News archive for 13th December 2019

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SAT maths scores soar after Tory reforms toughened up the exams - Mail Over half of MPs educated in comprehensives - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tes Podcast: Election 2019 special - Times Educational Supplement | TES Are the grammar school floodgates about to open? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why 'driving standards up' can let poor children down - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academies and free schools underperform in Sats, figures show - Guardian Rising number of pupils caught bringing phones into exams - Guardian Summer 2019 data exchange procedure - Ofqual Letter to awarding organisations - publishing details of grade aggregation approaches - Ofqual Multi-academy trust performance measures at key stage 2: 2018 to 2019 - DfE Character building: Is this what the school curriculum is missing? - The Educator An opportunity for England to learn about the creativity of its people - Nesta Our year in numbers - National Numeracy The morning after the general election 2019 (podcast) - Wonkhe The mental health of LGBTQ+ students in higher education - BERA General Election 2019 statement - Russell Group General Election result - National Education Union 'Keep on pressing', Marsden tells FE sector - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual will not change disputed A-level maths results - Times Educational Supplement | TES Seven tips on what schools can expect under a Tory majority - Times Educational Supplement | TES MillionPlus responds to GE2019 result - MillionPlus UUK response to second report of the Joint Expert Panel - Universities UK Students do better in school when they can understand, manage emotions - UKEdChat In the news 13 December 2019 - UCU UCU response to USS Joint Expert Panel's second report - UCU What does the general election result means for colleges? - AoC | Association of Colleges Radical alternative to grading 'promising', says Ofqual - Times Educational Supplement | TES Primary school league tables 2019: Are there some schools where boys are making better progress in reading than girls? - FFT Education Datalab EEF statement: Re-publication of the evaluation of school breakfast clubs - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Two new EEF evaluation reports published - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Primary MAT league tables 2019: Comparing reading, writing and maths progress scores - FFT Education Datalab Should private schools breathe a sigh of relief? - Times Educational Supplement | TES General Election results - AoC responds - AoC | Association of Colleges General election result: Sector calls for 'urgent' investment in early years and an end to child poverty - CYPN | Children & Young People Now General election result: What does the Conservative majority mean for children and young people? - CYPN | Children & Young People Now UK-educated Indian graduates face barriers with Indian employers - PIE News New MPs more likely to have been educated at state schools - Sutton Trust Excelsior Academy successfully develops a series of partnerships - Edge Foundation Primary school accountability - DfE Primary school performance tables: 2019 - DfE National curriculum assessments: key stage 2, 2019 (revised) - DfE Policy Eye - highlights of week ending 13 December - Pearson USS valuation process ‘no longer fit for purpose’, says panel - Times Higher Education | THE Ofqual reports and research - Ofqual Council saves charity-run nurseries - Nursery World General Election 2019: Conservatives win majority - early years and schools reaction - Nursery World Training providers react to the election result with call to fund apprenticeships properly - AELP Astrea 'fires' governors after they raise questions over finances - Schools Week Ofqual refuses to change A-level maths boundaries after investigation - Schools Week Pupils in MATs achieve below national average in key stage 2 tests - Schools Week Ofsted watch: Providers score highly in first run of early monitoring reports for specialist colleges - FE Week AAC Awards 2020 finalists revealed - FE Week The Conservative government’s plans for FE - Times Educational Supplement | TES What must the new education secretary's priorities be? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Are disadvantaged pupils really offered fewer subjects? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sats results: MATs below national average in KS2 tests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Successful A level grade challenges up by 11% - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities urged to pay UK immigration fees for staff - Financial Times Primary league tables: How did your school do? - BBC Exam malpractice: More pupils caught with mobile phones - Schools Week Loan scandal victims still waiting for debts to be cancelled - FE Week Johnson told to ‘shelve election rhetoric’ and deliver for schools - Schools Week Prime minister promises 'record' spending on schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Marsden and Milton lose seats in general election - Times Educational Supplement | TES Election 2019: Education's big beasts keep their seats - Times Educational Supplement | TES Mums exclude dads from the school WhatsApp group. Here’s why that’s a problem for everyone - Telegraph Johnson government a thumbs up for FE investment but sad to lose Marsden and Milton - FE Week General election results full of drama see Johnson return with huge majority - FE Week 'Now fund schools properly', new government told - Times Educational Supplement | TES No money. No ideas. A year of pure political purgatory - Schools Week Conservative majority: What does it mean for schools? - Schools Week Academic affiliation should not be a requirement to publish - Times Higher Education | THE Ten UK universities create reproducibility-focused senior roles - Times Higher Education | THE Team science prioritised in UK chemistry awards shake-up - Times Higher Education | THE UK universities face up to Brexit after Tory election win - Times Higher Education | THE Who (or what) regulates the regulator? OfS and the regulator’s code - Wonkhe Shadow skills minister Gordon Marsden loses seat - FE Week Lack of support driving Chinese students to cheat - Times University College London discharges ‘imperialist’ soldier mascot Phineas Maclino - Times