News archive for 5th September 2019

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Girls are getting further ahead of boys in primary school reading, writing and maths tests, official figures reveal - The Sun Eton College asked boys, 11, to justify the Army killing protesters in entry exam - Mirror 1,500 Sats results investigated for potential cheating - Times Educational Supplement | TES Uniforms shouldn't cost too much. Now define 'too much' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Anne Milton, FE champion? How the minister went quiet - Times Educational Supplement | TES Could Jo Johnson's resignation earn Augar a reprieve? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted: Primaries won't get extra time on the three Rs - Times Educational Supplement | TES White boys at the bottom of the class as girls and Asian pupils surge ahead in latest SATs results - Mail The Guardian view on testing four-year-olds: wrong again | Editorial - Guardian How to use humour in order to teach and learn more effectively - Learning Scientists Jo Johnson quits as universities minister and MP - Times Higher Education | THE Exit wound: Jo Johnson quitting hurts PM and raises HE policy questions - Times Higher Education | THE Primary school SATs 2019: A look at gender gaps, the disadvantage gap and the impact of the phonics test - FFT Education Datalab YOI fails to address violent incidents among young people - CYPN | Children & Young People Now DfE names temporary children's minister - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Provisional SATs results - National Education Union The vital importance of vocabulary in maths - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Implications of the 2020-1 spending round (5 September 2019) - AoC | Association of Colleges £66m extra funding for early years - Early Education Ofqual qualification price index - AoC responds - AoC | Association of Colleges UCU response to Jo Johnson's resignation - UCU A tale of Cain and unable? - Wonkhe BTECs 'very important', insists Williamson - Times Educational Supplement | TES The most complained about exam boards - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exam prices rise for the third time in three years - Times Educational Supplement | TES Statistics published: 2019 AS and A level results - England, Wales and Northern Ireland - NAHT Call for health screening at cancer-scare schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scientists want creationism ban in Welsh schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government cuts £500 million from school buildings fund - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exploring teaching assistants’ appetite to become teachers - DfE National curriculum assessments: key stage 2, 2019 (provisional) - DfE Integrated curriculum and financial planning (ICFP) - DfE Government statement on girls' education - UK Parliament Ofqual qualifications price index data published - Ofqual School inspection update: academic year 2019 to 2020 - Ofsted Charlotte all smiles as she sets off for first day at school with George - Mail Ofsted’s inspection grace period won’t apply to full primary curriculum - Schools Week Why gay dads worry about starting primary school - BBC College calls in the police after principal targeted by ‘ethical hacker’ - FE Week Gap in academic skills of girls and boys widens, show Sats - Guardian Schools hit by 17% rise in exam costs, new price guide shows - Schools Week Sir David Attenborough calls for Welsh Government to ban the teaching of religion as science - Wales Online New guidance promised on branded school uniforms - BBC Princess Charlotte arrives for her first day at school - HuffPost Less money, more good: why I'm retraining as a teacher, aged 45 - Telegraph SATs results show more primary pupils reach the highest standards - DfE Sats: Girls widen gender gap over boys in 3Rs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nursery graduate pledge for deprived areas falls short - Times Educational Supplement | TES Behaviour and workload deter TAs from teaching - Times Educational Supplement | TES Thailand: applications for UK government’s prestigious Chevening Scholarships now open - GOV.UK Mayor to consider plans to tackle child obesity - Nursery World College celebrity cookery school business calls in the administrators - FE Week Daily exercise can boost children’s exam grades - The Conversation Mother is left furious after school revokes her seven-year-old daughter's place just an hour before classes started - Mail Angry parents slam school over its tough new uniform rules - Mail Gender gap widens, and 2 more 2019 key stage 2 SATS results findings - Schools Week At last, a generation of schoolchildren will grow up knowing it’s OK to be LGBT | Paul Twocock - Guardian Girl, 7, denied place at new school an hour before starting - but sister gets in - Mirror Princess Charlotte arrives for her first day at school - The Sun Excited Princess Charlotte clutches her mother's hand as William and Kate bring her for her first day of school - Mail EYFS: the lie that you must like every child you teach - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scientists want creationism teaching ban in Welsh schools - BBC GenderEYE survey launched aiming to find out why only 2% of the early years workforce is male - GenderEYE Exam results are not necessarily the key to unlocking future success - Scotsman Online schools accreditation scheme - DfE Most MAT leaders want more DfE support - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE wants unregulated online schools to be inspected - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents of students face hard lessons in finance - Financial Times US extends its lead over the UK in HEPI’s annual soft-power rankings - HEPI The soft-power benefits of educating the world’s leaders - HEPI Chemistry professor awarded fellowship to research plastics production - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) DfE plans accreditation scheme in bid to regulate online schools market - Schools Week Mental health: Girl's 'help me' note before death inspires mum - BBC Over half of British adults support primary school LGBT lessons, research shows - Mail More than half of Britons believe primary school kids should be taught about LGBT - Express Sajid Javid unleashes £14bn spending splurge and declares 'end of austerity' - Express Sajid Javid finds billions extra to promise ‘decade of renewal’ - Times Star pupil invents way to play music on Mars - Times Only 40 schools are protected from toxic traffic fumes at gates - Times US universities overtake Britain at educating world leaders - Times School uniform monopolies under fire - Times Scotland: Toxic site inquiry at Buchanan and St Ambrose schools flawed, says professor - Times Ireland: School meals ‘must be a national project’ - Times