News archive for 11th May 2018

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Damian Hinds makes grammar school U-turn after previously dubbing them as ‘not the answer’ - The Sun Almost three-quarters of grammar schools to benefit from Th £50million handout are in Tory seats - Mirror School inspections and outcomes: management information - GOV.UK Teachers told not to ask classroom of children what they did at the weekend - Telegraph Martin Rowson on grammar schools – cartoon - Guardian Teachers forced to plug gaps in ASN teaching in Scotland - Scotsman The Guardian view on educational priorities: arts not grammars | Editorial - Guardian ESFA misses own deadline to update providers on T-levels - FE Week Education leaders oppose Tory plans to expand grammar schools - Guardian Scotland: Teachers marking exam scripts hit with 13 per cent pay cut - Scotsman Apprenticeships and Skills Minister questioned - UK Parliament Changing students’ attitudes to mathematics improves test scores - UKEdChat Research suggests a 15-minute ‘daily mile’ could enhance health of the world’s children - UKEdChat Hostile teachers can lose students 5 percent on test scores - UKEdChat Actually giving a damn: The only thing that matters? - UKEdChat How chatbots and text analytics will replace surveys in education - UKEdChat Beckett scheme wins social mobility award - Leeds Beckett University Shadow chancellor John McDonnell calls for clarity on migrant workers' right to strike - UCU Unions brand employers' refusal to consider pay claim an 'unnecessary provocation' - UCU In the news: 11 May - UCU Latest information and updates from the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) - NAHT Exam boards to check teacher-examiners’ lesson plans - Schools Week Disrespect NoBody: free teaching resources on sexting, consent and preventing relationship abuse - NAHT NASUWT comments on Government announcement following 'schools that work for everyone' consultation - NASUWT Teachers filling the gap as ASN cuts bite - NASUWT York teacher at GSA School shortlisted for prestigious national award - GSA Apprenticeship funding bands - Education & Skills Funding Agency Selective Schools Expansion Fund - Education & Skills Funding Agency Trust, teaching & professional capital - Teacher Development Trust | TDT ETF relaunches bitesize digital courses to equip sector workforce with vital tools for the future learning environment - Education & Training Foundation | ETF DfE provides £27m to boost SEND support - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Sadiq Khan announces funding for youth projects to tackle knife crime - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Daily roundup 11 May: School places, youth custody, and care applications - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Manifesto idea #2: Professor Kalwant Bhopal - HEPI Watford UTC hit with financial notice to improve - Schools Week Grammar schools given controversial £50m expansion fund - PoliticsHome NEU comment on Ofqual: teacher involvement in content of exam papers - National Education Union School places - National Education Union Government announcement following 'Schools that work for everyone' consultation - Independent Schools Council | ISC Manifesto idea #1: Professor Tim Quine - HEPI Promoting children’s wellbeing, and right to make choices and engage in playful activities, in restricted environments through music and singing - BERA 16 to 19 education: funding allocations - Education & Skills Funding Agency Schools that work for everyone - DfE Education Committee to question Minister Anne Milton on quality of apprenticeships - FE News School bans pencil cases to stop poor pupils being bullied for not having them - The Sun A simple guide to the next wave of free school applications - Schools Week Grammar schools are indefensible. I should know – I went to one | Tim Bale - Guardian DfE awards contracts to support children with SEND - Nursery World Special Interview: Lord Baker defends UTCs as problems pile up - FE Week 'I felt left out': how to cope with loneliness at university - Guardian The government must not allow segregated faith schools in through the back door - Schools Week School pencil cases banned to stop 'stigma' - BBC Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2017 - DfE ASCL comment on expanding selective schools - ASCL Teenagers shun homework for social media and video games, new survey finds - UCL Institute of Education Grammars expansion response - Sutton Trust Trust, teaching and professional capital - Teacher Development Trust | TDT Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2016 - DfE DfE sets out remit for early years SENCOs - Nursery World Grammars should lower pass marks for poorer children, says minister Damian Hinds - Times Extra grammar places must be for poor pupils, warns Tory MP - Evening Standard DfE takes action to force schools to follow the ‘Baker Clause’ - Schools Week 'Significant' opposition to grammar schools plan - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual clampdown 'undermines teachers' integrity' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Will Hinds' reforms be golden or half-baked? - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Free schools have unleashed innovation. Fact' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unions blast AoC in college pay row - Times Educational Supplement | TES Brexit 'distracts from education' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Analysis: Greening's grammar school plan reborn - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK university staff offered 2 per cent pay rise - Times Higher Education | THE The value of learning to play a musical instrument - Primary Times Five ways to help your child perform better at school - Primary Times The power of technical education - New Statesman Apprenticeship providers ban lifted after just two months - FE Week Joint understanding between DfE and @ISC_schools - FE News Grammar schools and faith schools get green light to expand - BBC How many grammar schools are there in the UK and how are they different to comprehensive schools? - Metro Actually, DamianHinds, social mobility is hampered by grammar schools - FE News Theresa May revives grammar schools plan with £50m boost - HuffPost ‘Strengthened’ QTS proposals will cost at least £336 million - Schools Week Government to pump £50 million into grammar schools in England - Metro Employers clash with Institute for Apprenticeships over FE teacher funding bands - FE Week Grammar schools asked to prioritise poorest pupils - Schools Week Union fury as college boss gets 31% pay rise - FE Week Private schools will report annually on their work with state schools - Schools Week Grammar school consultation: Respondents wanted selective schools to take on 100% low-income pupils - Schools Week Developing a UK-Ireland higher education and research partnership - FE News Damian Hinds defends £50m grammar schools fund - Guardian Dispelling the myths of social learning - Training Journal Policy Eye - highlights of the week ending 11 May 2018 - Pearson New funding for grammar school expansion - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers back uniform despite 'very low impact' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Office for Students to allocate £1.5 billion for higher education in England for 2018-19 - Office for Students DfE ‘failed’ to monitor UK Student Loans Company - Times Higher Education | THE Mental health care is letting down students, agree NHS and university leaders - Universities UK Colleges hit by cyber attacks 12 times a week - Times Educational Supplement | TES FE sector 'underinvesting in cyber security' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Drive to create more good school places for families - DfE Brexit 'distracts from education' - Times Educational Supplement | TES How teachers are cutting workload for themselves - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE drops threat to remove private school tax breaks - Times Educational Supplement | TES More free schools set for the North and Midlands - Times Educational Supplement | TES Most 14-year-olds do no homework on average weekday - Times Educational Supplement | TES Green light for religiously segregated schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Grammar schools to get £50m expansion fund - Mail We need to change how maths is taught in schools - Financial Times Teachers are the best careers advisors - Schools Week Bright pupils 'should be fast-tracked to university' - Herald Scotland Warning over lack of access to Advanced Highers for poor pupils - Herald Scotland Analysis: For the sake of all able pupils Advanced Higher must be available - Herald Scotland Government unveils a £50million push to create thousands more grammar school places for disadvantaged pupils - The Sun Gordon Brown launches global funding plan for schools - BBC Grammar and faith schools get green light to expand - BBC Student loan rates absurd, say MPs - BBC Student loans boss Steve Lamey hired 'against advice' - BBC Ousted student loan chief was appointed despite Whitehall warning - Financial Times Damian Hinds on future of grammar schools under current government (video) - Mail Student loan interest rates 'absurd' and 'grossly unfair', says Treasury Committee - Independent National Audit Office slams DfE oversight of Student Loans Company - FE Week Ministers criticised by NAO over recruitment of student loan boss - Guardian UK universities call for joined-up mental health care for students - Guardian Grammar schools in England to get £50m expansion fund - Guardian Catholics slam ‘broken promise’ as faith admissions cap retained - Schools Week May reboots grammars plan with £50m for extra places - Times Bristol fresher is third suspected suicide in month - Times Scotland: Daily Mile scheme improves children’s fitness and activity levels - Times Theresa May revives grammar schools plan with £50m boost - HuffPost