News archive for 20th February 2018

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Ofsted condemns council for failing to back hijab ban school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Headteacher sparks backlash after accusing generation 'snowflake' of being 'mollycoddled' - Express Students should avoid campus debates if they are offended by a speaker - but can't skip lectures on controversial topics - Mail 'This is a red line': voices from the university pensions strike - Guardian Non-association independent schools: inspections and outcomes - Ofsted Non-association independent schools inspections and outcomes: management information - Ofsted Early years foundation stage statutory framework (EYFS) - DfE Using Ofsted’s inspection data summary report (IDSR): 16 to 19 - Ofsted Apprenticeship funding bands - Education & Skills Funding Agency New school proposals - DfE Statement on review of post-18 education and funding - UK Parliament Academies accounts return - Education & Skills Funding Agency 16 to 19 education: funding allocations - Education & Skills Funding Agency Final chance for residential establishments workforce survey - NAHT Times-tables are important, but the government’s latest test is a complete waste of time for schools - NAHT NASUWT comments on Ofsted pupil exclusion figures - NASUWT Impact: The Science of Learning - NAHT Newly updated governance guide February 2018 - NAHT Over 1 million students will be affected by university pensions strikes - UCU NEU comment: Ofsted on exclusions - National Education Union The rise of commuter students…? - HEPI Why fees and funding must be fair - Russell Group National Service for Students: a great idea for the post-18 review? - Wonkhe Under review - Conor's Commentary Striking dons add to UK students’ resentments - Financial Times Striking lecturers could be held responsible for student failures - The Educator 70,000 students call for compensation over UCU lecturer strike - Guardian Teacher who sent birthday card to student is reprimanded for 'inappropriate' behaviour - Wales Online Students must have the right to avoid talks which offend them, university chief says  - Telegraph Grammar schools look to open 'annexes' that campaigners claim to be 'back-door' selection - Independent Students urged to join lecturers on the picket lines, despite fears that walk out will harm exams - Telegraph ESFA gives millions to apprenticeship providers that have failed to meet standards - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sats: New 'flexible' writing assessments to stay – despite teachers' concerns - Times Educational Supplement | TES Celebrate adult education by having ‘places of learning’ awards, says RSA - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted: Hijab row school got ‘ineffective’ support from council - Schools Week Is religion really a toxic brand? | Letters - Guardian Expanded grammar schools ready for extra pupils by 2020 - Schools Week Skills minister: Apprenticeship starts will surge by September - FE Week Employers 'near breaking point' thanks to apprenticeship levy, says industry leader - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Council approves free school meals every day of the year - Mail Blackmailed teacher gave boy £10,000 - Times Ryan Shorthouse: Slashing fees would be an unjust tax cut for wealthy graduates - Times When technology and classrooms collide… - UKEdChat Social media to blame for poor grades? - UKEdChat Best Evidence in Brief: Issue #156 - Best Evidence in Brief Students demand compensation as uni lecturers take strike action - Wales Online London students demand tuition fee refund after staff strike - Evening Standard Student finance: Under review - Sutton Trust EEF partners with Kusuma Trust to boost maths and science teaching - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Are the dice rolled before ten years of age? - UKEdChat Welcome shift of emphasis to vocational training but big questions for PM’s review of University funding - Policy Exchange Daily roundup 20 February: Knife crime, tuition fees, and child sex offences - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Nadhim Zahawi 'aware of 30 hours challenges' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Corbyn calls for national action on life skills - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Ofsted announces crackdown on school exclusion 'hot spots' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Bringing success stories into learner experiences - on motivating and engaging Mandarin Chinese learners - HEA PhD Diary: imparting knowledge to the younger generation - Times Higher Education | THE Required reading: what you need to know about the UK tuition fee review - Times Higher Education | THE The tuition fee review is about saving the government money, not students | David Morris - Guardian The UK higher education system is not fit for purpose. We need more apprenticeships - HuffPost Three grammar schools approach DfE about opening ‘annexes’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers at school in