News archive for 11th October 2018

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Welsh Government marks the launch of new Rural Education Plan with innovative ‘E-sgol’ project - Welsh Government Opportunity north east programme branded a ‘political gimmick’ - Schools Week Education Secretary Damian Hinds says he backs schools that ban mobile phones from the classroom - Mail Introduction of T Levels - DfE Academy trust stands by chair embroiled in police probe - Schools Week Multi-academy trust backs chair embroiled in 3aaa police probe - FE Week Ofsted inspectors to move away from exams results focus - BBC Can adventure learning improve teens’ skills, behaviour and academic results? - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Student union seeks to ban students from dressing up as Tories at fancy dress parties to avoid causing offence - Telegraph Cambridge University students reject Remembrance Day poppies saying they ‘glorify war’ - Express Bullingdon Club has 'no place in the modern party' says Oxford’s Conservative Association - Telegraph Leaders should lift admin burden off staff, says academy trust boss - Schools Week Ofsted inspectors to stop using exam results as key mark of success - Guardian Urgent question on the sale of student loans - Parliament Damian Hinds speech at Confederation of School Trusts conference - DfE Record high levels of severe obesity found in year 6 children - GOV.UK Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2018 - DfE Diversity of the teaching workforce: statement of intent - DfE Mental health and wellbeing provision in schools - DfE Damian Hinds: Autonomy leads to progress in our schools - DfE Amanda Spielman speech to the SCHOOLS NorthEast summit - Ofsted Chief Inspector sets out vision for new Education Inspection Framework - Ofsted People connected with Ofsted-registered childcare - Ofsted School inspections and outcomes: management information - Ofsted Hinds: 'Schools should be phone-free - but I won't ban them' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Urgent question on the sale of student loans - UK Parliament Aspire Achieve Advance 3aaa apprenticeship training provider termination of contracts - Education & Skills Funding Agency Academies financial management and governance self-assessment - Education & Skills Funding Agency Academies accounts return - Education & Skills Funding Agency High needs funding: due diligence process for special post-16 providers - Education & Skills Funding Agency Postgraduates report positively on their research experience - Advance HE The Royal British Legion is bringing the Thank You movement into the classroom - Primary Times Saving time & efficient learning - UKEdChat Focus change for OfSTED inspections announced - UKEdChat Retrieval practice promotes deductive reasoning - Learning Scientists We are supporting the #LoveOurColleges campaign - Edge Foundation Ofsted head says focus will shift away from exams - Financial Times Headteachers and teachers across England are being encouraged to write to their MPs over the school funding crisis in the run up to the Budget - ASCL University staff prioritised in EU settlement scheme - Universities UK Shropshire pupil is Arts & Minds winner - NASUWT NASUWT comments on reforms to the Ofsted inspection framework - NASUWT ASCL comment on new vision for inspections - ASCL GCSE & A level results 2018 (provisional) - NAHT Education Policy Institute’s damning report on UTCs - National Education Union Ofsted Chief outlines changes to education inspection framework - National Education Union 3aaa go into receivership after ESFA terminate their contracts - Sector Response - FE News Union leaders join forces for pre-budget video - National Education Union New strategic collaboration will build capacity across the sector - Ambition School Leadership Voice welcomes Ofsted’s change of focus - Voice Ambition School Leadership and Institute for Teaching respond to DfE’s Statement of Intent on diversity in the school workforce - Ambition School Leadership Strikes loom as teachers urged to reject 'derisory' pay offer - Herald Scotland Nadhim Zahawi promises 'deep dive' into nursery costs - Nursery World Industrial action moves closer in Scotland - Times Educational Supplement | TES Childhood obesity in primary schools is a growing problem - Times Choosing a secondary school: school allocations and tips for parents - NFER Ofsted to drop focus on exam results in school inspections, chief inspector says - Independent Can UTCs fit in the technical education jigsaw? - FE Week Who works in a university? - Wonkhe Wonkhe Weekly – E4 FOI win, mental health, DfE data row - Wonkhe From decoding Disney to Spongebobology: New niche courses on offer - Wonkhe DfE refers 3aaa to police following investigation - FE Week CPD picks of the week - Teacher Toolkit The global skills race will be won by the country that can colonise skills systems - FE Week Work starts on world-class sports teaching and research facility - Leeds Beckett University Nation-building through education - Education matters FE Commissioner report reveals ‘cash crisis’ and falling achievement at Northumberland College - FE Week Apprenticeship giant 3aaa put into administration - FE Week Jeremy Corbyn vows to increase teaching of black history in schools - Guardian Ofsted chief ‘horrified’ by accusations of knowledge bias in curriculum review - Schools Week National strategy recommends nurseries help parents safeguard homes - Nursery World Jeremy Corbyn: Schools should cover 'role and legacy' of British