News archive for 29th August 2018

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Theresa May to ban sale of energy drinks to kids in sugary beverages crackdown - The Sun PM vows to curb sales of caffeine-heavy products to schoolchildren amid fears. - Mail External quality assurance of end-point assessments - FE News Rewarding children for attending school makes them more likely to play truant, experts warn - Telegraph Strike ballot over pay for Scottish university lecturers - Herald Scotland AoC funding plea rejected by letter ending with minister scribbling a promise to continue ‘lobbying’ - FE Week John Swinney urged to clarify whether parents can withdraw P1 pupils from controversial tests - Telegraph Two-thirds of parents think school children should be taught signs of cancer, poll finds - Independent Getting to the heart of why girls self-harm | David Aaronovitch - Times Quality professional development - UKEdChat Game on: Engaging challenging students - UKEdChat UK-Egypt partnerships accused of ignoring rights abuses for “profit” - PIE News ESFA Update: 29 August 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA financial assurance: monitoring the funding rules - Education & Skills Funding Agency Primary 1 testing row explained as pressure mounts on John Swinney - Scotsman Parents back cancer spotting lessons in schools for children as young as 11 - Mirror The case for a graduate tax - HEPI Strike ballots over pay open in colleges and universities - UCU Help inform our response to the inquiry into education funding in NI - NAHT Principals demand that Education Funding Inquiry will lead to greater direct investment in schools - NAHT A manifesto for reproducible science - Wonkhe How can parents help with homework? - The Educator Seven pupils admit involvement in hate crime at Bath school - Guardian DfE in search of college insolvency consultants with plans to pay them up to £500,000 per month - FE Week Exam result details now obtainable for free under GDPR - BBC Are more pupils now leaving schools between Year 10 and the end of Year 11? - FFT Education Datalab More than one in five girls aged 14 'self-harm' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Life ban for teacher who threw pen lids at pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents ‘misled’ on right to opt out of new tests in Scotland - Times Educational Supplement | TES Five things you promised to do this summer... - Times Educational Supplement | TES College 'failed to follow sub-contracting rules' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Schools are so much more than exam factories' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Countdown to the FE First Awards 2018 for college marketing..... - FE News Cost is a barrier for potential adult learners - Times Educational Supplement | TES Warm words about school partnerships are no longer enough - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to cope with the start-of-term jitters - Times Educational Supplement | TES The 24 North Yorkshire primary schools that will get ‘opportunity area’ speech and language support - Schools Week ESFA investigation found college taking 25% subcontracting topslice did not know where course for 16-19s took place for first 6 months - FE Week DfE £1.6m fund to improve early language and opportunities - Nursery World Rise in unhappiness and mental health problems in girls - Nursery World School attendance not improved by rewards - The Educator Scotland: Senior civil servant accused of misleading parents in P1 testing row - Scotsman Best independent schools in 2018: Full league table for A-Level results - Telegraph Non-association independent schools inspections and outcomes: management information - GOV.UK Understanding young people’s happiness and wellbeing - LKMco Fifth of 14-year-old girls in UK 'have self-harmed' - BBC Tips for taking learning outside the classroom - FE News AELP submission for Autumn Budget 2018 - FE News Promoting positive behaviours using positivity and praise - Teacher Toolkit Hinds’ Ofsted workload warning - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents pay huge premiums for homes near top schools - Financial Times MSPs bid to force SNP to axe primary one testing - Scotsman Meet the multi-millionaire who's given up his job to become a teacher on £25k - Telegraph Study finds football helps boys perform well in school - Scotsman Report lays bare ‘crisis in children’s mental health’ - Scotsman Leader comment: Don’t throw P1 tests out with bathwater - Scotsman Are digital skills as vital as literacy and numeracy skills? - FE News Damian Hinds is right to challenge FE to invest in teacher development - FE News Lawless Britain: £2million plan revealed to stop ‘abhorrent’ child exploitation by gangs - Express Top civil servant sent 'misleading' letter on right of parents to opt out of P1 tests - Herald Scotland 'Rewards don't improve school attendance' - BBC One in four girls aged 14 have self-harmed in one year, study reveals - The Sun Teaching ban for deputy head who fiddled passes - Express Teenage girls are under so much pressure that one in four 14-year-olds now self-harms, major report finds - Mail Quarter of 14-year-old girls in UK have self-harmed, report finds - Guardian Children’s Society report lays bare ‘crisis in children’s mental health’ - Herald Scotland Shake-up for controversial primary school tests after anger from parents and teachers - Herald Scotland Dozens of five-year-old pupils excluded for bad behaviour - Times One in five girls aged 14 ‘is at risk of self-harm’ - Times Scotland: P1 tests to be changed but not scrapped - Times Scotland: Football scheme stops boys kicking school - Times Scotland: Number of problems with mental arithmetic results - Times Ireland: Call to follow Scotland’s lead with free sanitary products - Times Ireland: Extra school psychologists employed to help pupils - Times