News archive for 16th April 2020

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Ministers fear a mass revolt from parents if schools open before parliament when coronavirus lockdown ends - The Sun Schools must stay shut! Plan rejected to put pupils back in classrooms - Express Coronavirus: DfE cancels academies’ May budget forecast - Schools Week Social distancing will be 'simply impossible' when schools re-open, leading head says - Telegraph Private schools accused of exploiting loophole by setting new mock exams to boost predicted grades - Telegraph GCSE and A-level exam results dates confirmed for Welsh students - Wales Online Signs that more families missing out on first choice primary school - Mail The hardest primary schools to get a place at in Cardiff - Wales Online Coronavirus: National edtech hub needed to close gap - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus (COVID-19): Closure of educational settings: information for parents and carers - DfE Student loans - data science case study - GOV.UK School performance: key stage 4 similar schools - DfE AoC launches national esports football tournament - FE Week Minister questioned on impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) on education - UK Parliament 14,000 London children miss out on first choice of primary school — and 2,800 get no offers - Evening Standard Thousands of pupils in England miss out on first-choice primary school - Guardian Teachers to determine exam grades in Northern Ireland - Mail There is only one clear path to reopening schools - Schools Week Covid-19: 'Our apprentices need us now more than ever' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call to scrap the Reception Baseline - Nursery World Many students practise 'distance' – but not 'learning' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools hit out at Government's 'impossible' plan to send pupils back to classrooms in May - Express Durham University must halt plans to slash teaching by 25%, says UCU - UCU Time management: What is it, who has it, and can you improve it? - Learning Scientists COVID-19: Online teaching and learning - BERA BERA joins call to cancel the introduction of Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) in the Autumn term - BERA Covid-19 will change our outlook on education and technology forever - SecEd LSE graduate launches ‘One Million Meals’ campaign to feed NHS staff & key-workers during COVID-19 pandemic - London School of Economics | LSE “We can’t ignore 50 percent of the population’s talent” – Alison Johns speaks to SAGE on gender equality and Athena SWAN - Advance HE Supporting resilience in difficult times - new report on executive mentoring - Advance HE Early re-opening of schools would be "foolhardy", PM warned - SecEd Bringing pupils into school to undertake assessments is unacceptable - NASUWT Fewer pupils may get first choice school place offer - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: MPs tell Williamson to fix FSM 'failings' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Collaborative distance-learning in a time of coronavirus - BERA Coronavirus: what next for schools and colleges - NAHT Is it safe to reopen schools? - Independent ASCL Northern Ireland comment on exam grading plans - ASCL Students will receive their GCSE and A-level grades on pre-planned days in August - Mail Coronavirus: Should we be doing PSHE at home? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Evening class uptake down 50% in 10 years - Times Educational Supplement | TES When will schools reopen in the UK, and is it safe to send children back? - Telegraph Curriculum + pedagogy. And sandcastles - Headguruteacher In memory of Professor Harvey Goldstein (1939-2020): living by the evidence - IOE London Blog Schools outside London and Birmingham could reopen next month in lockdown easing - Mirror Homeschooling tips and resources: the secrets of home educating parents - Telegraph DfE appoints Nick Timothy as non-executive director - FE Week New project to track Covid-19 impact on early years sector - Nursery World Coronavirus: EYFS requirements and ratios to be relaxed - Nursery World Coronavirus: Pupils must not go to school to sit mocks - Times Educational Supplement | TES Feedback during Covid-19: will it widen the gap? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Grammar schools advocate appointed by DfE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Universities must create opportunities for the people coronavirus will harm most | Lynn Dobbs - Guardian DfE appoints Nick Timothy as non-executive director - Schools Week Results days announced for GCSE and A-level grades - BBC Teachers estimating grades ‘could sound the death knell for public confidence in Ofqual’ - FE Week Headteacher says social distancing in schools is simply impossible - Mail Coronavirus: GCSE results will be released in August - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE and A-level exam results days revealed - FE Week Coronavirus: When will schools in Scotland reopen? - Scotsman Schools outside London and Birmingham could reopen next month under plans being considered by ministers - The Sun Primary school places 2020: When are admissions announced? - The Sun Primary school admissions and appeals process - Express Coronavirus: DfE confirms August results days, abandoning ‘end of July’ deadline - Schools Week When are primary school places announced and what is the appeals process? - Metro Coronavirus: 'Some schools may re-open next month' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Social distancing in schools ‘impossible’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Teachers join forces to create online curriculum hub - Schools Week Coronavirus: Pressure on boys 'to be a man' is growing - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE urged to set out post-Covid-19 plan for FE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Early re-opening of schools would be "foolhardy", PM warned - SecEd Primary school applications - Express Teachers urge government to give them PPE before schools reopen - Express At the chalkface: A new dawn for education - SecEd Training providers working miracles to preserve apprenticeships and other skills programmes but living on borrowed time - AELP New report asks whether the UK still has a single higher education sector - HEPI Supporting parent-teachers: five lessons from home schooling - Schools Week How to attract teachers to work in your school - Independent Head Primary school teachers 'anxious and stressed' over risks of returning to work - Mirror Teachers demand access to PPE before returning to work - Mail Teachers demand PPE and warn ‘we’re not guinea pigs’ as schools could reopen next month to kick-start economy - The Sun Shamed head fired for inappropriate texts says he should be allowed to teach again as he launches online school - The Sun Vast majority of apprentices still receiving training, according to AELP survey - FE Week Adequate is enough – and some days we won’t manage even that - Times Higher Education | THE Students in England ‘have fewer teaching hours than rest-of-UK peers’ - Times Higher Education | THE English students have fewer contact hours despite higher fees - Mail Apprenticeship providers on borrowed time, warns AELP - Times Educational Supplement | TES Study identifies 275 ways to reduce spread of coronavirus following lockdown - Cambridge Network Students in England pay most but work the least - Times Eden Project founder’s school runs out of cash - Times Scotland: Pupils failed after teacher tampered with their work - Times Students in England pay more money for less tuition than those in Scotland - Mail English universities have fewer lectures than despite charging higher tuition fees, report finds - Telegraph