News archive for 4th May 2018

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Cost pressures on schools have made it 'challenging' to manage budgets, Damian Hinds admits - Independent Children should do exercise in maths and English lessons to boost grades, school leaders told - Independent Damian Hinds acknowledges funding pressures on schools - BBC Ministers are listening to us on school funding, says heads' leader - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Strengthening QTS must be a priority for our education system' - Times Educational Supplement | TES MillionPlus welcomes the government’s response to DfE’s Strengthening QTS consultation - MillionPlus Apprentices from Hull discuss apprenticeships and skills training - UK Parliament Life chances inquiry launched - UK Parliament The Tes Podcast: New school accountability regime, TAs and free schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Heads tell Hinds: 'Now end forced acadamisation of inadequate schools' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Heads accept Damian Hinds' olive branch - Times Educational Supplement | TES Primary Futures launches in Australia - Education and Employers The hard lessons of parental engagement - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF More funding available for OTLA joint practice development projects – apply now - AoC | Association of Colleges Applying to be on the approved list of independent special institutions - Education & Skills Funding Agency Academies financial notices to improve - Education & Skills Funding Agency Individualised Learner Record (ILR): check that data is accurate - Education & Skills Funding Agency Strikes dates announced at Lewisham Southwark College - UCU UCU comment on government response to teacher training consultation - UCU In the news: 4 May 2018 - UCU Secretary of State for Education tells NAHT conference that he ‘trusts them to 'get on with the job’. - NAHT School funding crisis: “statistics and rhetoric cannot hide the real picture,” says NAHT general secretary - NAHT NAHT president calls for “some light at the end of the tunnel” for the school funding crisis - NAHT ASCL comment on support for new teachers - ASCL ASCL comment on school accountability overhaul - ASCL Building Research in Primary Schools (BRiPS) - BERA Secretary of State speech at the National Association of Headteachers conference - DfE Strengthening qualified teacher status and career progression - DfE Workload advisory group: terms of reference - DfE How to encourage students to ask questions - The Educator Ambition comments on DfE's new 'principles' for school accountability - Ambition School Leadership NEU comment on Damian Hinds' speech - National Education Union Voice welcomes Education Secretary’s “vision” on career development for teachers - Voice New computer game evaluation report published - NFER A positive deal for science on the horizon? - Russell Group Challenging the evidence on the new baseline test in reception - BERA Project Fantasy? German exam question debates Brexit reality - Guardian Ashwell Academy Trust given financial notice to improve - Schools Week #emilytest drive secures anti-violence legacy in Scottish FE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Two strike dates announced by UCU members at college - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Stem and design and technology subjects both have critical thinking at heart, so why divide them?' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Heads' leader tells of 'heartbreak' at cuts that mean 'I can’t pay everyone anymore' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Schools are not the silver bullet to fix all of society's problems' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cuts must not stop poor pupils learning musical instruments, warns Sturgeon - Times Educational Supplement | TES A fifth of UTCs inspected by Ofsted are now in special measures - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Greening's comments about Eton show how misunderstood our independent schools are' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'At our parent-led free school, we didn't enter any Year 11s for GCSEs – it was in their best interests' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Racism: are we ‘sliding away from confronting the issue’? - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to respond to subject access requests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Facing the fines: what are the GDPR penalties? - Times Educational Supplement | TES What changes will you need to make to your recruitment process? - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'We’ve come so far on inclusion – but we’ve still got so far to go' - Times Educational Supplement | TES High needs fund 'not enough' to meet rising SEND demand, warns heads union - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Daily roundup 4 May: Life chances, school inspections, charity merger - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Does this improve outcomes for children? - CYPN | Children & Young People Now International students in UK flock to join ‘luxury’ members club - PIE News Malta announces new student visa system - PIE News QTS consultation: Only 50% back two-year induction period and 6 other key results - Schools Week Damian Hinds speech to NAHT conference: The full text - Schools Week ‘I trust you to get on with the job’, Damian Hinds tells heads - Schools Week NAHT: Schools can’t get hold of mental health support for children - Schools Week Shrewsbury pupils get bread and water for forgetting dinner money - BBC National supply teacher agency database open from September - Schools Week White teachers twice as likely to be promoted than BME staff - Scotsman MPs to investigate impact of early years education on life chances - Schools Week Ofsted watch: Ambulance trust fares well in early monitoring visit - FE Week Family learning courses struggle to recruit parents - Nursery World I grew up here, but Britain is making it as hard as possible for me to become a citizen | Chrisann Jarrett - Guardian German teens condemn 'unfair' English exam in petition - BBC Rebuilding trust in a context of suspicion: South Africa’s failing education system - IOE London Blog How kids are getting into DIY tech: Chips with Everything podcast - Guardian How teachers are fighting to teach young students about mental health in primary schools - Metro The right to be forgotten – some points not to forget - FE News Special investigation: The fallout from mass exam reversal - FE Week College with huge bailout debt pays principal over £265k - FE Week Governors ‘abrogated’ responsibilities at inadequate Medway UTC - FE Week Stephenson College challenged over £100,000 tactical subcontracting - FE Week ESFA misses chance to get tough on wasteful subcontracting - FE Week What does sabbatical mean and will UK teachers be allowed to take one? - The Sun Heads warn of crisis in funding for vulnerable high-needs pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hinds to replace 'confusing' floor standards and coasting school measures - Times Educational Supplement | TES Getting parents into school is key to literacy success, study finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Accountability shake-up means end of forced academisation for poor results - Times Educational Supplement | TES Millions pledged to allow more teachers to take sabbaticals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Analysis: Has the pressure been lifted from thousands of schools? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hinds pledges greater transparency over decisions about academies - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Marathon' wait for QTS plan ditched following teacher recruitment 'disaster' warning - Times Educational Supplement | TES New report finds offering parents ‘family learning’ sessions might improve literacy - The Bell Foundation How the 'Big Society' dream of parent-led schools faded away - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities exploit apprenticeship levy to create market in cut-price MBAs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education Secretary to set out vision for "clearer" school system - DfE Principles for a clear and simple school accountability system - DfE Scottish study flags up lack of opportunities for black and minority ethnic teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Too many unconditional offers? Bring back university entrance exams | Gill Evans - Guardian Fat-shaming children at school is no way to fight obesity | Kate Leaver - Guardian Struggling schools to face single target - BBC Labour MP skewered by Martin Lewis during heated tuition fees debate on BBC Question Time - Express Want to make sure your students really learn? Get a long-term plan - Guardian We must stop universities exploiting the unpaid labour of PhD students | Anonymous academic - Guardian DfE’s new ‘principles for a clear and simple accountability system’ – the full text - Schools Week £5 million sabbatical fund for teachers unveiled - Schools Week Hinds announces sweeping school accountability changes - Schools Week NAHT demands immediate high-needs cash injection - Schools Week NAHT partners with Institute of School Business Leadership - Schools Week EEF’s family literacy test falls apart - Schools Week Teachers to be offered year's paid sabbatical to improve retention - Guardian Government to scrap 'coasting' schools measure - Telegraph Teachers offered a year’s paid leave to boost recruitment - Times Deaths of two more students add to welfare fears at Bristol - Times Scrap essays to stop cheats, universities told - Times Avoiding another apprenticeships crisis - Times