are the summer holidays and what are the key 2018/2019 dates? - The Sun New GCSEs have increased stress and anxiety, say 90% of school leaders - ASCL Apply to be an external expert with Ofqual - FE News GCSE grades explained – what are the 1-9 equivalents and what do they mean? - The Sun Labour calls on government to bring back EMA - Times Educational Supplement | TES Elaine Logan: ‘White, no sugar’ – as a female private school head I find some men struggle with equality - Scotsman Leader comment: Parents and teachers are on the same side - Scotsman Top private school is forced to apologise after allowing rapper Stefflon Don to film sexual and drug-filled music video in its grounds - Mail Parents' anxiety over school tests blamed on ‘information vacuum’ - Herald Scotland Britain’s poorest pupils are more likely to leave education after GCSEs, shocking figures reveal - The Sun Poorer pupils more likely to be excluded than achieve 'good' GCSE grades - Independent Labour Party calls for reintroduction of educational maintenance allowance (EMA) - FE News Prison teacher jailed over £56,000 of drugs in locker - Times Boom in pupils taking sciences at GCSE but languages falter - Times Children drilled for exams from age of 11 - Times Poor teenagers more likely to be excluded than get five good passes - Times Scotland: Residents displaced by Glasgow School of Art fire may sue - Times Scotland: Edinburgh festivals Teacher brings festival back to the fringes for his pupils - Times Ireland: Student warning on rogue landlords and fake adverts - Times McDonald´s to create thousands of apprenticeships - Mail University introduces ‘menopause policy’ to tackle taboo - Times