News archive for 1st January 2018

back to standard EdNews format

Parents face £120 fines and court action if kids are late to school in new crackdown - The Sun Scotland: A million days of lessons lost as pupils go on holiday early - Express Backlash over appointment of ‘Tory cheerleader’ Toby Young to university watchdog - Metro Parents to be fined and threatened with jail if their child is late to school - Metro New Year Gold: A selection of brilliant ideas from some fabulous schools - Teacherhead Toby Young appointment to board of government's new universities watchdog prompts backlash - HuffPost New GSA President Gwen Byrom on how challenging gender stereotypes has helped her family - GSA Seven go-to books for children in EYFS - Times Educational Supplement | TES Staffordshire parents face fines and court if their child is late for school 10 times in 12 weeks - Mail London Catholic school abuse survivor speaks of 'constant violence' - Guardian Your future is whatever you make it! Setting and keeping your 2018 goals - The Staffroom Happy New Year 2018! “The Joy of Headship” - Headteachers' Roundtable New universities regulator comes into force - DfE Why giving a job to Toby Young shows Jo Johnson's university regulator is doomed from the start - New Statesman Headteachers criticise AI plans for school inspections - The Educator Latin is an essential language for our digital age - Financial Times HEFCE Chair receives Knighthood - HEFCE Universities to work on policy solutions to Europe's social malaise - Guardian The challenges facing universities in 2018 - BBC Scotland: rise in pupil disruption blamed on 'disinterest' in curriculum - Herald Scotland Foreign students 'will be cut' from immigration figures despite opposition from PM - Mail VCs at some of Britain's poorest performing universities are receiving the largest pay packets - Mail A crackdown on fat-cat university pay begins on New Years' Day - The Sun Councils spend £1m on taxis for pupils taking extra subjects - Scotsman Schools tell ministers to stop 11-plus cheats - Times Mermaid schools are making a splash - Times Toby Young to help lead government's new universities regulator - Guardian GSA president and Loughborough High headteacher criticises 'gender stereotypes' - Mail