News archive for 29th November 2018

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Government falls short of teacher training targets in most secondary school subjects - Independent Anyone involved in university initiations should be expelled, says father of student who died after ritual - Independent Syrian refugee, 15, is pictured for first time as he thanks British public for their support - Mail College funding petition students visit Parliament - Times Educational Supplement | TES School system I oversee is a ‘dog’s breakfast’ says Agnew - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why incentivising reading does not work - Times Educational Supplement | TES It's not all about pay – teachers want their time back - Times Educational Supplement | TES Syrian refugee attacked at school doesn’t want violence aimed at the bully - HuffPost Syrian refugee attack sparks furious protest: ‘The system has failed him’ - Express Girls learn little about equality in school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish private schools worth £260m to economy - Scotsman Lord Bourne encourages schools to celebrate diversity and build inclusive relationships - GOV.UK Using Ofsted’s IDSR: early years foundation stage profile to key stage 4 - Ofsted State-funded schools inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2018 - Ofsted State-funded schools statistics - Ofsted Find a job in teaching - DfE Approaches to supporting disadvantaged pupils - DfE Statistics: initial teacher training - DfE Early years foundation stage profile results: 2017 to 2018 - DfE Initial teacher training: trainee number census - 2018 to 2019 - DfE Accelerated degree courses: assessment of impact - DfE EYFS staff:child ratios - DfE approved qualifications - DfE Warning notices to independent schools - DfE Swansea University academic under suspension denies wrongdoing - Guardian High needs funding arrangements: 2019 to 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Qualification achievement rates 2017 to 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Qualification achievement rates and minimum standards - Education & Skills Funding Agency Apprenticeship stars take centre stage at National Apprenticeship Awards 2018 ceremony - Education & Skills Funding Agency BRIT School student gets Speaker audition - UK Parliament These unconditional offers make a mockery of our university system - Telegraph Dangerous 'deodorant challenge' warning as kids use aerosols to burn skin - Mirror Saffron Walden County High School: An exemplary school. The Learning Rainforest made real. - Headguruteacher Big ambitions and grand challenges: How the industrial strategy fares one year on - City AM Ceara Thacker was caught up in 'failure between uni, GP and NHS' - HuffPost Complaints soar over IT faults at childcare website - Financial Times Bullied Syrian schoolboy pictured for first time as he thanks supporters at protest - Mirror Initial Teacher Training - National Education Union Increase in new teacher trainees masks continuing shortfalls for key STEM subjects - NFER Place2Be launches free school resources for Children's Mental Health Week 2019 - NAHT A ‘no deal’ Brexit: implications for universities and minimising risk - Universities UK NI businesses back call to address university funding squeeze - CBI One year on and Industrial Strategy has seen progress, but fresh impetus needed - CBI Will the debate over technology and children’s development end? - The Worrinots Over 12,000 children already signed up for National Early Years Music Week - Primary Times ‘Disturbing’ surge in unconditional offers as universities chase students - Sutton Trust How do you deal with a problem like reproducibility? - Jisc New EEF trial: Will simplifying marking help improve teacher retention? - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Majority of struggling parents 'put off work' due to childcare costs - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Teacher trainee numbers: what does the latest release tell us? - EPI The all seeing eye: Behaviour & technology - UKEdChat Former childminder sentenced for working illegally - Nursery World Supporting teacher workload - Teacher Toolkit Black holes not potholes - Schools NorthEast Teacher training targets missed in EBacc subjects - The Educator One in three MPs do not believe schools are in funding crisis, despite repeated warnings over austerity - Independent EYFS data highlights growing gap between disadvantaged children and their peers - Nursery World Call for high earners to be 'stripped' of the 30 hours and Tax-Free Childcare - Nursery World Primary school abolishes written homework because it is causing too much stress for pupils (and teachers) - Mail Ofsted’s curriculum focus ‘risks being a tick-box exercise’ - Schools Week Tackle youth crime with extended school hours and social media classes - MP - Mail Toby Young got £55k payoff from New Schools Network - Schools Week School uniform 'should be gender neutral' in Wales - BBC EBacc ‘not had much effect’ on MFL uptake, admits DfE official - Schools Week Scotland: Children ‘badly let down’ by fall in support staff numbers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Wales launches new food and nutrition guidance for early years settings - Nursery World Key Stage 3 a 'wilderness', says curriculum expert - Times Educational Supplement | TES FE prepares students for life, not just jobs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: It’s easy to get business leaders into schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES The end of the school uniform logo in Wales looms as minister aims to cut the