News archive for 5th December 2018

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Pregnant duchess dons a simple black top as she makes a surprise appearance at a meeting with academics at King's College London - Mail Irish lecturer stabbed to death 'by former student in possible revenge attack' - Mirror Furious parents blast primary school for making pupils research whether Santa is real - The Sun US buyers to protect ethos of AC Grayling's London college - BBC Irish teacher, 66, is stabbed to death by expelled former student outside a Paris university - Mail Over ‘optimistic’ leaders drag council down to ‘inadequate’ - FE Week Children as young as nine asked if Santa is real for homework sparking outrage from parents - Independent 'There is demand for flexible education' - Times Educational Supplement | TES High Court judge warns over future of Ofsted inspections - Times Educational Supplement | TES Who is Chris Skidmore? Everything you need to know about the new universities and science minister - Independent What can we learn from mature entrants to teaching? - Times Educational Supplement | TES SNP 'risks contempt of Parliament over P1 tests' - Times Educational Supplement | TES #CatTeachers: the top 10 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Two thirds of misconduct panels saw teachers banned - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE exclusions review to examine off-rolling - Times Educational Supplement | TES Girls 'more likely to face loneliness' - BBC Academy trusts are becoming more risk-averse, says former schools commissioner - Schools Week Great academy sponsors can be transformational. Here’s how can we find more of them - Schools Week Should advertising be allowed in schools? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government review to improve the lives of autistic children - GOV.UK Consented addresses for childminders and domestic childcare as at 31 October 2018 - Ofsted Early years and childcare statistics - Ofsted John Swinney: Music tuition charges show some councils do not recognise its value - Scotsman Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 August 2018 - Ofsted Inspecting learning and skills training for people in custody - Ofsted West Midlands schools 'fuelling violent crime by excluding pupils' - Guardian Statistics at DfE - DfE Early years initial teacher training (ITT) providers - DfE Letters to academy trusts about poor performance - DfE Opportunity areas grant: S31 grant determination and letters - DfE Education and architecture - a cognitive science analogy - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF NCTL annual report and accounts 2017 to 2018 - DfE Almost three quarters of students want Final Say referendum, new survey finds - Independent DfE announces drive to place more looked-after children in boarding schools - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Early-intervention literacy programme for struggling children closes GCSE attainment gap - IOE London Blog ESFA: business update - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA Update: 5 December 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA: update - Education & Skills Funding Agency Qualifications: eligible for public funding - Education & Skills Funding Agency Academies revenue funding allocations - Education & Skills Funding Agency UCU response to appointment of Chris Skidmore as universities minister - UCU MillionPlus welcomes new Universities Minister - MillionPlus New universities minister - Universities UK Exploring solutions to ethnicity attainment gaps – one university's experience - Universities UK Shocking video of hooded yob posing for selfies with a knife in front of pupils outside a secondary school is shared by terrified parents online - Mail 10 quick questioning tips - Teacher Toolkit Is pupil behaviour getting worse? - The Educator Self-help tips for teachers to combat stress - The Educator Parliamentary challenges…fees and Brexit - HEPI HEPI Comment on the new Universities Minister - HEPI Becoming a manager can be a double-edged sword - UKEdChat The power of voice – reflective collaboration - UKEdChat A. 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Grayling: takeover is ‘Cape Canaveral’ moment for NCH - Times Higher Education | THE Which countries are best at widening access to higher education? - Times Higher Education | THE Chris Skidmore appointed UK government universities minister - Times Higher Education | THE Birkbeck master cleared of misconduct after latest retraction - Times Higher Education | THE ‘Head of Wellbeing’ can have a positive impact in schools - SecEd ‘Milestone’ plan could end postcode lottery for LGBT students - SecEd Pupils complain of gaps in the RSE teaching they receive - SecEd Key subjects missing hundreds of teachers as crisis continues - SecEd Diary of a Headteacher: On our way back - SecEd At the chalkface: The Oxbridge fetish - SecEd Diary of an NQT: My first parents’ evening - SecEd The great school holiday debate - SecEd School funding: Still they do nothing... - SecEd Why so many knives? - SecEd Wales cracks down on unaffordable school uniforms - SecEd Latest survey offers new understanding of the FE maths teacher workforce - Nuffield Foundation John Swinney and Scottish councils in blame game over school music tuition fees - Telegraph Academies: information for new academies - Education & Skills Funding Agency Academy trusts: information for new trusts - Education & Skills Funding Agency Scotland: Councils 'do not recognise value' of teaching children to play music instruments - Herald Scotland Furious parents slam primary school for making pupils debate whether Santa is real - Mirror Children left 'traumatised' after teachers staged 'elf murder' in class - Mirror Scotland: Music tuition charges show some councils do not recognise its value - Swinney - Mail Children as young as nine are asked 'is Santa real?' for homework sparking furious parents to accuse headteacher of 'taking away magic of Christmas' - Mail One in 10 children 'often lonely', according to ONS figures - Guardian Shadow minister demands IfA hands over private levy overspend presentation - FE Week ICO warns schools after head fined for unlawfully obtaining pupils’ personal data - Schools Week Reform higher apprenticeships, but beware of unintended consequences - FE Week Milton: Colleges are failing due to lack of leader scrutiny - Times Educational Supplement | TES One in seven pupils starts secondary school lonely - Times Educational Supplement | TES TV's 'School' star hits back at minister’s ‘plenty of money’ jibe - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Labour a bigger threat to private schools than Brexit' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Schools and trusts have lost sight of who matters' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Exam appeals: what we learned today - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Our trust is stronger than ever post-"School"' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Former head fined for unlawfully obtaining pupils’ data - Times Educational Supplement | TES Autistic pupils ‘suicidal’, as schools struggle to offer support - Times Educational Supplement | TES Can we get some clear messaging from Ofsted on exclusions? - Schools Week Thousands of pupils query exam results in Scotland - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'It's naive to believe there won't be an Ofsted curriculum' - Times Educational Supplement | TES What you need to know about the problems with ‘school readiness’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Educating Manchester head Drew Povey says council bullied him in 'harrowing' investigation - Mirror Yorkshire school that 'cancelled Christmas' reinstates it after hundreds of letters - Guardian Icelandic group buys first UK nursery - Nursery World Secondary school starters report loneliness - Mail Birmingham council nurseries to be handed over to PVI providers - Nursery World Scotland's colleges set out five-year plan - Times Educational Supplement | TES Reading scheme at age 5 helps GCSE success - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers should not take on the role of parents - Express Hooded boy brandishes large knife outside school in 'deeply' concerning video - Mirror Research funding is short-changing humanities subjects | John Marenbon - Guardian Christmas cheer at Lady Lumley's School after ban lifted - BBC The 69 questions school leaders should ask staff - Teacher Toolkit Pruning the hedge – differential fees, institutional collapse - Wonkhe ‘An education arms race’: inside the ultra-competitive world of private tutoring - Guardian The private takeover of schools like this is well under way: 7,000 have gone | Aditya Chakrabortty - Guardian 9.30 a.m. - The EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee will hear evidence re EU student exchanges and funding for university research to inform its inquiry into Brexit - Lords Select Committee Nurseries are stifling children because they fear health and safety laws, experts claim - The Sun Scotland: Aberdeen University lowers ‘poor student’ target - Herald Scotland Evidence session on Horizon 2020 after Brexit - UK Parliament Apprenticeship levy is no longer complete mystery, say employers - Times Scotland: First woman president at art academy - Times