News archive for 25th January 2018

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Secondary school league tables 2018: See how your child's school performed for 2016/17 - Mirror USA: Inside the amazing £18million school Tiger Woods built for underprivileged children - The Sun What now for the levy reforms? - FE Week One in eight secondary schools labelled ‘sub-standard’ - Express School bans crisps from children - but headteacher claims she's not the 'food police' - Express Cambridge May Ball accused by pagan student of belittling her religion - Telegraph Ministers should listen to employers on apprenticeships | Nils Pratley - Guardian Universities are ignoring students’ lowest marks to calculate degree classification, report finds - Telegraph The Guardian view on soft skills: being clever is not enough | Editorial - Guardian Golden Hello: Proposed end date for claims - DfE Education standards continue to rise at GCSE and A level - DfE School performance: key stage 4 similar schools - DfE 16 to 18 English and maths progress measure qualifications - DfE Secondary accountability measures (including Progress 8 and Attainment 8) - DfE 16 to 18 accountability headline measures - DfE Statistics: 16 to 19 attainment - DfE Secondary school performance tables in England: 2017 (revised) - DfE Multi-academy trust performance measures: 2016 to 2017 - DfE School and college performance tables in England: 2016 to 2017 - DfE 16 to 18 level 3 value-added ready reckoner - DfE Apprenticeship and levy statistics: January 2018 - DfE Apprenticeships and traineeships: January 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Prime Minister announces £20 million Institute of Coding - DfE Department for Education launches Commonwealth education pack - DfE FE data library: apprenticeships - Education & Skills Funding Agency 16 to 19 education: funding allocations - Education & Skills Funding Agency FE data library: further education and skills - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA e-bulletin: 25 January 2018 (issue 204) - Education & Skills Funding Agency OFFA comment on UCAS data for individual universities - OFFA Read our summary of the multi-academy trust performance measures - NAHT NAHT says schools' performance tables are like comparing apples with pears - NAHT Review of teachers and school leaders’ pay urgently needed to tackle crisis in teaching profession, says NAHT - NAHT Duchess of Cambridge launches NAHT-backed mental health initiative - NAHT ASCL comment on secondary school performance tables - ASCL Disappointing apprenticeship starts data shows Apprenticeship Levy not yet working - CBI Performance in TIMSS 2015 of disadvantaged pupils in Northern Ireland - NFER Spotlight on multi-academy trusts: what is happening to performance? - NFER Comment on GCSE results in England: 2016 to 2017 - National Education Union AELP responds to 26.5% drop in apprenticeship starts - AELP Key Stage 4 performance tables 2017: Closing the gap just got harder - Education Datalab Key Stage 5 performance tables 2017: Do minimum standards meet the standard? - Education Datalab Multi-academy trust league tables 2017: What can we learn from the data? Including a lesson on why we shouldn’t take everything at face value - Education Datalab School league tables: 1 in 8 ‘below standard’ - The Educator Grade inflation could be the next battleground for higher education - Wonkhe Latin lessons dying out in state schools | Letter - Guardian Government in danger of not meeting apprenticeship target - National Education Union “Don’t panic” or “we’re all doomed”? What do the latest apprenticeship figure tell us? - Learning & Work Institute Statistics on apprenticeships and traineeships: Our response - Learning & Work Institute Apprenticeship levy is not working, employers say - feCompare Timothy attacks Greening over apprenticeship and T-level troubles - feCompare Children's charities cut ties with scandal-hit fundraising club - CYPN | Children & Young People Now £20 million awarded to develop an Institute of Coding to train next generation of digital specialists - HEFCE Teaching excellence? Let’s hear it for good education - HEA The rediscovery of class - The Staffroom How can policy ensure education equity? A speech by Nick Gibb - The Staffroom More than half of employers currently paying the apprenticeship levy want it replaced with a training levy - feCompare Daily roundup 25 January: Apprenticeships, low-risk paedophiles, and playground death - CYPN | Children & Young People Now One in eight secondary schools in England are ‘failing’ - Guardian Kirsty Williams visits north Wales to open two 21 Century Schools - Welsh Government Extremes in results of multi-academy trusts casts doubt on system - Guardian School league tables: See how your secondary school has done - BBC Could broadcasting school lessons solve Africa's education crisis? - BBC Record number of poor students enter top universities, figures show - Sutton Trust Five benefits of leadership and management apprenticeships - Training Journal Denmark hopes to claim back EU student debt - PIE News 6 findings on latest EEF report - Sutton Trust Predicting performance improves learning - Learning Scientists Britain desperately needs a functioning apprenticeship system - Financial Times League tables - Times Educational Supplement | TES Fall in apprenticeships may force 'radical rethink' of UK policy - Guardian VAT on independent training providers will make young-adult education less competitive - FE News Fears of delay to teacher pay deal after DfE misses deadline - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupil progress declines at UTCs - Schools Week Dramatic drop in new teacher recruitment coincides with 150% boost to DfE advertising spend - Times Educational Supplement | TES Revised GCSE and equivalent results in England: 2016 to 2017 - DfE Government in danger of not meeting apprenticeship target - FE News The 3m apprenticeship manifesto target slips further way – and now the AoC boss wants it scrapped - FE Week Half of college leaders in first wave unhappy with area review process - Times Educational Supplement | TES Too many graduates are mismatched to their jobs. What's going wrong? - Guardian Pupils who speak English as second language overtake native speakers, figures show - Telegraph London has lowest proportion of underperforming schools in UK - Evening Standard It's not just about Oxbridge - Montrose42 MAT league tables 2017: The best and worst performers, and 4 other findings - Schools Week The cost to schools of exam appeals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Free schools are now the best in the country - it's time for the Government to renew its commitment to deliver more of them - Telegraph Evaluation of university infant free school meals - Education Policy Institute David Meller takes ‘leave of absence’ from his own academy trust - Schools Week Theresa May piles pressure on children’s minister Nadhim Zahawi over attending sleazy Presidents Club party after making impassioned plea for equality - The Sun KS4 performance tables 2017: Everything we know about coasting schools and floor standard schools - Education Datalab Consultation launched to end teacher golden hello claims - Schools Week League tables: Free schools have best Progress 8 scores - Times Educational Supplement | TES New teaching course launched for science and technology graduates - Herald Scotland New teacher applications down by 29% since last year - Times Educational Supplement | TES League tables: Best and worst performing multi-academy trusts revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES League tables: Schools missing standard up, EBacc entries and passes down - Times Educational Supplement | TES Key Stage 4 performance measures: the key points - Schools Week We’re staging a sit-in to stop our university’s social cleansing plans | Sahaya James - Guardian 29% increase in secondary schools below floor standard in 2017 - Schools Week Universities to deliver Scotland's controversial fast-track route into teaching - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeship starts continue to fall sharply six months after introduction of the levy - FE Week League tables: Ministers say narrowing attainment gap proves reforms work - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeship numbers on rise, according to government figures - Times Educational Supplement | TES Secondary school performance tables in England: 2017 (revised) - DfE Data on key stage 4 (KS4) and key stage 5 (KS5) students going into education, employment and training destinations - DfE School and college performance tables in England: 2016 to 2017 - DfE Advanced learner loans paid in England: 2017 to 2018 - Student Loans Company FE data library - apprenticeships: information on the number of apprenticeship starts, achievements, and participation - Education & Skills Funding Agency Revised GCSE and equivalent results in England: 2016 to 2017 - DfE A level and other 16 to 18 results: 2016 to 2017 (revised) - DfE Statistics covering apprenticeships and traineeships for the year-to-date (August to October 2017) - Education & Skills Funding Agency Statistics on the performance of state-funded schools in multi-academy trusts in England - DfE Statistics covering latest monthly apprenticeship starts, apprenticeship service registrations and commitments and apprenticeship levy declared information - DfE FE data library - FE & skills: information on learners, learning programmes and learner achievement - Education & Skills Funding Agency FE data library - local authority tables: FE and schools learner participation breakdown by local authority - Education & Skills Funding Agency Northern Ireland: attendance at grant aided primary, post-primary and special schools - 2016/17 - Department for Education (Northern Ireland) Department for Education director David Meller forced to quit over Presidents Club scandal - Express Oxford admits more women than men for first time – Ucas - Guardian Kilbowie Outdoor Centre could close in budget cuts - Scotsman Record number of ethnic minority students applying to university, figures show - Herald Scotland Record number of poor students enter top universities, figures show - Herald Scotland Selfies 'worse for children than bullying' because photos make teenagers question their body and appearance - Mail School league tables to be published with new 9-1 GCSEs - BBC Skills Commission: Young apprentices need travel subsidies now - FE Week NAHT demands 5% pay rise for teachers in STRB submission - Schools Week Privileged pupils 10 times more likely to attend elite universities - Times Educational Supplement | TES New figures reveal dearth of poor students at Russell Group universities - Times Educational Supplement | TES Record number of poor students enter top universities, figures show - Mail Pupils are more savvy about social media than adults give them credit for, research shows - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Communication Trust faces uncertain future - Nursery World A first from Oxford as women win more places than men - Times Anna Hursey, 11, makes history as she heads for the Gold Coast Commenwealth Games - Times Head rejects Toby Belfield’s ban on pupil relationships at Ruthin School - Times Oxbridge offers aren’t worth all the fuss - Times Scotland: EU students should start paying Scots university fees after Brexit, finds YouGov poll - Times Ireland: Students wait for new school buildings after Carillion collapse - Times Ireland: Zappone’s childcare plan faces more delays after issues with IT - Times Record number of ethnic minority students applying to university, figures show - Mail