News archive for 13th February 2019

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Madrassa ousted from secondary school following lesson telling Muslim girls to have children, not careers - Telegraph Scotland's ancient universities unveil lower entry grades for poor youngsters - Telegraph County lines report calls on Ofsted to prioritise inclusion - Guardian Delivering outcomes for students: RPC consultation stage opinion - DfE Contracts awarded to deliver the first T Levels - DfE Universities Minister reinforces the civic role of institutions - DfE Girl found hanged weeks after school self-harm incident, inquest hears - Guardian Two state Steiner schools face possible closure or takeover - Guardian ESFA Update: 13 February 2019 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Ofsted defends use of cognitive load theory in inspection overhaul - Times Educational Supplement | TES Radical reforms? Please, we’ve seen it all before - Times Educational Supplement | TES The DfE's failure to support colleges is a choice - Times Educational Supplement | TES Project Fear on home education must end - Times Educational Supplement | TES Duchess of Cambridge calls for more support for teacher wellbeing - Times Educational Supplement | TES Prince of Wales visits ‘resilient’ Grenfell school - Times Educational Supplement | TES The school that bought pupils a house to give them a future - Times Educational Supplement | TES Two-thirds of pupils want to keep GCSEs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Two ‘failing’ Steiner schools could have funding cut over safeguarding concerns - Independent Supporting separated parents - Teacher Toolkit De Montfort University boss had business link to chair of committee which awarded him £64,000 pay rise - Independent Strike ballots open at more London colleges - UCU Government 'failing deaf children' as grades fall behind hearing classmates - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Initiative aims to tackle stress in early years workforce - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Two cheers for higher education: lessons for the UK? - Advance HE Are GCSE’s & A-Level’s still relevant? - UKEdChat Children who eat lunch score 18 percent higher in reading tests - UKEdChat Deaf children in England are falling behind their classmates from primary school through to GCSE - UKEdChat HRH The Prince of Wales visits Kensington Aldridge Academy - Teach First New OECD adult education figures should worry people: AoC Response to new OECD report - AoC | Association of Colleges The Schools' Buying Hub - NAHT Ballot opens at Coventry University in row over pay - UCU International report on adult education a 'wake-up' call for funding - UCU St Peter's Droitwich CE Academy primary school tells children to eat their lunch in silence - Mail Augar review caught in tussle over timing and Treasury control - Times Higher Education | THE Is anti-humanities rhetoric to blame for slower PhD growth? - Times Higher Education | THE Nature boss warns Plan S could put journal out of business - Times Higher Education | THE Strike ballot opens at two more colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE resits: DfE updates English and maths policy - Times Educational Supplement | TES Joint Council for Qualifications appoints director general - Times Educational Supplement | TES Want to motivate students? Tell them learning boosts earning power - Times Educational Supplement | TES First awarding bodies for new T levels announced - Times Educational Supplement | TES Giving schools enough money to 'make ends meet' to be debated by MPs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Should headteachers let children miss school to take part in social action? - Schools Week Scotland: Schools to trial car-free zones during busy periods - Mail School pupils issue fake parking tickets to tackle pollution - Guardian Another studio school considers closure over poor recruitment - Schools Week Another studio school considers closure over poor recruitment - FE Week Parents slam primary school as ‘concentration camp’ after young pupils forced to eat lunch in silence - The Sun School climate strikes UK - will your children be striking?  - Telegraph OECD: Adult education needs 'sustainable' funding - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs: 6 reasons why Robert Halfon is wrong - Times Educational Supplement | TES Two more Steiner schools face funding termination - Times Educational Supplement | TES CACHE wins bid to develop childcare T-Level - Nursery World Secondary school’s deficit jeopardises multi-academy trust - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Glasgow primary schools to trial car-free zones - BBC New teachers suffered from mental health cuts as pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Drop of 18% in girls passing key science subjects - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Passes are being handed out like sweeties - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academics back UK schools' climate change strikes - Guardian Glasses in school scheme to aid pupils' reading - BBC Deaf children are falling behind classmates at school, charity warns - HuffPost Grammar school to prioritise poorer pupils from out of area over 11-plus high-scorers - Schools Week ‘No frills’ private school founder insists it’s a ‘success story’, despite having 12 pupils - Schools Week Government moves to rebroker failing Steiner free schools - Schools Week Pearson and NCFE have been awarded contracts to deliver the first three T Levels from 2020 - FE News Futuristic campuses on the horizon as Janet Network gets equipped with dedicated infrastructure for Internet of Things - Jisc The awarding organisations to deliver the first three T-levels - FE Week Mysterious apprenticeship provider judged ‘insufficient’ by Ofsted following FE Week exposé - FE Week Alliance joins DfE and Ofsted to tackle early years workload - Nursery World 'Lost generation' of deaf pupils falling behind at GCSE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Social media rules to follow as a teacher - The Educator 'Politicians are messing with our future': student leader Amatey Doku on fighting Brexit - Guardian How to become an External Quality Assurer (EQA) - FE News Scotland: People power sees council reject plans to end free music for pupils - Scotsman Scotland: What Midlothian’s music tuition decision says about democracy – leader comment - Scotsman How to unleash the talent already in your college - Chapter 6a - FE News So long, and thanks: compensation for loss of office - Wonkhe Regulator rolls out new standards to protect children from gambling adverts - City AM Parents sending kids to private school are now caught up in a bitter divide - Mail More than 120 universities pay vice chancellors a higher salary than Prime Minister - Mail Deaf children fall behind at school, says charity - BBC The lost generation: Are we failing England’s deaf children? - Schools Week Deaf children falling behind at school, charity warns - Mail Crackdown on young celebs in gambling ads - BBC Lego-funded research centre launches new play hub - Nursery World Banned school governor Tahir Alam fights gay lessons - Times Crackdown on gambling adverts aimed at children - Times Pupils striking over climate change want right to vote at 16 - Times De Montfort University vice-chancellor had link to pay panel - Times Young protesters talk more sense than MPs | Alice Thomson - Times Scotland: ‘Gender-blind’ rules urged in row over school toilets - Times