News archive for 7th September 2018

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OfS to consult on regulation changes - Times Educational Supplement | TES Effective quality assurance is key to Ofsted success in the FE sector - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: 'FE is simply not a priority for government' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Female apprentices 'get less money' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Wrong trousers sees Penyrheol pupils miss school lessons - BBC The Tes Podcast: Setting and Ofsted under fire - Times Educational Supplement | TES Prince Charles is right, we must save arts education - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK universities making slow progress on equality, data shows - Guardian What’s your ambition for children? - The Learning Spy Voyeurism, grooming, racism, drugs: The shame of our universities - Wales Online Troubled Durand Academy reopens as Van Gogh primary, but land issues continue - Schools Week Education Secretary Damian Hinds meets Irish Education Minister - DfE Moving up – joining the senior leadership team - The Educator Pupils and their parents or carers: omnibus survey - DfE Mixed ability classes more effective than sets - Times Educational Supplement | TES IOE research raises concerns about setting - IOE London Blog Setting pupils by attainment unlikely to boost attainment, but specific activity grouping might - IOE London Blog Accelerate: supporting early career teachers - Education Development Trust | EDT International experience is a “recruitment priority” – QS - PIE News In the news: 7 September 2018 - UCU Research round-up (7 September 2018) - NAHT NASUWT comments on Public Accounts Committee report into Ofsted - NASUWT New randomised controlled trial investigating best practice in setting - NFER Public Accounts Committee report into Ofsted raises significant concerns - National Education Union Understanding student finance - Russell Group OfS access consultation - Russell Group Grouping pupils by attainment – what does the evidence say? - Research Schools Network Don’t leave ‘internships’ until after graduation - Office for Students Students need to work during  holidays if they want to get a job, university regulator says - Telegraph 57 staff already appointed to the London Mayor’s £3m AEB team - FE Week Christine Quinn to retire as West Midlands RSC - Times Educational Supplement | TES New teachers to gain extra support - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: 'FE is simply not a priority for government' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Effective quality assurance is key to Ofsted success' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils forced to make GCSE choices in Year 7 - Times Educational Supplement | TES RE teacher banned for sex acts with pupil - Times Educational Supplement | TES September children's books: what to look out for - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government urged to reconsider Lords report - Times Educational Supplement | TES West Midlands RSC Christine Quinn to retire - Schools Week Lad culture and sexual harassment in universities: it’s about more than a ‘few bad apples’ - The Conversation Wales: Trouser row pupils 'told you won't be welcome in school' - Wales Online Author of Tricolore French textbooks dies aged 85 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Drop in proportion of pupils who report they are bullied each month - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nash: Ask businesses to fund school career advisers - Times Educational Supplement | TES EEF: Group pupils within classes rather than setting or streaming - Schools Week Work begins on step change in emotional and mental health support in schools - Welsh Government Parents outraged after dozens of students given detention on their first day for breaking strict uniform rules - Mirror Five-year-olds to receive mental health support in Scotland - Nursery World Policy eye - highlights of the week ending 7 September - Pearson Parents left guessing by Ofsted cuts, MPs claim - The Educator Three Welsh universities shortlisted in the Times Higher Education awards - Wales Online Education Secretary Damian Hinds meets Irish Education Minister - FE News 5 healthy packed lunch ideas for teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES The only way to end the class divide: the case for abolishing private schools (podcast with transcript) - Guardian Furious parents say 70 pupils were pulled out of lessons for not wearing new uniform with school badge - Mail 'Should colleges be more like schools?' - Times Educational Supplement | TES School leaders need to listen first and speak last - Times Educational Supplement | TES Spielman: 'No evidence' cuts are hitting education quality - Times Educational Supplement | TES Chief inspector of schools Amanda Spielman rejects MPs’ claims that Ofsted is underperforming - Times When do practicals work well in science? - Schools Week Ofsted watch: ‘Good’ news for a UTC and new apprenticeship providers - FE Week Charity Commission sends interim manager into special school - Schools Week The disturbing truth about teaching in America (video) - Guardian The US spends more on education than other countries. Why is it falling behind? - Guardian USA: Billionaires v teachers: the Koch brothers' plan to starve public education - Guardian USA: the fight continues - which states will teachers strike in next? - Guardian Leicester staff to strike over job cuts plan - Times Higher Education | THE Exams shape students’ future life chances. It is vital to share our knowledge on how we set and maintain standards - IOE London Blog Cross-party MPs accuse Ofsted of underperforming - Nursery World Less than half of pupils understand GCSE reforms, survey finds - Schools Week Chief Inspector of Schools defends Ofsted amid scrutiny - Mail English regulator plans shift to five-year access agreements - Times Higher Education | THE Ofsted's inspection of schools: sixtieth report of session 2017-19 (pdf) - Parliament Early analysis of 2018 Key Stage 4 results - FFT Education Datalab EDM re teachers' pay in Wales - Parliament Derby’s anchor - Wonkhe ASCL comment on PAC’s Ofsted report - ASCL How setting can lead to 'double disadvantage' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Use lotteries to set pupils, teachers told - Times Educational Supplement | TES The nine dos and don’ts of mixed ability classes - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nicola Sturgeon hints at defying parliament on P1 tests - Scotsman Nicola Sturgeon hints at defying parliament on P1 tests - Scotsman OfS to consult on regulation changes - Times Educational Supplement | TES Women apprentices 'get less money' - Times Educational Supplement | TES MPs attack Ofsted boss for not speaking out more - Times Educational Supplement | TES Inspection cuts risk Ofsted's credibility, MPs warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES The 12 dos and don’ts of setting - Times Educational Supplement | TES PAC report: Six ways to improve Ofsted - Times Educational Supplement | TES Oftsed cuts ‘leaving parents in the dark’ on school standards, MPs warn - PoliticsHome Ofsted not providing level of assurance schools and parents need - UK Parliament Universities expected to set tougher targets in Office for Students access shake up - Office for Students Amanda Spielman statement on Public Accounts Committee report - Ofsted 'Should colleges be more like schools?' - Times Educational Supplement | TES An academic said 'nice dress'. Would complaining make me a snowflake? | Anonymous academic - Guardian Child's cerebral palsy book to help others understand her life - BBC Private school fees up 49 per cent over 10 years - Financial Times Stuart Roden backs pioneering new school in London - Financial Times Ofsted cuts leave parents guessing, say MPs - BBC Top universities to face pressure over admissions - BBC Kate Winslet warns of 'shame' of illiteracy - BBC Wales' rural school closures being 'rushed through' fear - BBC Lack of Ofsted inspections at hundreds of schools is ‘unacceptable’, MPs say - Independent Ofsted is losing its credibility and failing parents, say MPs - Guardian Black students more likely to be incorrectly put in lower ability maths set, new research finds - Independent Universities must give more top degrees to black students, under new proposals by regulator - Telegraph Ofsted’s 'one day' inspections risk failing to catch out substandard schools, PAC report warns - Telegraph MPs warn of ‘clear shortcomings’ in Ofsted’s inspection regime - Schools Week Spielman criticised by MPs for remaining tight-lipped on school funding pressures - Schools Week Public accounts committee report on Ofsted inspections of schools: The 7 recommendations - Schools Week Bullying victims expelled as heads ‘take easy option’ - Times Ofsted failing to meet its own targets on inspections - Times Tough targets on poor students - Times Ireland: Crèche manager wins unfair dismissal claim - Times Ireland: Student loans to fill funding gap a ‘cop-out’ - Times