News archive for 14th June 2019

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Exclusion debate ‘hijacked’ by ideologues, says Agnew - Times Educational Supplement | TES I was dumb to let 'outstanding' schools off inspection - Times Educational Supplement | TES Is Ofsted really tackling off-rolling? - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE opens bidding for free green period products - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Tes Podcast: Ofsted, off-rolling and LGBT protests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Edexcel investigating A-level maths exam leak - Times Educational Supplement | TES ESFA calls on small and medium sized apprenticeship employers and supporting training providers to help develop the apprenticeship service - Education & Skills Funding Agency Exam board launches investigation after Maths A-level paper is leaked online for third year in a row - Telegraph Policy Eye - highlights of the week ending 14 June - Pearson Former academies minister faces accusation of cronyism - Schools Week A-Level maths exam paper leaked online ahead of test today - Mirror Young people and employers united in wanting to keep options open at 16 - Pearson Improving behaviour in schools - Research Schools Network Full potential of digital technologies for FE yet to be realised, surveys find - Education & Training Foundation 2019/2020 AoC Beacon Awards launched - AoC | Association of Colleges More UK students than ever are going abroad during their first degree – UUKi - PIE News New free schools - National Education Union What does Augar mean for more equal social access in the UK? - HEPI Curriculum coherence facilitates school development - BERA Protecting UK science and research - Russell Group Period products scheme: impact assessment - DfE Hinds visits Arsenal’s league leading language project - DfE Thousands of new school places in underperforming areas - DfE Committee to question UKRI on research funding in universities - UK Parliament Strengthen the link between the Pupil Premium and teaching, says new EEF guide - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF July strike date announced at Nottingham College in contracts row - UCU Strike ballot at Sandwell College as row over sacked UCU activist escalates - UCU In the news 14 June - UCU Is it time for Curriculum for Excellence 2.0? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lord Baker: 'Preserve choice' by saving BTECs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education is the key to facing our nation's challenges - Times Educational Supplement | TES You’re never too experienced to learn from observation - Times Educational Supplement | TES Primaries must be required to talk about LGBT families - Times Educational Supplement | TES When is permanent exclusion the only answer? - The Educator Meta-analysis: Don’t do it or do it more carefully? - CEM | Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring Chair of the Social Mobility Commission questioned in accountability hearing - UK Parliament Bomb squad called to Kent primary school after pupil brings in hand grenade - Independent Ofsted watch: Universities falter while colleges shine - FE Week Academy trust loses spending records after finance system switch - Schools Week Poorer pupils in coastal areas end up 3 grades behind at GCSE - Schools Week Government gets tough on schools shortening weeks - Schools Week Poor pupils do worst in isolated rural schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don't deny breaks to punish pupils, say psychologists - Times Educational Supplement | TES Small employers finally invited onto the apprenticeships system – but only those already accessing non-levy funding - FE Week Retain choice in post-16 qualifications, say employers - Times Educational Supplement | TES IfA to ‘optimise’ apprenticeship EQA system - FE Week DfE seeks company for £20m contract to supply sanitary products to schools - Schools Week DfE seeks company for £20m contract to supply sanitary products to colleges - FE Week 1 in 6 teachers want to work part-time - Times Educational Supplement | TES No mega-merger for Cornwall College after securing £30m bailout - FE Week Birmingham LGBT school row: MP Roger Godsiff given warning - BBC Sixth form college retains its grade one after 12-year respite - FE Week St Helens College handed financial health warning - FE Week Ofsted sounds warning over outstanding schools - BBC When it comes to Ofsted’s judgments about school inclusion, context is everything - IOE London Blog Banks’ power diminished with insolvency threats – but a short-term gain for long-term pain? - FE Week Proactive school leadership is critical to encouraging more part-time and flexible teaching in secondary schools - NFER Radical Ofsted reform on Labour's agenda - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Strictest school’ gets green light for new secondary - Times Educational Supplement | TES How might Labour reform school inspection? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Huge adult education budget procurement underspend by colleges - FE Week Another Etonian leader? Time for Labour to challenge the might of private schools | Robert Verkaik - Guardian Suspensions and internal strife plague NASUWT as Keates stands down - Schools Week Bank forced to gift millions to college - FE Week Britain’s strictest school to open second free school after government backing - Independent Nicola Sturgeon under pressure over bedbugs in local primary school - Herald Scotland Teaching ‘may have to change to support student mental health’ - Times Higher Education | THE Is the lecture still fit for purpose? - Times Higher Education | THE Support for UCL worker ‘disciplined over trade union activities’ - Times Higher Education | THE Will Augar make it through the Conservative leadership contest? - Wonkhe One in five children missed out on their first choice secondary school this year - Mail Universities should admit students even if they only achieved D grades at A-Level, says minister - Mail Four out of five Ofsted-rated outstanding schools were downgraded when re-inspected last year - Mail Secondary teachers 'want more flexible working patterns' - BBC The Romsey young carers using rock music as respite - BBC The 22 new free schools approved by DfE - Schools Week NFER: 1 in 6 teachers want to reduce their hours - Schools Week Alarm over decline in outstanding schools - Times School places: One in five pupils is rejected by chosen secondary school - Times Jordan Peterson hails Thinkspot the censorship-free platform - Times St Ambrose: Mass testing at Scottish school on toxic site ruled out - Times Scotland: SQA faces risk of walkouts before results delivery - Times Scottish colleges will lose EU funding post-Brexit - Times Smoothies ban in Scottish schools ‘threatens five-a-day push’ - Times Davidson tests Sturgeon over subject choice in Scottish schools - Times Independent school sector in Scotland shouldn’t be facing this threat - Times NFER Research Report: part-time teaching and flexible working in secondary schools - UCET