News archive for 15th May 2018

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Scrap maths GCSE because it is too difficult for less able students, says architect of the modern exam system - Telegraph Pupils banned from wearing watches in exams amid concerns about cheating - Telegraph Do Sats really matter - and if so, to whom? - BBC Nearly a quarter of five-year-olds starting primary school in England have tooth decay, figures reveal - Mail Minister admits to confusion over apprenticeship quality accountability - FE Week Home Magazine Section Web (Online Only Story, Not From Printed Publication) Daily roundup... Daily roundup 15 May: Sure Start, obesity, and mental health checkups - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Take this SATs test to see if you're as smart as an 11-year-old - Mirror Campaign group ‘exploring legal action’ over grammar schools expansion plan - Schools Week Increased access to independently-run schools decreases pupil wellbeing - London School of Economics | LSE Making the most of Outdoor Classroom Day - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Daily roundup 15 May: Sure Start, obesity, and mental health checkups - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Pathway to university: why you shouldn’t feel bad about doing a foundation year - Times Higher Education | THE Five things you should know about GDPR - Teach First Learning at Work Week is for teachers too - Edge Foundation The benefits of theatre field trips - Best Evidence in Brief Family literacy sessions could boost learning - Best Evidence in Brief Examining the evidence on KIPP - Best Evidence in Brief Class clowns are no joke - Best Evidence in Brief The impacts of Reading Recovery at scale - Best Evidence in Brief Help Ofqual evaluate 2018's new GCSEs, AS and A levels - Ofqual Section 96 - Qualifications - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA: current notices of concern - Education & Skills Funding Agency Colleges and higher education institutions notices to improve - Education & Skills Funding Agency Strategic School Improvement Fund - DfE Find, join or create a network for school business professionals - DfE Charging for school activities - DfE Good use of data is central to protecting student interests - Office for Students Youth Select Committee 2018 calls for evidence on barriers to work experience - UK Parliament Apprenticeships and Skills Minister questioned - UK Parliament Union welcomes Durham University's move to scrap nine-month contracts - UCU Are your children overdoing it? Too many extracurricular activities can do more harm than good - UKEdChat Teenagers shun homework for social media and video games - UKEdChat How test expectancy promotes learning - Learning Scientists Apprenticeships: 7 things we learned - Times Educational Supplement | TES MATs 'must learn the art of persuasion' - Times Educational Supplement | TES School choice 'leads to unhappy pupils' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Can teachers learn tricks from the dog-whisperer? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Quarter of pupils start school with rotten teeth - Times Educational Supplement | TES Manifesto idea #6: David Woolley - HEPI UKRI strategic prospectus - Russell Group First of its kind equality report for Scotland colleges launched - ECU GSA School multiplies its praise to boost girls’ maths skills - GSA Government halts data-sharing on pupils - Schools Week Parents could be harming their children by pushing them to attend after school clubs - Mail Manifesto idea #5: Anne-Marie Canning - HEPI Unionlearn resources add up to better maths - Unionlearn What does SATs stand for and how are the exam results used? - Metro UK military school audit reveals teenage recruits at risk - Guardian Sharing of school pupils' data put on hold - BBC Minister: It’s ‘not impossible’ for schools to meet apprentice hiring targets - Schools Week New £50m Welsh super-school receives a damning inspection report - Wales Online British University launches world’s first course in Children’s Publishing - FE News Unregistered schools management information - GOV.UK Sats: Was today's reading test fair? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Milton: 'Too early' for action on subcontracting - Times Educational Supplement | TES Can we make exam marking more reliable? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Three colleges warned over finances - Times Educational Supplement | TES What teachers should know about pupils in poverty - Times Educational Supplement | TES More BTEC students progress to university - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'The Sats culture in this country is warped' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities call for action on early years teacher status - Nursery World Schools pulled into row over helping transgender children - Guardian Struggling Epping Forest College racks up another financial notice - FE Week Education Committee question Apprenticeships and Skills Minister on quality of apprenticeships and skills training - FE News Mexico’s education reforms flounder as more spent on PR than teacher training - Guardian 'These tests only measure a little bit of you' – the teachers' letters that go viral - Guardian Sex education in schools is from an era when the Spice Girls were equality icons | Laura McInerney - Guardian Help Ofqual evaluate 2018's new GCSEs, AS and A levels - FE News Headteachers turn to charities as families sleep by bins - Guardian Glasgow students to revive university’s historic Latin contest - Scotsman 7 ways to support apprentices with mental health conditions - FE News Huge funding bias against female cancer researchers - Times Scotland: Sturgeon pledges to halve childhood obesity by 2030 - Times Ireland: Raising digital age of consent will not protect children, charities say - Times