News archive for 17th June 2019

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This much I know about…helping students avoid making nonsensical interpretations of poems - JohnTomsett Education Secretary Damian Hinds warns two-thirds of the UK's worst-off children are white British - Mail North-South divide in education is ‘too simplistic’ as poorer children do better in big cities across country, minister says - Independent Pupil premium: funding and accountability for schools - DfE Attainment of pupils with English as an additional language - DfE Education Secretary challenges misconceptions of disadvantage - DfE New measures to support disadvantaged children in schools - DfE How can ministers say that schools waste money? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers can't afford houses in four out of five towns - Times Educational Supplement | TES Police investigating ‘criminal’ A-level maths leak - Times Educational Supplement | TES Review of children in need - DfE Private schools can serve the public well | Letters - Guardian Schoolgirl, 11, faces a three-hour round-trip to secondary school - Mail Relationships and sex education: Too controversial or absolutely crucial? - The Educator Encouraging educational research into nature, outdoor learning and play - BERA Improving staff mental health and well-being is crucial, yet less than 11% of universities have a specific well-being policy - HEPI Voice welcomes mental health announcement but warns that more is needed - Voice Mental health training - National Education Union Quarter of prison staff have been recent victim of physical violence - UCU New preterm birth e-learning resource for education professionals - NAHT Home Office knife free lesson plans for KS3 & KS4 - NAHT Teachers to strike at Flintshire school - NASUWT Teachers to strike at Oxford school to protect pensions - NASUWT Curriculum questions for intent, implementation and impact - Teacher Toolkit 'Absolute paralysis of Brexit' impacts children in need - CYPN | Children & Young People Now A printed PowerPoint presentation is not a paper - Wonkhe To “deliver”, research needs a culture of support, not toxicity - Wonkhe Lessons from Asia: a new approach to international student recruitment - Wonkhe Schools given strategies to help boost part-time working - SecEd Poster campaign tackles abuse of teachers - SecEd Pro Bono Economics: Assessing the impact of the scholars programme - Villiers Park Educational Trust Firms that boost wages and training should get tax cuts - Social Market Foundation | SMF Book scrutiny & Ofsted: Will it be a burden? - Teacher Tapp Creative subjects are a crucial part of a well-rounded education - PoliticsHome Exploring Fellowship with technical staff - Advance HE PM's plans to give mental health training to every new teacher a 'sticking plaster', claims union - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Use of children's centres falls by a fifth in most deprived areas - CYPN | Children & Young People Now The troubling rise of 'curriculum intent statements - Times Educational Supplement | TES Murder case sparks call for more school legal advice - Times Educational Supplement | TES Warning about unofficial 'twilighting' exclusions - Times Educational Supplement | TES Small schools need more curriculum support, says Ofsted - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hinds: Plight of 1.6m 'children in need' not understood - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why adult education is central to the Augar review - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boy going to Scottish school with 'blue water' loses sight as mum demands arsenic tests - Mirror School places change for domestic abuse - BBC Damian Hinds: home shapes a child's future more than school - Guardian Nursery first aid award extends to Scotland - Nursery World Children in need review: What the government has promised - Schools Week Children's centre use drops dramatically - Nursery World Social mobility will remain a priority for the next prime minister, insists Hinds - Schools Week Solving climate change, helping the homeless, picking up litter – for children, charity is about more than money - The Conversation Hinds: We’ll change admissions code to ‘accelerate’ school moves for children in need - Schools Week Scottish students’ failure to progress revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hinds casts doubt on London Challenge impact - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hinds: Schools filling social care gap 'too often' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Political chaos means pupils face 'wretched' futures - Times Educational Supplement | TES Extra training to be given to teachers to spot mental health issues - Express Spanish child killer hired as teaching assistant by Oxford primary school unaware of her past - Telegraph EAL pupils outperform native speakers if they join schools early - Schools Week Many EAL pupils outperform native English peers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Social mobility is good, it’s just not everything - Times Educational Supplement | TES Theresa May launches last bid for a legacy with reforms for young mental health - Mirror Movers and Shakers: Edition 284 - FE Week David Lammy says England is failing those who don't go to university - Guardian Understanding and teaching refugees, migration and asylum - Teacher Toolkit Shedding light on Leeds City College’s rebrand and expansion - FE Week The importance of early language development - Schools Week Unison members at Birmingham vote to strike over pay - Times Higher Education | THE The UK’s next PM should keep Theresa May’s R&D spending commitments - Times Higher Education | THE Identify outreach students nationally, says report - Times Higher Education | THE Let’s ensure students get the best value from assessment - Wonkhe Higher education needs an answer to the value question - Wonkhe Theresa May is accused of trying to tie her likely successor Boris Johnson's hands with £27bn plan - Mail How will the Augar review affect further education in cities? - FE News Child murderer Iria Suárez González hired as teaching assistant at primary school - Times Classrooms immerse children in adventure - Times Six-pupil school in Scotland seeks teachers after double resignation - Times Bossy boys and body shame deter girls from mixed PE classes according to researchers at a Scottish secondary school - Times