News archive for 15th March 2018

back to standard EdNews format

Secondary school crisis looms as place demand set to outweigh supply - Express Unregistered schools management information - Ofsted Changes to Ofsted’s statistical reporting of inspection outcomes for maintained schools and academies - Ofsted Graduate outcomes (LEO): 2015 to 2016 - DfE 30 hours free childcare: spring term 2018 - DfE Absence rates by gender, age and free school meal status - DfE School capacity: academic year 2016 to 2017 - DfE Open academies and academy projects in development - DfE Statistics: higher education graduate employment and earnings - DfE School and college performance tables in England: 2016 to 2017 - DfE Schools Minister launches programme to boost leadership - DfE ESFA e-bulletin: 15 March 2018 (issue 211) - Education & Skills Funding Agency School performance measures: about the data - DfE New alliance to boost confidence in reporting child abuse - DfE Point of view: The future landscape for technical and professional education - Collab Group AELP withdraws from the governance of the Education and Training Foundation - AELP Demand for Higher Education to 2030 - HEPI New HEPI report reveals 300,000 more higher education places will be needed in England by 2030 to keep up with demand - HEPI Joint Committee for Human Rights publishes HEPI analysis of university free speech policies - HEPI A first look at the latest LEO data - Wonkhe Councillors ditch proposed changes to school admissions - Wales Online Minister intervenes to block new apprenticeship provider from taking recruits - FE Week AELP withdraws from the governance of the Education and Training Foundation - FE News Parents budget for term time holiday fines rather than keep their children in school, campaigners say - Telegraph Revealed: Which degrees could earn you the highest graduate salary - and the lowest - Telegraph USA: ‘Let gun safety be your target!’: protest signs from the US school walkouts - Guardian Gender pay gap starts from graduation, data suggests - BBC Teacher starting salaries in Scotland are too low, says leading dean - Times Educational Supplement | TES Statistics on school places, unfilled school places, pupils over capacity, pupil number forecasts and place planning in England - Education & Skills Funding Agency Revised information on A level and other results for 16- to 18-year-olds, including data by student characteristics - DfE Management information on unregistered schools from 1 January 2016 to 31 January 2018 - Ofsted Employment and earnings outcomes of HE graduates by subject studied and graduate characteristics - 2015 to 2016 - DfE The attainment of 16- to 18-year-old students at the end of advanced level study in England: 2016-2017 - DfE EdTech 50 recognises individuals leading the way in education technology - Education & Training Foundation | ETF ETF response to AELP announcement - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Lords debate re the effect of proposals for passporting family entitlement to FSM on Universal Credit work incentives - They Work For You England has one of the lowest levels of financial literacy, study saysv - IOE London Blog Tuition fees increase exacerbates long-term decline in part-time students, research finds - IOE London Blog Daily roundup 15 March: Holidays; criminal responsibility, and gambling - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Early years charity calls for action to boost male childcare numbers - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Westminster Hall debate re allergy awareness in schools - They Work For You A continuation of trends - HEFCE Decline in part-time students - Sutton Trust Where are the lost part-timers? - Sutton Trust Inspiring the Future calls for No More Female CEOs - Education and Employers University funding model to become unsustainable as demand soars, study warns - PoliticsHome Shortlist announced for Whatuni Student Choice Awards - AoC | Association of Colleges Invest in leadership to boost teacher retention - Teach First Rachel Maclean praises National Apprenticeship Week - feCompare Cautious welcome for chancellor’s measures to streamline apprenticeship system - feCompare National Apprenticeship Week may be over – but the work continues - feCompare Neglecting child health threatens UK’s future prosperity, says expert - UKEdChat Parents struggling to get 30-hour codes validated - Nursery World Parents pay £24million in truancy fines over three years for term-time holidays - Mail AELP dramatically ditches ETF ownership, effective immediately - FE Week Cuts to drama teaching in schools are a scandal, says Lenny Henry - Guardian School that