News archive for 14th May 2018

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Invest in Sure Start as tribute to Tessa Jowell, government urged - Guardian Annoying things controlling schools still do that have no basis in evidence: - Teacherhead As a pupil, I was not ‘poverty-proof’. At least give children their dignity | Dawn Foster - Guardian How can parents help their children with revision now exams are underway - Wales Online Damian Hinds ‘cannot say’ how many new voluntary-aided schools will open - Schools Week Government u-turn indicates the tide is turning against faith schools - HuffPost Daily roundup 14 May: Foster families, drug arrests, and pencil cases - CYPN | Children & Young People Now 'Year 11, you will survive your GCSEs. Here's how' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sats: How hard was today’s Spag test? - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Schools can help Mental Health Awareness Week' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hinds to discuss ‘savage’ cuts at UCAT academy trust with local MPs - Schools Week Help Ofqual evaluate 2018's new GCSEs, AS and A levels - Ofqual New gold-standard GCSEs prepare pupils for careers Britain needs - DfE Academies financial notices to improve - Education & Skills Funding Agency Ofsted launches point-in-time surveys - Ofsted Higher and degree apprenticeships - Education & Skills Funding Agency Ofsted to ask schools how they protect against knives - Times Educational Supplement | TES Rise in mental health referrals by schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Urgent Question on the "Schools that work for everyone" consultation - UK Parliament College launches campaign to tackle GCSE stress - Times Educational Supplement | TES '£50m for grammars just panders to middle classes' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Institute for Apprenticeships appoints new board members - FE Week Hinds won't commit to apprentice travel discounts - Times Educational Supplement | TES Skills minister under pressure on 16-to-19 funding - FE Week MillionPlus welcomes the UKRI strategic plan - MillionPlus 'Mental health is not somebody else's problem' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual announces its decision on teacher involvement in the development of confidential assessment materials - NAHT Sandwell College strikes called off as pay talks progress - UCU Rally and march in protest over Coventry University Group's 'sham union' - UCU No new grammar schools or removal of the faith schools 'cap' - NAHT Using evidence-informed resources to accelerate learning - BERA Manifesto idea #4: Professor Anna Vignoles - HEPI Manifesto idea #3: Ross Renton - HEPI Mental health awareness week - ATL Top tips for reducing stress in the workplace - Ambition School Leadership Tips for successful revision classes - The Educator How parents can support their children with homework - Teacher Toolkit Time to get real on data - Wonkhe Daily roundup 14 May: Foster families, drug arrests, and pencil cases - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Ofsted warns council over high child protection caseloads - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Mental Health Awareness Week: Coping with stress in the workplace - Education & Training Foundation Pearson recognised as an Investor in People with Silver Award - Pearson Councils attack ministers over need to ‘raid state school funding to support special needs children’ - PoliticsHome New teacher workload review panel to be led by IOE academic - IOE London Blog Nick Gibb dodges teacher pay funding questions - Schools Week Millennial elephants, taxed and sunk, have said goodbye to the campus - Wonkhe Professional leaders in higher education: credibility and relationships - Wonkhe This SATs letter that teachers sent their pupils is the cutest thing you'll read all day - Mirror A few more Oxbridge places for disadvantaged children is just tinkering | Frances Ryan - Guardian Strikes off at Sandwell College after improved pay offer - FE Week Teachers’ inspirational letters take pressure off pupils before their SATs - Metro Councils poised to cut support for deaf children by £4m - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Boarding school 'sorry' for 'blacked up' slave photo - BBC Rise in number of schools asking for mental health support for children - Nursery World What does SATs stand for, what are Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 and how are the exams marked? - The Sun Cuts put deaf children's education at 'breaking point' - BBC Ofsted warns council over high child protection caseloads - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Unhappy teachers from UK heading overseas - The Educator Urgent Question on the "Schools that work for everyone" consultation - Parliament 'Dissatisfied' teachers moving overseas - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Brace yourself for the emotions of Sats week’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted seeking views on residential colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES International schools want to award QTS - Times Educational Supplement | TES Strike at Sandwell College called off - Times Educational Supplement | TES 77% of Secondary school children believe there are ‘maths people’ and 67% don’t think they are one. - FE News Scotland: Recruitment campaign emphasises the 'joy' of working in childcare - Nursery World Catholic academy trust tackled weaknesses ‘at a brisk pace’ - Schools Week The government's woeful complacency means deaf children are losing £4million of support - HuffPost Ofsted praises ‘journey of improvement’ at Diocese of Norwich academy trust - Schools Week £4m cuts ‘will threaten’ deaf pupils’ performance - Schools Week 'Ridiculous' primary school homework aimed at 8-year-olds - Mirror Mental health referrals in English schools rise sharply - Guardian New gold-standard GCSEs prepare pupils for careers Britain needs - FE News Sharp rise under-11s referred for mental health help - BBC 'Ridiculous' primary school homework aimed at 8-year-olds has mums bewildered at how hard it is - Mirror Latest funding reforms could create more apprenticeship opportunities - FE News When are SATs 2018, can you download past KS1 and KS2 exam papers and why have parents threatened to boycott the tests? - The Sun Harriet Harman: ‘Safe spaces’ can be justified. But free speech must be protected - PoliticsHome Sats pressure in primaries is too much, say parents - Times Educational Supplement | TES Support for deaf pupils slashed by £4m - Times Educational Supplement | TES Need to know: key stage 2 Sats - Times Educational Supplement | TES Rise in mental health referrals by schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Our disciplines are disappearing, we need to act now - Wonkhe Art’s foundations are crumbling - Wonkhe Humanities by the numbers - Wonkhe One in three children denied specialist mental health treatment - CYPN | Children & Young People Now What teachers tapped this week #33 – 14th May 2018 - Teacher Tapp New name; same independent, cutting-edge research - FFT Education Datalab Value added measures in performance tables: A recap of the main issues for secondary schools - FFT Education Datalab Value added measures in performance tables: A recap of the main issues for primary schools - FFT Education Datalab New graduates want to be their own boss – here's how to do it - Guardian Kirsty Gunn: Education is about more than cramming for exams - Scotsman It’s up to colleges and providers to sell apprenticeships to parents - FE Week External Quality Assurance…will it really help to raise quality? - FE News The apprenticeship levy: How to make the best of bad policy - Schools Week Will expanding grammar schools improve social mobility? - City AM Deaf children's education support 'left at breaking point' after council cuts - Independent Pupils sitting SATs taught power pose to improve focus - BBC School referrals for children's mental health treatment rise by a third, NSPCC reveals - HuffPost A course of neglect - Nursery World Lack of action threatens EYTS - Nursery World Deaf children losing out as English councils cut support, charity warns - Guardian Council IT systems can’t cope with stretched hours - Nursery World Sixth-formers blacked up for leaving photos - Times School multiplies its praise to boost girls’ maths skills - Times Almost 200 pupils a day referred for mental care - Times Deaf children are suffering because of teacher cuts - Times Scotland: University moves with the times to bless ancient faith - Times Scotland: SQA admits teachers will face delays in coursework - Times Ireland: Nine out of ten pupils worry about online safety - Times SATs leaving pupils 'terrified of failing' - Mail