News archive for 14th May 2019

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Sir Kevan Collins to step down as EEF chief executive - Schools Week Sir Kevan Collins to step down from EEF - Times Educational Supplement | TES College lecturers across Scotland to take further strike action - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities told to refund half of students’ tuition fees for failing to make up missed lectures during strikes - Independent Deep dives: Will Ofsted’s plan to check up on the curriculum really work? - Schools Week Doug McAvoy, leader of the National Union of Teachers whose term was marked by bitter rows with the hard Left - Telegraph Another 6 new providers suspended from taking on apprentices - FE Week UK universities told to compensate students over campus strikes - Guardian Cambridgeshire pilot for 'car-free zone' around school - BBC Promoting positive youth development in afterschool programmes - Best Evidence in Brief Does summer counselling help with transition to higher education? - Best Evidence in Brief Teacher-pupil-parent feedback and academic performance - Best Evidence in Brief Evidence-informed school improvement - Best Evidence in Brief A tribute to Doug McAvoy: ‘one of education’s greats’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES PE time cut by more than almost any subject - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Tes Podcast: Ofsted's inspection framework - Times Educational Supplement | TES £60 million 'needed’ to train teachers in new RSE curriculum - Times Educational Supplement | TES Using digital technology to improve learning - Research Schools Network Games to improve short-term memory can boost primary pupils' maths results - Research Schools Network Improvements and errors: Ofsted’s new framework is difficult to grade - EPI 7000 schools opting out isn't a ringing endorsement for Reception Baseline - Early Education Ofsted's new education inspection framework - AoC's comment - AoC | Association of Colleges Sir Kevan Collins to step down as Chief Executive at the Education Endowment Foundation - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Ofsted's revised EIF: what's changed since the consultation? - Early Education Education may not be the solution to reducing female genital cutting - London School of Economics | LSE Two-thirds of young people worry about online appearance - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Call for upskirting law change following sentencing - NASUWT (SPAG) Tests: Spelling, punctuation and grammar - Teacher Toolkit Number of primary schools registered to take part in the pilot of the Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) falls - National Education Union Ofsted’s new inspection arrangements - National Education Union Important changes to inspection framework welcome, says NASUWT - NASUWT Policy update: The Equality Act and Relationships Education in primary schools - NAHT Opportunity to respond to 'Children not in school' consultation - NAHT Five days of strikes announced at Winchester University in jobs row - UCU More strikes at West Thames College after college fails to improve deal - UCU Ofsted's new inspection arrangements revealed - The Educator ASCL responds to new inspection plans - ASCL Nursery opens with a dedicated performance space - Nursery World New curriculum, time to review Welsh Bacc? - National Education Union Scottish college lecturers to walk out this week amid ongoing pay dispute - Mail Urgent call for Government-funded toothbrushing schemes for young children - Nursery World Cutting off social mobility plan would be 'terrible', minister says - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academisation: it’s time for the final stage of reform - Times Educational Supplement | TES Majority of parents say exam pressure is affecting children’s mental health, poll finds - Independent Minister admits Opportunity Areas need ‘more ambitious outlook’ to continue beyond 2020 - Schools Week Ofsted’s new framework: one step forward, two steps back - Times Educational Supplement | TES How will Ofsted inspect the curriculum? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teenager sentenced over ‘upskirting’ teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE accused of 'micromanaging' independent evidence to MPs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Most people don't understand how student loans work. This must change | David Thompson - Guardian AoC wins secretive T-levels transition offer tender - FE Week 10:00 a.m. - Oral evidence session re opportunity areas - Accountability Hearings DfE will issue further guidance on right to withdraw from sex education - Schools Week Stem education is becoming simplified and commoditised - Financial Times Ofsted’s new inspection arrangements - National Education Union Better financial reporting for academy trusts - Education & Skills Funding Agency Public speaking: is the push to make students employable going too far? - Guardian Ofsted: 'Outstanding' grades are now even more out of date - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted confirms U-turn over SEND in inspections - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted drops plan to arrive with almost no notice - Times Educational Supplement | TES Spielman: 'I hope my reforms will mitigate fear of the Ofsted call' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Spielman: Just talking about Sats can add to pupil anxiety - Times Educational Supplement | TES Baseline pilot snubbed by more than 7,000 schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Top uni to lower A-level offers for poor pupils by four grades - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education inspection framework (collection) - Ofsted Education inspection framework (guidance) - Ofsted Everyone welcome: inside the schools that haven’t expelled a child since 2013 - Guardian Changes to assessments in primary schools - DfE Thousands of schools to pilot new reception class check-up - DfE Ofsted’s new inspection arrangements to focus on curriculum, behaviour and development - Ofsted Children should not know they are doing Sats exams to prevent anxiety, Ofsted chief suggests - Independent Primary school exam stress is exacerbated by teachers who are 'manufacturing anxiety', says Ofsted - Telegraph Corbyn’s promise to abolish Sats is merely a crowd pleaser | Fiona Millar - Guardian Teachers asking children how they are feeling about exams is making them anxious - Metro Graduates left scared by student loan statement which risks poor financial decisions, top universities say - Independent A culture of inclusion can drive more women into STEM apprenticeships - FE Week Young Scots 'learning about the nation’s history through Netflix’ - Herald Scotland MillionPlus launches the Think Modern campaign - MillionPlus Russell Group and MSE revamp student loan statement - Russell Group When is a campus not a campus? When it’s a micro-campus - Wonkhe Academics ‘should upload research contracts alongside papers’ - Times Higher Education | THE Universities told to refund half of fees over strike failings - Times Higher Education | THE Ofsted boss Amanda Spielman warns mentioning exams ups pressure - BBC Ofsted boss warns school heads they shouldn’t ask pupils about exams in case they ’cause anxiety’ - The Sun Thousands of schools signed up to pilot the Reception baseline - Nursery World Ofsted: new education inspection framework to go ahead in September - Nursery World 9,600 schools sign up to baseline assessment pilot - Schools Week Ofsted scraps plan for inspectors to arrive with 2.5 hours notice - Schools Week What Ofsted’s new inspection framework means for FE - FE Week How beach school helps children learn without realising it - BBC New Ofsted inspection framework: What schools need to know - Schools Week Head teachers should stop asking pupils if they 'feel OK' about tests - Mail Universities want to tell students to stop them 'fretting' over loans - Mail Baroque masterpiece to go on show next to pupils' GCSE artwork - Guardian Ofsted chief warns teachers over 'subliminal' exam anxiety - Guardian Ofsted to prioritise broader teaching over exam results - Financial Times Martin Lewis: replace ‘misleading’ and ‘financially dangerous’ student loan statements - Financial Times Warwick University to lower entry grades for disadvantaged pupils - Guardian Schools to get curriculum review grace period under new Ofsted inspection framework - Schools Week Good luck wishes stress out Sats pupils, teachers warned - Times Scottish parents can’t follow their children’s school progress - Times Ireland: Principal who stole from school jailed - Times Martin Lewis damns student loans as 'misleading' and 'financially dangerous' - Mirror