News archive for 8th June 2019

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Labour colleagues outraged after MP Roger Godsiff backs anti-LGBT protest - Guardian Ofsted chief on equality, school cuts and the widespread 'confusion' over mental illness - HuffPost LGBT+ lessons: Labour MP sparks row after backing protesters at Birmingham primary school - Independent Lack of support in universities drives deaf students to consider leaving degrees - Independent Jeremy Corbyn: Children's talents being squandered - BBC Spielman: Schools should put less faith in predicted grades - Schools Week Does the view from the classroom window matter? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why we should get pupils to clean their schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted threat over school data demands on teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents avoiding homework is ‘perfectly understandable’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES 3 changes that would make KS2 Sats actually work - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why you should always say yes to doing an assembly - Times Educational Supplement | TES Youngest pupils don’t even know how to hold a pencil in Scotland - Times Educational Supplement | TES When it comes to bad behaviour, be a sleeping bear - Times Educational Supplement | TES Study reveals bias against ethnic minority names on applications - Times Higher Education | THE Is social mobility a dirty word? - Sutton Trust Undertaking education research - UKEdChat ISC chairman awarded a CBE for services to education - Independent Schools Council | ISC Podcast 50: Does money buy you a better education? - Teacher Toolkit National Governance Association speech - Ofsted Colleges fail to win any OfS mental health funding - FE Week Pupils ‘suffering’ as different courses are taught in same class - Scotsman Academy trust’s PRU was illegal for six years - Schools Week Debra Kidd top blogs of the week beginning 3 June 2019 - Schools Week Let's develop a skills ecosystem, emphasising cooperation - FE Week What we can learn from the sad story of Hadlow College - FE Week Pupils starting primary school in Scotland ‘cannot hold a pencil’ - Herald Scotland Holiday in term time? No problem, prep schools tell parents as competition bites - Times Teachers call for a 20‑hour week after winning pay rise - Times