News archive for 6th September 2019

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Relationship between reception baseline assessment and KS1 attainment - DfE September apprenticeship payment - Education & Skills Funding Agency The National Careers Service course directory is changing - Education & Skills Funding Agency Heads postpone march after funding pledge - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why all schools should be 'warm-strict' on behaviour - Times Educational Supplement | TES German GCSE skiing question highlights 'class biases' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Policy Eye - highlights of the week ending 6 September - Pearson Piers backs gender neutral uniform protests after former school sent kids home - The Sun GCSEs: 10,000 pupils disappear from English schools at 'critical' stage - Guardian 100 protest in Lewes against school policy of gender-neutral uniforms - Guardian School sends teacher home after new passport said she wasn't entitled to live or work in Britain - Mail Schools making Tatler's list of the UK's best prep and public schools - Mail Early win for DfE’s £5m apprenticeship marketing campaign - FE Week Five areas the government’s SEND review needs to focus on - LKMco Williamson promises review of special needs education in England - Guardian DfE Teacher Recruitment Bulletin (September 2019) - UCET SEND review - National Education Union Voice Scotland welcomes additional support needs staff - Voice Is pupil premium funding the answer to a worldwide problem? - BERA MillionPlus and UHI mentioned in UK Shared Prosperity Fund debate in House of Commons - MillionPlus Ofsted watch: Ex-pro footballer’s provider scores highly in positive week for providers - FE Week University strike ballots will open on Monday 9 September - UCU In the news 6 September 2019 - UCU 2019 GCSE results statistics - England, Wales and Northern Ireland - NAHT Industrial action ballot considered if Isle of Man Government does not address pay dispute - NASUWT Study shows students in ‘active learning’ classrooms learn more than they think - UKEdChat The Education and Training Foundation launches survey for users of the Foundation Online Learning website - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Reflecting on pathways to professions - Sutton Trust Has attainment improved at Key Stage 4 in 2019? - FFT Education Datalab Schools to get new guidance to ensure uniform costs for parents are 'reasonable' - Mirror How systems can transform the student experience - Advance HE Early years sector criticises 'tokenistic' funding increase - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Government defends controversial testing of reception-age children - CYPN | Children & Young People Now DfE announces major review of SEND system - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Lobby of TUC as UCU calls for climate strikes support - UCU Addressing the learning gap - what can teachers do? - The Educator Edtech: Why aren't we consulting FE's real experts? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Williamson: No MAT boss should earn more than PM - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tes Podcast: New funding and starting the new year - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted is 'not a coldhearted, monolithic beast' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Multiple Concerns: NAHT members’ response to the multiplications tables check pilot - NAHT Nurseries in Wales struggling to recruit Level 3 staff - Nursery World Gavin Williamson’s AP free schools promise won’t work unless… - Schools Week ESFA to demand actual off-the-job training hour data for every apprentice - FE Week Ofsted’s off-rolling analysis reveals 13% spike in schools with ‘exceptional’ pupil movement - Schools Week DfE analysis shows Reception baseline link to KS1 scores - Nursery World Bruised, scratched and taunted - how school bullies nearly destroyed this young girl’s confidence - Wales Online Mixed-gender toilets have ‘negative impact on girls’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES 1,000 more support staff announced for Scottish schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES As a college principal, you have to be optimistic - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government launches major review into support for children with SEND - Nursery World SEND review launched to tackle ‘postcode lottery’ of support - Schools Week Are bank loans ever a good idea for students? - Guardian Back to school: how the new term is shaking up fashion - Guardian Large employers lose access to £96 million of apprenticeship funding in just two months - FE Week Nearly 300 jobs lost as college group officially downsizes - FE Week DfE launches major review into SEND system - Times Educational Supplement | TES UCAS statement on Future Finance - UCAS Major review into support for children with special educational needs - DfE Will exam malpractice commission focus on complexity? - Times Educational Supplement | TES £400m for further education? Can we really believe it? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Will AI replace university lecturers? Not if we make it clear why humans matter | Mark Haw - Guardian Data shows baseline tests are 'appropriate', says DfE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teaching assistants 'pay for pupils' food and uniforms' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Racism in academia has major impact on BAME staff mental health - Times Higher Education | THE Three failed replication attempts but no retraction for HIV study - Times Higher Education | THE Teaching assistants buying school uniforms for 'cash-strapped' families - Nursery World New times-tables test ‘fails to tell 94% of teachers anything new about children’s ability’ - Schools Week Ucas accused of abusing its position with debt firm advert - Guardian Should kids be tested on their times tables? - BBC Free schools should focus on troublemakers, says Gavin Williamson - Times A society that writes children off is not solving anything | Gavin Williamson - Times Girls have moved further ahead of boys in primary school exams - Times You can get fined for dropping litter but not for harassing a schoolgirl | Maya Tutton - Times Princess Charlotte starts school with brother George in tow - Times Children would learn more if they could eat in class - Times School lacked staff to teach in Irish - Times