News archive for 9th April 2019

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Walsall infant school employs nappy changer - BBC Teaching kids about food allergies in school would save lives - Metro Brexit would put one in five international students off studying in UK, study finds - Independent Zamzam Ibrahim elected NUS national president - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ireland: Londonderry integrated primary school earmarked for closure - BBC Three animated films about learning - The Learning Spy Scotland: Music teacher numbers plummet as tuition fees impact on ‘depressing’ fall - Scotsman LGBT classes ‘decision for school’ not parents, says Damian Hinds - Guardian Parents cannot veto children taking part in LGBT lessons, Education Secretary says - Telegraph Academies giant AET gets second school improvement warning in a matter of weeks - Schools Week Scrap Ofsted, raise teacher pay and bring back EMA, say union rivals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Review to consider independent schools’ charitable status - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher at centre of LGBT lesson row received 'death threat' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Faith schools: Campaigners criticise gender-separation 'loophole' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: ‘Two-term dash’ to Higher remains the reality in most secondaries - Times Educational Supplement | TES LGBT lessons: Schools told they can choose what to teach - BBC Grammar school parents in revolt over plans to drop entry marks for disadvantaged pupils - Telegraph How to pass school exams: You'll need a lemon and a whiteboard - Express LGBT lessons: 'Love is love - our children must be taught that' - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Guardian view on crowdfunding schools: lessons in unfairness | Editorial - Guardian Nursing Associate apprenticeship ready to plug NHS skills gap - IfATE Peter Roberts bursary established to support Collab Group students - Collab Group Relationships and sex education (RSE): Damian Hinds writes to Paul Whiteman - DfE Anger as the number of music teachers in Scots primary schools drops by 40% - Herald Scotland Intimidation of teachers during protests against LGBT+ classes is ‘very concerning’, education secretary says - Independent Scotland: Education Secretary urged to address additional support needs concerns - Mail Don't blame schools for needing to make money - Times Educational Supplement | TES Brexit: why 'no deal' would be a disaster for schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Major academy chain given another warning over a 'failing school' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'College principals' pay must be grounded in financial pressures' - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Early Career Framework: A thumbs-up - Teacher Toolkit Data ethics: what if data predicts a student will leave? - Wonkhe Scotland: Primary schools hit by decline in number of music teachers - Mail Mastering a mindset for maths - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Wales: UWTSD students have a better chance of getting a job thanks to this novel approach - Wales Online Consultation on relationships and sex education does not give parents veto - Mail More than 1,000 English schools turn to online donations to close funding gap - Guardian GCSE resits: 'Analysing past failures can bring future success' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hinds: Parents should have no veto over LGBT lessons - Times Educational Supplement | TES Not preparing pupils for the 11-plus is irresponsible - Times Educational Supplement | TES No ‘parental veto’ on relationships and sex education curriculum, insists Hinds - Schools Week Ofsted director Daniel Muijs ‘denied’ settled status after Brexit - Independent How to spot the signs of an abusive friendship - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why schools should bring back singing in assembly - Times Educational Supplement | TES Head teacher's devastating warning about our schools that every parent must read - Wales Online EYFS 'not recognised' in new Ofsted school documents - Nursery World DfE funds £6.5m plan to tackle early language gap - Nursery World Alliance workload pressures survey goes live - Nursery World Bidders remain in the dark as DfE delays Institutes of Technology tender results - FE Week My brother was fatally stabbed. Don’t let knives become normal | Rob McGinty - Guardian Brexit ‘nightmare’ could see GCSEs and A-levels postponed - Times Educational Supplement | TES £6.5m to boost early communication skills in bid to close 'word gap' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why universities are spending millions on marketing - HEPI Scotland: Scrapping of business rates relief for private schools under review - Herald Scotland Ann Coffey: spending money isn’t always the answer to school funding - Guardian UK schools are turning to foreign governments to fund languages - Guardian Royal National College for the Blind sells off part of campus in funding crisis - Guardian The apprenticeship levy: how it has failed to address a crippling skills shortage and why so many bosses hate it - Telegraph Universities are in a building frenzy, but who is actually impressed? | Jonathan Wolff - Guardian How to know when your apprentice is ready for the gateway - FE Week The principal who took over two failed colleges and came out smiling - FE Week UK universities lose grants and staff as Brexit uncertainty grows - Times Higher Education | THE Sunderland’s new civic role: to improve city life through culture - Times Higher Education | THE The platform university: a new data-driven business model for profiting from HE - Wonkhe Seaside towns lay bare dysfunctional UK economy - Financial Times Wales: School funding 'down £500 per pupil' over 10 years - BBC Why UK child poverty targets won’t be met - BBC Belgian Ofsted boss Daniel Muijs denied ‘settled status’ after Brexit - Times Social media firms must reveal secrets - Times Social media: the white paper’s key points - Times