Newham that banned hijab were failed by council, say inspectors - Evening Standard India: Students ordered to sit exams barefoot so they can’t cheat - Metro AEB underspent by £63 million, minister claims - FE Week Education experts criticise Theresa May’s university tuition fees review plans - Independent New guidance to support schools to put evidence to work in their classrooms - Institute for Effective Education Reviewing the research on school climate and social-emotional learning - Institute for Effective Education Reform of tuition fees and managing expectations - Montrose42 Headteacher slams snowflake millennials as ‘entitled, spoilt and molly-coddled’ – and they aren't happy - The Sun EEF starts £250k project to boost maths and science teaching in 220 schools - Schools Week Embattled Kensington and Chelsea chair refuses to step down - FE Week Preventing depression in secondary school pupils - Institute for Effective Education Can schools help prevent childhood obesity? - Institute for Effective Education May has got it all wrong on education. She should listen to Labour | Angela Rayner - Guardian Kathy Kirkham returns to Bright Tribe - Schools Week What you need to know about the tuition fee review — and how it could affect students - The Conversation New nursery group opens with focus on outdoor learning - Nursery World Why demanding compensation over the lecturers’ strike is misguided - HuffPost Drop in university applications from deprived pupils is a 'wake-up call', says Scotland's fair access tsar - Times Educational Supplement | TES Northern schools excluding high number of teens to receive Ofsted warning - HuffPost Are all university courses born equal? - HuffPost Strengthened QTS at risk if academies can opt out, say teacher trainers - Times Educational Supplement | TES The thrust of our education system needs to take a big step back in time | Peter Hill - Express Researchers looking for 120 schools to teach Dutch 'realistic maths' method - Times Educational Supplement | TES How does the uni fees system really work – and what’s the best way to improve it? - The Sun QTS reforms may put applicants off, warn teacher trainers - Schools Week Number of 'inadequate' private schools continues to rise - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland's council-run nurseries not meeting needs of working parents - Nursery World Sky-high fees means the Government needs to act fast – or many students will fail to pay off their loans - FE News Dad ordered to pay £600 for taking child out of school for a week's holiday without permission - Mirror How do you tackle radicalisation? With polar bears at primary school - Guardian Stopping Brexit: ‘The kids don’t want what’s being forced on them’ - Guardian Flexible working sounds lovely, but it would make the teacher shortage worse | Laura McInerney - Guardian Helping gifted children is all very well – but what about the rest? | Dawn Foster - Guardian Call for Scots student charges to be considered in UK funding review - Scotsman Parents want girls' school to admit boys - Herald Scotland The Prison Education Framework: Why good local insight may prove crucial to a successful bid - FE News Final-year exams at top universities set to be cancelled amid lecturer pension strikes - The Sun Debate: Have the changes to university tuition fees since 2011 failed? - City AM Scottish universities demand say on tuition fees - Herald Scotland Parents attack council nurseries over 'limited' opening hours - Herald Scotland PM’s year-long uni review needs ‘rocket boosters’ to actually help, MPs say - The Sun EU students owe us £592million – and Brexit means we may never get it back - The Sun Ofsted warns secondary schools to stop suspending poorly performing students - Mail Theresa May needs to focus on stopping grade inflation, cutting fat-cat salaries and slashing interest rates on loans — and stop her uni review - The Sun Ofsted to look at off-rolling malpractice in the north-east - Schools Week Students at almost every university may have their exams cancelled as lecturers threaten to strike over pensions dispute - Mail Ofsted attacks high rates of secondary exclusions in the North and North East - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government warned about 'disastrous' apprenticeship levy - Mail Ofsted on exclusions: The 10 areas that exclude the most pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES University strike puts final exams in danger - Times Schools told to explain high exclusion rates - Times David Laws: It’s not too late to rescue tuition policy but cutting fees is not the answer - Times This muddle is as bad as the dementia tax - Times Theresa May’s revamp of tuition fee system | Letters - Times Scotland: Pressure for last single-sex state school to admit boys - Times Scotland: Free childcare hampered by nursery hours - Times Ireland: Special classes may be hindering some pupils - Times Ireland: Anger at plan for heroin centre near primary school - Times Parents still struggle to find nursery places: Survey casts fresh doubt on SNP's childcare - Express