News archive for 4th December 2018

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Outstanding providers - Ofsted Ofsted Annual Report 2017/18 - Ofsted Ofsted Annual Report 2017/18: education, children’s services and skills - Ofsted Performance points: comparing KS4 or 16 to 18 qualifications - DfE Early years census 2019: guide - DfE Key stage 4 qualifications, discount codes and point scores - DfE 16 to 18 qualifications, discount codes and point scores - DfE School improvement support for the 2018 to 2019 academic year - DfE Mentoring schemes and top scholarships for children in care - DfE Amanda Spielman launches Ofsted's Annual Report 2017/18 - Ofsted Ofsted Chief Inspector launches her second Annual Report on state of education and children’s care in England - Ofsted Professor Rose Luckin appointed Specialist Adviser - UK Parliament Committee hears from parents on the SEND system - UK Parliament Racist bullying could be responsible for black students receiving lower grades, equalities commission says - Telegraph Three staff leave former Downhills Primary after Harris SATs probe - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tom Bennett: Off-rolling is detestable, but let’s be careful - Times Educational Supplement | TES Well done, but what took you so long, Ofsted? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeship funding bands to be reviewed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted warns teachers against 'gimmicks' such as Brain Gym - Guardian Ofsted urged to accept that funding cuts 'undermine schools' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted chief says inspectors need greater powers to crack down on illegal schools because watchdog currently has 'one arm tied behind our back' - Mail Ofsted calls for greater powers to close down illegal schools as suspected cases reach nearly 500 - Independent University to reconsider naming lecture theatre after Jenni Murray after student outrage over 'transphobic' comments - Telegraph Skills minister will ‘look at whether it is right to continue to fund all apprenticeships’ - FE Week Ofsted understands the challenges for further education - FE Week Scotland: Mental health - hundreds wait over a year for help - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children’s physical development stifled by ‘undue concerns’ about health and safety in nurseries, Ofsted warns - Independent Too many parents of special needs children are being let down - Metro Ofsted refuses to name and shame off-rolling suspects - Times Educational Supplement | TES Potty shaming – why blaming the parents is a political act | Zoe Williams - Guardian Ofsted’s report shows community learning providers need more funding - FE Week Ofsted chief inspector highlights crisis in support for children with SEND - Nursery World Nurseries stifle children by playing it safe, warns Ofsted - Times Ireland: 470 international students impacted following Grafton College snap closure - PIE News Spielman: Shortcomings in SEND support a national scandal - CYPN | Children & Young People Now UKEdMag: Checklists make personal learning possible - UKEdChat The powerful impact of real-world learning experiences - UKEdChat Ofsted report fails to acknowledge funding crisis - ASCL Oxfordshire school introduces £50 cap for teacher presents - BBC Special educational needs and mental health top of the education agenda today - LKMco Schools North East statement: Ofsted Annual Report 2018 - Schools NorthEast Government offloads student loans book for £1.9bn - Mail Can biology A-levels be trusted to look after the future teaching of high quality ecological science? - BERA Voice welcomes Ofsted report for highlighting ‘scandal’ of missing special needs support - Voice Ofsted Annual Report - National Education Union AELP response to the Ofsted annual report - AELP The right way to show a video - Teacher Toolkit Making apprenticeships work for all - Collab Group Personalised AI assistants and automated marking – welcome to Bolton College - Jisc Ofsted to introduce new MAT ‘summary evaluations’ this month - Schools Week UCU response to Ofsted annual report - UCU Rona Tutt's SEND summary (November 2018) - NAHT NASUWT comments on energy drinks report - NASUWT NASUWT comments on Ofsted's annual report - NASUWT The why and how of English language proficiency assessment explained - Bell Foundation School puts £50 limit on teacher presents as parents buy staff Mulberry handbags - Mirror Headteacher leaves primary school after tests investigation - Guardian A lack of sponsors? Simple, ditch compulsory academisation - Schools Week Ofsted could do more to reward schools for being inclusive - Schools Week Revealed: The 30 apprenticeship standards included in IfA’s new funding band review - FE Week Ofsted figures reveal it is the new private providers letting the sector down - FE Week Scotland: University to double number of students recruited from most deprived areas - Mail Ofsted’s two-in-one annual report - Schools Week Ofsted annual report 2017/18: Nine key findings for FE - FE Week Why is Ofsted silent on the school funding crisis? - Schools Week Councils have SEND conflict of interest, parents warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES This school placed a £50 cap on teachers’ Christmas presents and nobody is happy - HuffPost Stuck schools and 5 other key findings in Ofsted's annual report - Times Educational Supplement | TES Major apprenticeship provider to Santander goes bust after Ofsted mauling - FE Week The impact of workload on Sendcos - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why