News archive for 19th September 2018

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Scotland’s Education Secretary refuses to backdown on controversial P1 tests - Express John Swinney to 'proceed until apprehended' on P1 testing - Herald Scotland 'Nothing to fear' from Scotland’s school tests says international expert - Herald Scotland The four new primary schools that opened in Cardiff this term - Wales Online MSPs call for 'halt' to primary tests - BBC John Swinney orders schools to carry on with primary one tests despite Holyrood vote to halt them - Telegraph Boy with severe dairy allergy died after being 'chased at school and having cheese thrown down top' - Mirror MSPs defeat government to call for 'halt' to P1 assessments - BBC Swinney urged to respect Parliament after Government defeated on P1 testing - Mail We urgently need a long-term funding strategy for FE - FE Week Middle management courses for teaching career progression - The Educator Scotland’s teachers reject ‘derisory’ pay offer - The Educator ‘Evidence-based’ education policy – aspiration or fantasy? - LKMco The Department for Education confirms differentiated pay award - NAHT NI principals demand MPs take action to address school funding crisis - NAHT Drama backstage? Clearing statistics in 2018 - Wonkhe A case for means-tested fees - Wonkhe Schools accused of using GDPR as an excuse to stifle union activities - SecEd DfE’s teacher grant will not cover complete pay rise costs - SecEd Sixth forms hit by 21 per cent fall in spending since 2010 - SecEd Letter renews debate over postcode funding lottery - SecEd There are 4.5 million children living in poverty according to new proposed independent measure - SecEd Students sought for space project - SecEd Resilience workshops on offer - SecEd Dyscalculia diagnosis warning - SecEd MindAid app offers mental health support - SecEd Initial teacher training: marketing toolkit - DfE Early years initial teacher training (ITT) providers - DfE Keeping children safe in education - DfE Regional winners from across the country are announced - Education & Skills Funding Agency 16 to 19 funding: advanced maths premium - Education & Skills Funding Agency Record numbers of students accepted through Clearing - UCAS ESFA Update: 19 September 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Response to UCU report 'Investigating HE institutions and their views on the Race Equality Charter' - Advance HE What parents think of the free funding offer for two year olds - CYPN | Children & Young People Now The power shift in management and governance in HE - Advance HE Girls 'reluctant to become leaders' due to negative media coverage - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Is it time to ditch ‘Differentiation’? - CEM | Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring Strength-based exercises could help child obesity fight, study finds - UKEdChat Premier League players head back to school to take part in Premier League Primary Stars PE lessons - Primary Times Inspiring Goole with Primary Futures - Education and Employers UK: Second MAC report splits opinion - PIE News International tertiary numbers up 200% in two decades – OECD - PIE News John Swinney urges Scots schools to continue P1 tests despite vote - Scotsman Education adviser says concerns have been addressed on P1 tests - Mail Subjects offered to students being ‘squeezed’ at Scottish schools - Scotsman Second primary school run by academy chain has SATs results annulled - Evening Standard Cuts in S4 subject choices impacting on pupils, committee told - Mail Parents want more help from employers to balance work with caring for family - Nursery World Children inhaling toxic air in the classroom and on school run - Nursery World Mum sparks debate after asking if she should send ‘genius’ state school-educated son to Eton to ‘meet the right people’ - The Sun Cleaner enjoys holiday paid for by Bristol university students - BBC Hey, teacher! Leave that kid's lunch alone - Mirror Unregistered schools management information - Ofsted Norfolk County Council plans to close 46 of its 53 children’s centres - Nursery World Argentina and UK sign deal on formal degree recognition - Times Higher Education | THE No pay rise for teachers in sixth-form colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'To measure wellbeing or not, that's the question' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Damning Ofsted visit finds huge employer provider forced staff onto apprenticeships - FE Week Why phonics is crucial - but some won’t ‘get’ it - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'The world needs the International Baccalaureate' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Some grown-ups just can't handle the classroom' - Times Educational Supplement | TES MSPs vote to scrap national tests for 5-year-olds - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'The Netherlands can teach us much about FE' - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘No more excuses: it's time to invest in skills’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Attitudes are changing around apprenticeships, says Hinds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Norfolk County Council plans to close 46 of its 53 children’s centres - Nursery World SNSAs are 'waste of time', John Swinney is told - Times Educational Supplement | TES "He is too young for full time education" Mum refuses to send son, 4, to school so can spend more time at home - Mirror Grenfell: Back to the school - BBC University cleaner whose students crowd-funded his "trillionaire" trip to Jamaica reveals dream holiday snaps - Mirror £51m to support the growth in Welsh medium education - Welsh Government Best independent schools in 2018: Full league table for A-Level results  - Telegraph Ofsted identifies 420 possible illegal schools - Schools Week Best independent schools in 2018: Full league table for GCSE results - Telegraph Hopes of languages revival snuffed out - Times Educational Supplement | TES England comes last for teacher job satisfaction - Times Educational Supplement | TES Most girls say exams are top cause of stress - Times Educational Supplement | TES Fake news not fooling kids who read, says BookTrust and leading developmental psychologist - Primary Times Inspirational Educating Greater Manchester headteacher Drew Povey quits claiming ‘personal vendetta’ drove him out - The Sun Other countries are proud of their universities. The UK must be too | Chris Husbands - Guardian Oxford 'spends £108,000' to recruit each extra low-income student - Guardian Should the research elite collaborate more with poor countries? - Times Higher Education | THE Top academy chain accused of ‘cheating’ during Ofsted inspection - HuffPost Scotland: John Swinney told to ‘listen’ and scrap P1 tests - Scotsman Conventional education isn’t the path to employment that it once was - FE News Pupils who smoke 'should be helped to quit' rather than punished - Herald Scotland Analysis: For some young people smoking still has that cool rebellious image - Herald Scotland School subject cuts hit disadvantaged pupils hardest - Herald Scotland Scotland: Holyrood expected to vote against standard assessments for P1 children - Mail How a school in Bradford is beating the odds with music - BBC University professors should be taught about 'white privilege' to make campuses more inclusive, union says - Mail One in eight school-leavers who went straight into work have managed to get jobs 'only open to graduates', study finds - Mail 'Sexist, unsafe' world experienced by young girls - BBC Teachers in England have lowest job satisfaction of all English-speaking countries, study finds - Independent Skills shortage within graduates means UK risks getting stuck in driverless car slow lane - FE News Smile, pupils! You’re about to become a work of art - Times Social media blamed for rise in unhappiness among girls - Times Student fell from window ‘after drink was spiked’ - Times Educating Greater Manchester head teacher quits - Times Scotland: Restoring the art school is sentimental folly | Melanie Reid - Times Scotland: Assessments ‘open door to school league tables’ - Times Scotland: Maths tests don’t add up, says professor - Times Scotland: Crackdown on sex pests in schools - Times Scotland: Teacher banned after being found in bed with vulnerable teenager - Times Scotland: Strike looms as teachers reject 3% pay increase - Times Ireland: Jogging Limerick professor’s abuse claim investigated - Times