News archive for 21st August 2019

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Curfews for young people planned in bid to tackle knife crime - CYPN | Children & Young People Now GCSE analysis reveals stark attainment gap between rich and poor students - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Our GCSE reforms are restoring confidence in a system undermined by grade inflation - Telegraph Huge win for France as they secure two-thirds of votes to host WorldSkills 2023 - FE Week DfE-approved schools ICT supplier Gaia enters administration - Schools Week Why all exam results should be released on the same day - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE November resits: Full exam board listings - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs: Guide to test that may decide crucial grades - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils 'refusing to sit GCSE exams in new tougher format' - Guardian What can we can do about student accommodation costs? - Wonkhe The great university con: how the British degree lost its value - New Statesman Half of fast-track social work students not gaining qualifications, figures show - CYPN | Children & Young People Now GCSE pupils in England await exams results tomorrow after 'tougher' new 1-9 grading system - Mail UK university to offer free masters degrees - PIE News Changes to Pearson Technical Award grade boundaries August 2019 - AoC | Association of Colleges Looking at the London effect five years on: part two - FFT Education Datalab Looking at the London effect five years on: part one - FFT Education Datalab Five things you should know about what teachers do before training - Teacher Tapp Student Loans Company appoints new Chief Information Officer (CIO) - Student Loans Company ESFA Update: 21 August 2019 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Conman sentenced for selling forged exam certificates - Ofqual UCAS daily clearing 2019 update - UCAS The science behind attracting a diverse workforce in to STEM subjects - IfATE Struggling students are ‘completely demoralised’ by tough new GCSEs - ASCL T Levels: update - NAHT GCSEs 2019: Warning over fake 'leaked' grade boundaries - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE results day 2019: All you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES WorldSkills: Why it's time to get behind Team UK - Times Educational Supplement | TES London's educational lead continues to grow - Times Educational Supplement | TES Personal, social, health and economics education in initial teacher education : Why bother? - BERA Reformed GCSEs are damaging the mental health of young people, and failing to accurately reflect their abilities - National Education Union GCSE results: Why students shouldn't be forced to resit - Times Educational Supplement | TES A level analysis 2019: Blood pressure alert for English and mathematics - HEPI Abolish GCSEs, says education research chief - Times Educational Supplement | TES What do teachers hate the most about teaching? - The Educator Four in five school leaders say tougher GCSEs have detrimental effect on lower-ability students - Independent GCSE 2019 grade boundaries: Grade 1 to 9 is equivalent to these grades - Express One year of school strikes with Greta Thunberg (video) - HuffPost Don’t despair if GSCE results day doesn’t go your way – life is only just beginning | Adrian Chiles - Guardian GCSE results: further decline in arts and technical subjects - The Conversation The great British university con - New Statesman Ofcom receives complaints about 'Train your Baby like a Dog' TV show - Nursery World Meritocracy is a myth – so don't judge people on their GCSE grades | Michael Segalov - Guardian 63% of schools extend GCSEs into key stage 3 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students are less mentally ill once GCSEs are over - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE grade boundaries 2019: What do the numerical grades mean and what are the old equivalents? - Independent University will no longer stop students from graduating for missed rent payments - Independent Tax-free childcare glitch leaves providers with an 'admin impossibility' - Nursery World GCSE religious studies increasing in popularity - Mail How to apply for re-marks and appeal GCSE results 2019 - Schools Week New GCSE grading system: The key changes - Mail Safari Kid International rebrands and launches its own curriculum - Nursery World GCSE results day 2019: Parents can harm students' mental health by bragging about results on Facebook - Evening Standard School meal standards in Scotland ‘could be lowered’ by no-deal Brexit - Scotsman GCSE results day: a head of department’s guide - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE results day 2019: When do GCSE results come out - GCSE grade boundaries - Express Pupils 'failed' by tougher GCSEs, say heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pedagogy focus: Solo taxonomy - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs: Disadvantaged pupils are getting left behind - Times Educational Supplement | TES Poor pupils nearly twice as likely not to pass maths GCSE as richer peers, analysis finds - Independent Teenagers from poorest areas ‘twice as likely to score low GCSE grades’ - The Sun Private schools 'list weak test pupils as external candidates to manipulate exam results' - Mail Social media pressures 'driving up exam stress in girls' - Guardian Poorer pupils twice as likely to fail key GCSEs - Guardian Disadvantaged teenagers more likely to score low GCSE grades - Mail Poorer pupils lag behind wealthier peers in all EBacc subjects - Schools Week Why curious students put their faith in chapel visits - Times Hundreds get perfect result in new GCSEs - Times Scottish pupils taken out of school over fears about 5G mast - Times