teachers deserve a day off for Christmas shopping - Times Educational Supplement | TES Small changes will make the difference on apprenticeships - Times Educational Supplement | TES Just Childcare adds group of eight nurseries - Nursery World Further intervention on student mental health - DfE TV's 'School' star hits back at minister’s ‘plenty of money’ jibe - Times Educational Supplement | TES Delay continues over Level 3 standard while new apprenticeship group is set up - Nursery World Support for children with special needs is too ‘disjointed and inconsistent’, Ofsted report warns - Independent Ofsted Chief Inspector discusses her second Annual Report, launched today - Ofsted FE sector welcomes Ofsted's FE funding 'wake-up call' - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE says Ofsted's SEND statistics out of date - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted annual report 2017-18: key points for FE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted: 'Halfway house' approach to academisation is not working - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted: Nearly 10k off-rolled pupils disappearing from school system - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted’s annual report 2018: Watchdog ‘concerned’ over SEND exclusions, and 8 more findings - Schools Week Government must do more for ‘left behind’ children, says Ofsted chief - Schools Week 'Shortcomings' in half of Welsh secondary schools - BBC T-Levels might mark a ‘revolution’ in technical education, but who’s going to teach all the students? - The Conversation Ofsted annual report warns apprenticeship levy being spent on graduate scheme rebadging - FE Week UK government sells second tranche of student loan book - Financial Times Ofsted: School leadership capacity 'worryingly thin' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted annual report reveals plight of ‘stuck schools’ - Schools Week List of providers who have been judged to have outstanding overall effectiveness in an Ofsted inspection - Ofsted School-age children: health profiles (2018 update) - GOV.UK Private schools to help more children in care - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher concerns may justify pupil energy-drinks ban, say MPs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted: Nearly 10k off-rolled pupils disappearing from school system - Times Educational Supplement | TES Calm in the eye of the storm - LKMco Child neglect offences double since 2012 - CYPN | Children & Young People Now 'Improving careers guidance takes time and effort' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Long-term outcomes: Does it make a difference if your school has a sixth form? - FFT Education Datalab Heads urge Ofsted to look at school funding pressures - Times Educational Supplement | TES Quarter of pupils worry about family's wealth - Times Educational Supplement | TES Was it really the ‘will of the people’ to wreck British universities? I Jonathan Wolff - Guardian Smart Christmas presents for children – as chosen by teachers - Guardian MPs support action to reduce energy drink consumption among children - UK Parliament Racism at university: Inquiry launched by UK's equality body - BBC Missing special needs support 'a national scandal' - BBC Britain’s skills failure shows the hollowness of May’s immigration pledge | Polly Toynbee - Guardian Scots children drinking more than 600k sugary drinks a day - Scotsman Five reasons why 2019 will see a fight for emerging talent - FE News From exam factories to ‘quality education’ - Ed tech needs to be at the heart of Ofsted’s 2019 plans - FE News Engaging students in the TEF - Wonkhe Robust registration in the student interest - Wonkhe Are you being served? Supercharged student services - Wonkhe Dad arrested for trying to take his ‘bullied son’ out of primary school - Mirror Ireland: 'Buddy Benches' making playtime less lonely - BBC Looked-after children to get mentors and cut-price fees from private schools - Schools Week Universities bring together students, parents, health and legal experts to discuss ways forward for disclosure of acute mental health difficulties - FE News Universities must tell students' parents if they have a mental breakdown, Education Secretary warns after 11 suicides in two years on one campus - Mail The worrying verdict of Wales' top school's watchdog chief on the nation's teaching - Wales Online Education Secretary backs system to flag university students' mental health problems to parents - Telegraph Don’t spend more than £50 on present for teachers, parents told - Times Brain drain created north-south divide - Times Brexit: EU workers will be offered visas to combat shortage - Times Children cutting out sugar ‘suffer like drug addicts’ - Times Nurseries in London given air filters to tackle pollution crisis - Times No likes for impact of social media on children’s mental health | Katharine Sadler - Times Scotland: Modern nappies blamed as parents fail to toilet train children - Times Scotland: Parents lead backlash against plans for advertising in schools - Times Ireland: Fix funding gap now, say universities - Times Ireland: Teachers left unpaid as English-language school shuts - Times Ireland: University honour for Ann Louise Gilligan - Times This professor teaches journalism at a top UK university. He’s also a 9/11 truther - HuffPost Education Secretary calls for universities to do more for students struggling with their mental health - HuffPost 10.00 a.m. - The Education Committee will hear evidence from parents in its SEND inquiry - Commons Select Committee