banned ‘Meet Me At McDonald’s’ haircut praised for boosting pupils’ behaviour by education watchdog - The Sun 'Outstanding' schools could be narrowing the curriculum, senior Ofsted official fears - Times Educational Supplement | TES National Apprenticeship Week 2018 - FE Week Ofsted to be given new powers to crack down on illegal schools under government plan - Independent Academy put 'zero-tolerance' policy above pupil's education, tribunal finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted will now use predecessor school grades in academy statistics - Schools Week School apprenticeship training company ‘not fit for purpose’ says Ofsted - Schools Week USA: Walkout Wednesday: US students protest against gun violence – in pictures - Guardian Pupils at Oxgangs ordered to ‘stay indoors’ after roof damaged - Scotsman Apprenticeships 'not fit for purpose' at first provider visited in Ofsted focus on new training providers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Child health and wellbeing in UK falling behind other OECD nations - Nursery World First early Ofsted monitoring visit of apprenticeship newcomer warns training ‘not fit for purpose’ - FE Week Exam malpractice allegations sealed fate of doomed studio school - Schools Week Manchester Creative Studio to close amid exam malpractice furore - FE Week Outsourced University of London workers to strike over pay and conditions - Independent Home Office rules mean non-British academics can be denied right to strike - The Conversation Rise in the number of full and over-capacity primary and secondary schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted grades from predecessor schools will now remain on new academies' records - Times Educational Supplement | TES Religious groups unite to hit back at claims that their schools are divisive - Times Educational Supplement | TES How handwriting is helping EAL pupils to leap the language barrier - Guardian The changing role of children: should they have more chance to contribute outside of school? - IOE London Blog New data shows 12.5% rise in full secondary schools - Schools Week Bracknell and Wokingham College to join Activate learning - Times Educational Supplement | TES Second financial notice for troubled Bradford College - FE Week Startups win thousands to develop edtech innovations - Jisc Performance tables re the attainment of 16- to 18-year-old students at the end of advanced level study in England - DfE Examining the relationship between Key Stage 1 attainment and Key Stage 4 outcomes - Education Datalab School Report: What do children think about homework? - BBC Hull’s culture scores - Wonkhe Student numbers set to soar, but are we ready for them? - Wonkhe A waste of energy? - Wonkhe Shining a light on our forgotten learners - Wonkhe Part time crisis can’t afford half measures - Wonkhe 'I take 'smart drugs'... despite risks' - BBC How to deliver a successful apprenticeship - FE Week School Report: Do we get too much homework? - BBC Parents fined £24m for children's truancy and term time holidays - BBC 'Striking weaknesses' in adult financial skills - BBC University place demand to grow by 300,000 by 2030 - BBC Baby boom caused by immigration fuels need for 300,000 more places at university by 2030 - Mail Sajid Javid reveals 770,000 migrants don’t speak English as he pledges £50million to boost learning - Mail Full-time religious schools ordered to sign up to Ofsted - Mail More than 40,000 fewer part-time students go to university due to tuition fees hike, study suggests - Independent 300,000 more university places needed to keep up with demand for degrees, study says - Independent Lessons about risks of gambling piloted in British schools - Guardian Can these schoolchildren spot fake news? - BBC Teach First: Improve leadership development to boost teacher retention - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lessons developed to help 25,000 pupils with gambling problems - Times Educational Supplement | TES University lecturers target busiest exam days for next strikes - Times Shutting illegal schools protects children and helps bridge social divides - Times New catchment areas will force schools to boost diversity - Times Head sacked over friendship with paedophile - Times New dreaming spire provokes spat between Christ Church and St Hilda’s - Times Bad universities should be allowed to go bust - Times Scotland: ‘Fat cat’ pay rises for university heads twice that of staff - Times Ireland: NI student in legal fight for vote on Eighth - Times 25,000 children as young as 11 classed as problem gamblers - Mirror 300,000 new university places are required to keep up with demand - Express