News archive for 12th March 2019

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Ofsted backs primary school over Muslim parents who pull kids from class in protest at gay lessons - The Sun Women-only college at Cambridge is set to admit men for the first time - Mail Jess Phillips: Labour MP to 'leave son' outside No 10 in protest against budget cuts forcing schools to close early - Independent The knife-crime epidemic demands a complete rethink of safeguarding - Times Educational Supplement | TES The councils taking money from schools for SEND - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parent-teacher meetings really do boost attainment, study finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES In turbulent times, college chairs play a crucial role - Times Educational Supplement | TES Private school pupils who take IGCSEs have better chance of getting top marks, exam watchdog admits - Telegraph Office for Students registration fees: impact assessment - DfE Knife crime: safeguarding children and young people in education - Ofsted HMCI commentary on knife crime - Ofsted Ofsted: Stronger partnerships needed to tackle knife crime - Ofsted 'Baby Shark’ Downing Street school cuts protest planned by MP - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual blasts 'confusion' over BTECs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Spending spree head banned for life - Times Educational Supplement | TES Link arts and STEM to help students steam ahead - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don’t expect schools to stop knife crime when they cannot even afford to teach - Independent Council gave school money for pupil after they were excluded - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Guardian view on humanities degrees: art for society’s sake | Editorial - Guardian Scotland: Number of pupils taught in 'super-size classes' increases, report shows - Mail Scotland: Maths and English teachers down by more than 900 over a decade - Mail MP planning 'Baby Shark' school cuts protest over half-day Friday closures - Mail Scottish schools lose nearly 1,000 English and maths teachers during decade of SNP rule - Telegraph Alliance launches early years survey on impact of wage rises - Nursery World Schools are failing to teach pupils about knife crime for fear of 'reputational' damage, Ofsted finds - Telegraph Some children can ‘recover’ from autism, but problems often remain - UKEdChat Developing a ‘two-way street’ partnership between college and industry - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Autism: How to make schools better for autistic pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeships should be loaded in favour of young people - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Class sizes - youngest pupils increasingly taught in larger classes - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted questions exclusions of pupils carrying blades - Times Educational Supplement | TES What’s happening to teacher numbers in Scotland? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted's mixed messages on off-rolling - Times Educational Supplement | TES Councils fear funding cuts could wreck youth justice initiatives - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Sam Parrett, Principal at Lsec, on the production of social capital in colleges - Collab Group School Cuts Coalition: Chancellor’s spring statement must address school funding crisis - National Education Union Jersey teachers reject pay offer - NASUWT Maintained nursery schools made their voice heard in Parliament and in Downing Street - NAHT Register as an early adopter: relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education - NAHT English literature: An aesthetic form of knowledge - BERA Headteachers write to families with budgets warning - The Educator We need to talk about Data Futures - Wonkhe Number of maths and English teachers plummet in Scotland - Scotsman School governors and trustees: EEF releases new guide on how to become evidence-informed and help your school improve - Research Schools Network Damning Ofsted visit finds provider not knowing who its apprentices are - FE Week Female-only college sparks backlash after saying it will admit men to boost diversity - Independent Knife crime: Don't land responsibility on schools, says Ofsted - BBC Schools are too scared to crack down on knife crime in case it puts off parents, says head of Ofsted - Mail School funding: Labour MP plans to leave her 10-year-old son in Downing Street for an afternoon - HuffPost Headteachers not telling police about pupils who carry knives, Ofsted warns - Evening Standard Apprenticeship framework certification boss steps down with immediate effect - FE Week Number of Scottish pupils taught in ‘super-size’ classes rises - Scotsman Funding cuts hamper knife crime prevention in England, say schools - Guardian iGCSEs ‘not conducive to public trust in exams’, Ofqual chair warns - Schools Week Glasgow pupils won't be punished for school climate strikes - Herald Scotland Parkfield Community School: Ofsted says LGBT lessons are 'appropriate' - BBC Decline in English and maths teachers in Scottish schools - Herald Scotland Ofqual rules out tendering to take over apprenticeship quality assurance - FE Week Ofsted rules Parkfield’s LGBT lessons are ‘age-appropriate’ - Schools Week Birmingham primary school in LGBT row cleared by watchdog - Guardian Lessons in Sweetieland: Matthew Bourne's old primary school dance his Nutcracker! - Guardian New GCSEs did not increase pupil stress, says watchdog - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Council told to improve impact of cash for closing attainment gap - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE wants schools to buy furniture from selected firms in £60m deal - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted praises school at centre of LGBT lessons row - Times Educational Supplement | TES IGCSEs undermine public trust in exams, says Ofqual - Times Educational Supplement | TES Jess Phillips to leave pupils outside No 10 in school cuts protest - Guardian Call for charter on children's mental health - Nursery World Don’t blame school exclusions for rise in knife crime, watchdog says - HuffPost Scotland: Concerns over number of children needing additional support as SNP cut spending - Scotsman Schools are ignoring rules over knife exclusions, Ofsted warns - Schools Week Some children more likely to be criminalised for carrying knife on basis of academic record, Ofsted says - Independent London schools lack ‘ability and resources’ to tackle knife crime – Ofsted - Schools Week Why do we never ask how it feels for gay young people not to learn about same-sex relationships? - HuffPost New Ambition Institute wants degree-awarding powers - Schools Week Scotland: Proven cases of qualifications 'malpractice' soar - Times Educational Supplement | TES How could schools be held accountable for excluded pupils? - Schools Week Universities could close for a people’s vote - Guardian Condoms and counselling … when the health centre is across the playground - Guardian A university place for all is the way to abolish tuition fees | Nick Hillman - Guardian 10:00 a.m. - Oral evidence session re accountability hearings - Accountability Hearings Education that gets out of classrooms and into the community - FE Week Scotland: Record number of teachers caught in exam cheat probe - Herald Scotland Scotland: The schools where poverty is no longer an excuse - Herald Scotland Scotland: Parents hit with school music ‘stealth tax’ - Herald Scotland Universities and their police forces: the beat goes on - Wonkhe What could Brexit mean for widening participation? - Wonkhe Spring Statement must renew commitment to blue skies research - Times Higher Education | THE Women-only Cambridge college to admit men from 2021 - Times Higher Education | THE Strike action over ‘unrealistic’ REF targets looms at Liverpool - Times Higher Education | THE School offers PPE course to inspire girls into politics - Times Digital ‘friends’ help students get to lessons - Times Scotland: Lack of choice in school subjects hits job prospects - Times Scotland: Cheating in exams on rise - Times Ireland: 90% of health and school contracts going over budget - Times