cost - Wales Online Ofsted 'won't downgrade schools on curriculum next September' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boys ARE disadvantaged with education and mental health - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE exam tiers: everything you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES Leading heads question need for new Ofsted framework - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gap widens for poorer pupils at age 5 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Yvonne Williams: It's not all about pay – teachers want their time back - Times Educational Supplement | TES Record number of Scottish university students - Times Educational Supplement | TES Primary school bans homework because kids find it too 'stressful' - Mirror Should firms pay their employees' tuition fees? - BBC Ofsted ‘worried’ heads are failing to delegate curriculum design to subject leads - Schools Week Ban isolation booths? Why the question needs more nuance - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ed Farmer: Expel students who defy initiations ban, says dad - BBC European teachers shunning England as Brexit looms - Times Educational Supplement | TES How can it be that so many children depend on foodbanks? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Richard Atkins stays as FE commissioner until 2020 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher training targets missed in most secondary subjects - Times Educational Supplement | TES Further Education Activity in Northern Ireland: 2013/14 to 2017/18 - GOV.UK Vocational qualifications dataset - Ofqual Vocational and other qualifications quarterly: July to September 2018 - Ofqual Teacher training targets missed in most EBacc subjects - Schools Week Richard Atkins re-appointed FE commissioner for further 2 years - FE Week Universities risk their reputation with links to regimes - Financial Times 11.30am - House of Lords will debate the impact on schools of the government’s approach to school funding - Lords Library UCU response to HEPI paper proposing a graduate levy - UCU Fairer funding: the case for a graduate levy - HEPI Response to HEPI’s report on the case for a graduate levy - HEPI Re-imaging higher education funded by a graduate levy - HEPI Employer contributions should replace fees to relieve student debt, argues Johnny Rich in a HEPI paper - HEPI Judge us on our ability to transform lives, not prior attainment - Wonkhe Let’s stop using unconditional offers as an incentive - Wonkhe How do unconditional offers affect attainment? - Wonkhe Rewriting the rules of the funding game - Wonkhe The key to digital transformation in schools - Independent Head Unconditional offers made to a third of young applicants in England, Northern Ireland, and Wales - UCAS Edinburgh schools construction scandal: Firm behind fiasco to pay costs - Scotsman ‘Confidence crisis’ stops young girls doing sport - Times Educational Supplement | TES 30% of private school teachers facing budget cuts - Times Educational Supplement | TES UKEdMag: Every school needs a school library - UKEdChat UK Standing Committee for Quality Assessment (UKSCQA) Report and Consultation - Advance HE Apprenticeships for all - Sutton Trust ITT census results for 2018-19 - UCET Margaret Heffernan: 'The more academics compete, the fewer ideas they share' - Guardian Wales: Cheaper school uniform could be on the way thanks to new statutory guidance - Welsh Government ‘Edinburgh schools have lost hundreds of days due to building faults’ - Scotsman New video shows the sister of the Syrian refugee waterboarded by bullies having her headscarf pulled - Mail One in three students are given unconditional offers by universities - Mail Syrian refugee, 15, fears school after playing field attack - Mail Unconditional offers used to 'get people through door' - BBC Only schools with ‘excellent’ arts provision should be rated outstanding, says charity - Schools Week Apprenticeship stars take centre stage at National Apprenticeship Awards - FE News Only schools with ‘excellent’ vocational provision should be rated outstanding, says charity - FE Week Star learners and employers celebrated at National Apprenticeship Awards 2018 ceremony - FE Week Record number of Scottish students accepted to universities - Mail Most MPs 'think schools face a funding crisis' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted 'should only give top grade to schools promoting creative subjects' - Times Educational Supplement | TES One in three school pupils received an unconditional offer in 2018, says UCAS - Schools Week More than one in three students offered place on degree regardless of exam grades - Independent One-third of 18-year-old university applicants get unconditional offer - Guardian Rise in unconditional university offers under fire - Financial Times Bullies have left Syrian schoolboy crying at night - Times ‘Disturbing’ surge in unconditional offers as universities chase students - Times Call for graduate levy to shift university fees burden on to firms - Times Strip middle class of free childcare to support needy, says think tank - Times Childcare in sights of regulator - Times Scotland: Judge’s ruling on violent pupils raises practical concerns | Stephen Miller - Times Scotland: Bill Gates donates $1m to university’s quest for a male pill - Times Third of 18-year-olds receive unconditional university offers - Times Educational Supplement | TES National Apprenticeship Awards 2018: The winners - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeship stars take centre stage at National Apprenticeship Awards 2018 ceremony - Education & Skills Funding Agency