News archive for 22nd November 2019

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Policy Eye - highlights of week ending 22 November - Pearson Schools could be first victims of election compromise - Times Educational Supplement | TES It may be time to ditch GCSEs and dust down Tomlinson - Times Educational Supplement | TES Heads torn between Ofsted demands and best practice - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government testing agency pays Pearson £3m (but won’t say why) - Schools Week Inaugural WorldSkills UK Diversity and Inclusion Heroes Award winners revealed - FE Week There are problems with Labour’s tuition fees policy – but not that it’s regressive - New Statesman AEB Virement Request Form - Education & Skills Funding Agency The making of the Teach First manifesto - Teach First Election 2019: Campaigners back Labour's £1bn investment pledge for youth work - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Level of NEET young people hits three-year high - CYPN | Children & Young People Now UK launches international ambassador scheme - PIE News Our pledge to vulnerable children - Headteachers' Roundtable Will the Tory manifesto hold any surprises for schools? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Early years learning harmed by progress obsession - Times Educational Supplement | TES One in five FE staff undecided on best education policy - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'People are dying!' Jo Swinson humiliated by student over Lib Dems tuition fee 'betrayal' - Express Parties set out their stalls on the early years - Nursery World The Labour Manifesto: Our response - Nesta 365 days of higher education policy - HEPI How technology makes us human: Cultural historical roots for design and technology education - BERA In the news 22 November - UCU Do manifestos matter? - AoC | Association of Colleges ISC response to the Labour Party manifesto - Independent Schools Council | ISC November Digital Route Review update - IfATE Using Ofsted’s inspection data summary report (IDSR): 16 to 19 - Ofsted All the problems with school toilets in Wales - Wales Online David Cameron’s £67m STEM scheme fails to deliver, new figures reveal - Schools Week These are the 10 best secondary state schools in Scotland - ranked by exam results - Scotsman Ofsted watch: Family owned private provider slammed by Ofsted… again - FE Week School uniform firm to sell only gender-neutral uniforms - Guardian Labour’s radical education plan could swamp state schools with 135k pupils - Express Ofsted like ‘sword of Damocles’ for struggling colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES Two in five small schools fear closure, heads warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Labour hasn't thought through its private school policy - Times Educational Supplement | TES All pupils to receive free meals, says Scottish Labour - Times Educational Supplement | TES Can we teach character in schools? And should we? - Telegraph Sector unites to solve funding crisis for high-needs learners - FE Week The Social Mobility Commission and the Education Challenge - Montrose42 Ofsted should explain in their reports why they come knocking just before a merger - FE Week Unite raise awareness of Mental Health at work in Yorkshire - Unionlearn Teacher praised for Holocaust lessons - Scotsman Three ways reps can support young workers to get by and get on at work - Unionlearn The secret behind why it's easier to get an offer from Cambridge...but accept an offer from Oxford - Telegraph Ofsted attacked for ‘unfair’ inspections before mergers - FE Week Ofsted hiring subject experts to improve inspections - Times Educational Supplement | TES England opts out of new Pisa creativity test - Times Educational Supplement | TES It played to our strengths: grade-one principal explains Ofsted success - FE Week How can we make contextual admissions more accessible? - Sutton Trust John Swinney: The evidence that shows Scottish education’s critics are playing politics - Scotsman ‘Heart-wrenching’ impact of funding cuts shared by college leaders - FE Week ‘We will not be gagged’ – heads switch to personal email accounts to campaign on school funding - Schools Week Labour commits £7.2 billion to axeing fees and reviving grants - Times Higher Education | THE V-c: Diversify support staff to close minority ‘awarding’ gap - Times Higher Education | THE Female scholars ‘less successful’ at negotiating job offers - Times Higher Education | THE Bolton fire, Oxford Union, election (podcast) - Wonkhe The sector in England is growing (and also shrinking) - Wonkhe Bringing back maintenance grants for poorer students is a nasty scam - Wonkhe Parents worried troubled super school is 'failing their children' as council says more jobs may go - Wales Online School fees grab in Labour manifesto could 'force 135,000 pupils into the state sector' - Mail Winchester university exhibits sober role models to inspire students - BBC Fifth of pupils given extra time to finish CGSE and A‑level exams - Times Shut down disgraceful Oxford Union, says ex‑college master - Times Labour manifesto: Tax on private schools could force out 100,000 pupils - Times Scotland: Dundee principal quits with £128,000 after 11 months - Times