Empire - BBC Nursery schools twice as likely to be in deficit than schools - Nursery World New school inspections to ease pupils’ exam pressure - Evening Standard Record number of children aged 10 and 11 'severely obese' - Guardian Ofsted reveals exam results are no longer it's focus - The Educator HEIs urged to encourage women in STEM - PIE News DfE refers 3aaa investigation to the police - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hinds wants school leaders’ ideas to improve MAT assessment - Schools Week False widow spiders ‘force eighth school to close’ as arachnid infestation spreads in London - The Sun Corbyn says schoolchildren should be taught about the “grave injustices” of the British Empire - Express Behaviour management: '8 lessons I have learned' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Entrepreneurial failures land college in 'crisis' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Record proportion of Year 6 pupils severely obese - Times Educational Supplement | TES Spielman: Teachers 'reduced to data managers' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Strong' link between Progress 8 and Ofsted ratings - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted ‘ignored failures to protect rape victims’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Watch: Unions come together in call for funding - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tories savaged for 'sneaking out' £4billion student loans sell-off to plug spending black hole - Mirror ‘Primary writing should be about creativity, not Spag’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES DBS: The great unknown for many trainee teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Jewish school warned for solely teaching RE in Year 8 - Times Educational Supplement | TES What Ofsted's new framework means for further education - Times Educational Supplement | TES School spending in Britain does bear comparison with most other countries - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted flags shift away from outcomes-led inspections - Nursery World Schools underfunded by £2bn a year, councils claim - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted: 'Our new inspections will reduce your workload' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Amanda Spielman speech to the schools NorthEast summit - FE News Amanda Spielman sets out vision for new Education Inspection Framework - FE News Spielman: Focus on substance over outcomes will help tackle workload - Schools Week “I don’t need help with maths, I can get it wrong all on my own” - Unionlearn Church of England academy faces termination over ‘unacceptably low’ standards - Schools Week Head of ‘Eton of the East End’ appeals for donors to keep up with private schools - Evening Standard Schools with worst progress scores 9 times more likely to be ‘inadequate’ - Schools Week Early childhood provision: are we moving forward, backward – or both? - IOE London Blog Half of university technical college students drop out, report finds - Guardian Teacher banned for claiming extra cash for school trips - BBC Corbyn reveals plan for schoolchildren to learn about Britain's role in slavery and colonialism - Mail Spielman: Teachers 'reduced to data managers' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gauging EAL pupils’ English ability ‘vital’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hinds: Labour plan to end academies is ‘control freakery’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Damning' report calls for overhaul of UTCs - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'UTCs' shortcomings are down to their design' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Stop seeing poor children as ‘tragic’, campaign says - Times Educational Supplement | TES Spielman to reveal new inspection judgment headings - Schools Week Research provides evidence on why the Department for Education should reintroduce the Proficiency in English Scale - Bell Foundation UTCs: are they delivering for young people and the economy? - Education Policy Institute UTCs are an experiment that hasn't worked. Proper investment in colleges is needed, AoC urges - AoC | Association of Colleges The Statistics Authority versus the DfE: Round X - HEPI ASCL comment on EPI’s University Technical Colleges report - ASCL Ofsted inspectors to move away from exams results focus - BBC University cut courses 'to do better in league tables' - Herald Scotland Multimillion pound government scheme for technical education is failing, report warns - Independent University Technical Colleges get green light for 11+ entry - FE News University Technical Colleges fail to deliver for students; government should consider policy redesign - FE News UTCs: are they delivering for young people and the economy? Sector response to EPI report - FE News How did Ofsted ratings relate to Progress 8 scores in 2017/18? - FFT Education Datalab Scrap UTC 14-19 model, says former schools minister in latest damning report - FE Week Teach children obesity not inevitable - medics - Mail ‘Leave our kids alone,’ Hinds to tell Labour in speech - Schools Week Halt UTC expansion and recruit at 16, says think tank - Schools Week UAE holds Durham student Matthew Hedges in solitary over spying claim - Times Schools face a £5,000 fine for every pupil they exclude - Times Technical colleges accused of failure - Times Scotland: School’s charity breakfast is axed over sausage rolls alert - Times Ireland: Childcare fees at risk of increase in budget - Times