News archive for 4th May 2019

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How to model the answer to an AQA English Language Paper Two, Question 5, 40 marker - JohnTomsett Using gagging orders to to keep harassment, discrimination and sexual assault claims quiet is an 'outrage', universities minister warns - Independent Schools must be held accountable for results of excluded children, Government review to say  - Telegraph 'Flexi-boarding' on the rise as pupils stay overnight at school following after hours extra-curricular activities - Telegraph Academics in open revolt at UCL's expansion plans, amid fears they will lead to decline in academic standards - Telegraph Headteachers subjected to death threats amid growth in attacks from parents and students, school leaders say - Independent DfE behaviour tsar Tom Bennett talks to Tes about his new role leading a £10m government initiative - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers are leaving school in groups for fear of 'violent repercussions from parents' - Telegraph Must a teacher die before parents' attacks are taken seriously? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ministers launch crackdown on bad behaviour in schools - Telegraph Teaching guidance on LGBT relationships too unclear, say heads - BBC Teachers 'threatened with an axe' as parent rows escalate - Schools Week Intimidation of teachers who carry out LGBT+ lessons is 'unacceptable', Ofsted chief says - Independent Birmingham headteacher says unclear DfE guidance has caused LGBT protests - Schools Week Heads demand independent panel to handle Ofsted complaints - Schools Week Intimidation of schools over LGBT+ education ‘unacceptable’, says Ofsted chief - Schools Week USA: 'The magic of llamas': furry friends help stressed university students relax - Guardian Head at centre of LGBT row says DfE is making protests worse - Times Educational Supplement | TES Listen and change ‘problematic’ plans, Ofsted told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Spielman: Heads must not lose right to permanently exclude - Times Educational Supplement | TES Poor pupils 'unable to learn' after years of austerity - Times Educational Supplement | TES Bad behaviour in more than 500 schools to be tackled by DfE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Amanda Spielman addresses NAHT annual conference - NAHT New NAHT president: our children deserve better - NAHT No vocation is more important than education - NAHT School farm furore teaches pupils a valuable lesson in the power of porkies - Times Amanda Spielman's speech to the NAHT conference - Ofsted Nick Gibb: “The crisis of capitalism” - Schools Week Academies prepare to sell curriculum programmes after £2.4m government pilot - Schools Week SQA sees steep fall in profits from selling exams overseas - Herald Scotland Children are struggling to learn as result of hunger and parents' financial issues, headteachers warn - Independent DfE tsar Tom Bennett to oversee £10m ‘behaviour network’ to support 500 schools - Schools Week Schools backed to tackle bad behaviour - DfE More parents asking schools for financial help, say heads - Guardian How to help your kids at exam time — what not to do (and say) - Times As an inner-city teacher, I see the appalling reality of child poverty after 10 years of austerity - Independent