News archive for 11th October 2019

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The challenges for early career headteachers: managing the fact that the buck stops with you - JohnTomsett 'Consider religion when teaching LGBT+ issues' says DfE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Williamson: 'Things have been a bit tight in schools' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Thousands of schools 'face cuts' despite cash boost - Times Educational Supplement | TES Chair of Star Academies joins DfE’s Falcon Trust for ‘orphan’ schools - Schools Week Schools in deprived areas face further cuts next year, unions say - Guardian RSCs drafted in to provide ‘insight’ on policy - Schools Week UK STEM Awards 2019/2020 – terms and conditions of entry - Telegraph DfE teacher workload - National Education Union School funding allocations - National Education Union Initial analysis of school cash allocations shows a strong link with deprivation - National Education Union When does higher education demonstrate its value? - HEPI Call for rethink on immigration plans - Russell Group Implementing job shares successfully - DfE Working in a co-headship job share - DfE Working as a part-time teacher after a career change - DfE Independent schools are helping close Stem skills gap - Times Educational Supplement | TES College rejected from HE register after injunction bid - Times Educational Supplement | TES UCU comment on sacking of USS board member Jane Hutton - UCU Northern Ireland - industrial action update - NAHT Relationships education in primary schools: new guidance on engaging parents with your policy - NAHT Global Action Plan: Take part in their new Towards Clean Air Classrooms programme - NAHT Unexplained pupil exits - National Education Union 'It’s got out of hand': parents split after protest over Carlisle school's strict rules - Guardian The quest to limit aspiration in working-class children - UKEdChat Former Chetham's headteachers accused of ignoring abuse - Guardian Whistleblowing professor Jane Hutton fired from USS board - Times Higher Education | THE How far have we come with LGBT+ welfare in higher education and employment? - Wonkhe Insights and Inspiration: New research examines external speakers in state and independent schools - Education and Employers In the news: 11 October - UCU Climate Commission for UK Higher and Further Education Leaders - AoC | Association of Colleges Beyond teacher training: Developing early career teachers - Education Development Trust | EDT International students driving alcohol-free trend in UK - PIE News Oxford VC joins Sutton Trust Board of Trustees - Sutton Trust Partnerships for change - Sutton Trust NHS mental health drive 'not broad enough', warn children's services leaders - CYPN | Children & Young People Now DfE plans 'could increase pressure on school budgets' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Famous British public schools with branches abroad - Telegraph National Numeracy founding CEO to step down in 2020 - National Numeracy Ambition Institute to deliver Early Careers Framework in North of England - Ambition Institute Schools called on to test EdTech products that could reduce teacher workload - Nesta Will technology solve teacher workload? - Nesta One in 10 children 'removed from school unofficially', study finds - CYPN | Children & Young People Now IOE-led Consortium to deliver new early career framework support for teachers and mentors - IOE London Blog Thousands of schools could face funding cuts despite Boris Johnson’s cash boost, unions warn - Independent Heads told to take notes as new parent-focused Ofsted reports omit details - Schools Week British university orders every student home from Egypt after two are arrested - Mirror Ofsted watch: College making ‘reasonable progress’ since going into administration - FE Week School funding allocations revealed - Mail Colleges loses High Court battle with HE regulator - FE Week New incontinence guidance launched for nurseries and schools - Nursery World DWP extends Jobcentre support for schools programme with £7m funding - Schools Week Fewer than 1 in 5 primaries drop a grade under new Ofsted framework - Schools Week Apprentices’ concerns are still not being heard, admits DfE - FE Week Scottish Government pledges £2m for further gaelic education - Scotsman Students accuse Goldsmiths University of watering down racism report - Guardian Increase in black students at Cambridge is amazing, says Stormzy - Mail Is the school system failing vulnerable children? - Times Educational Supplement | TES School funding allocations 'don't go far enough', warn unions - Nursery World Sir Chris Hoy launches mental health and sports project - Times Educational Supplement | TES Brooklands College may be forced to sell historic building - FE Week Ofsted ‘deep-dives’: Inspectors scrutinising areas outside their expertise - Schools Week University of Edinburgh students detained during year abroad in Egypt - Scotsman DfE proposes DSG rule change as town halls brace for £230m schools overspend - Schools Week 'Stormzy effect' sees increase in black students being admitted to Cambridge, as rapper covers Time Magazine - HuffPost Unexplained pupil exits from schools: Further analysis and data by multi-academy trust and local authority - EPI Teacher workload cut by five hours a week over past three years - DfE Schools to learn funding allocations following £14 billion pledge - DfE How to properly decorate your elementary classroom - The Educator DfE raps company claiming to be approved apprenticeship provider - FE Week Large academy chains more likely to have children disappear from schools without explanation, study finds - Independent Jules Pipe: the 'unexpected' deputy mayor of London - Times Educational Supplement | TES Off-rolling: Six findings on unexplained pupil exits - Times Educational Supplement | TES At least 70% of teachers working over contracted hours - Times Educational Supplement | TES Big regional differences in DfE's extra schools funding - Times Educational Supplement | TES Off-rolling: 1 in 10 pupils have ‘unexplained exits' - Times Educational Supplement | TES The ethics of using pedagogical agents in intelligent tutoring systems - BERA Pupil premium: Accountability with a purpose - Research Schools Network OfS urged to ‘get a move on’ and inspect apprenticeship quality - FE Week Ofsted: Schools have to justify decisions to shorten KS3 (and show EBacc ‘ambition’) - Schools Week Scheming spires: trouble at Oxford’s Christ Church - Financial Times Scientists ‘must be allowed to cry’ about environmental crisis - Times Higher Education | THE Business courses relying on international students to survive - Times Higher Education | THE Boris Johnson vows to give every child a ‘world class education’ as he hands schools £2.6billion in funding - The Sun Cambridge University: 'Stormzy effect' helps rise in black students - BBC One in ten pupils vanish from school registers for no apparent reason - Mail DfE extends curriculum fund pilots despite training and recruitment issues - Schools Week 'Stormzy effect': record number of black Britons studying at Cambridge - Guardian One in 10 pupils removed from school rolls 'to boost GCSE results' - Guardian Regions receiving biggest rise in school funding revealed - Mail Increase in black students admitted to Cambridge University - Mail Multi-academy trusts have higher share of pupils dropping out - Financial Times Larger MATs more likely have ‘unexplained’ pupil moves - Schools Week Stormzy effect pulls more black students to Cambridge - Times One in ten pupils off‑rolled before GCSEs - Times Rugby Free Secondary School faces closure after three years - Times Scotland: Gordon Brown says thousands of children are joining army of poor - Times Ireland: Extra €39 million for mental health ‘will not get children off waiting lists’ - Times