News archive for 8th December 2020

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'Unconscionable' to mark exams less generously than 2020, Ofqual chief says - Telegraph Confirmed Covid-19 cases and outbreaks were low in schools and nurseries in England in summer - Mail Covid: Schools in England can close for Christmas a day early - BBC First UK lockdown saw a 'steep rise' in cases of depression among children - Mail Dismissed Eton teacher seeks Act of Parliament to reinstate him to his post - Telegraph Higher exams axed: John Swinney under pressure - Herald Scotland Scottish students face six-week 'staggered' return to university - Scotsman Schools battling rising fear as some close early for Christmas - Wales Online Dame Rachel de Souza set to be next children's commissioner for England - Guardian Schools can finish one day early for Christmas after union pressure over self-isolation fears - Telegraph School children should wear masks in lessons - teaching union - Wales Online Teachers' Xmas 'time off': 6 new rules you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why pupils being in isolation does not mean Covid is rampant in schools - Wales Online Exams 2021: The lessons we must learn from this year - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE reveals Christmas contact tracing rules - FE Week Higher exams will not be held in Scotland next year - Times Christmas contact tracing: Rules for FE providers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Delivering T levels: 5 things you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: University students will start term from home - Herald Scotland The College of the Future English-specific final report launch (video) - College of the Future Statement on cancellation of 2021 Highers - Voice Education Secretary makes key children's sector appointments - DfE More than 85 per cent of university students want full or partial tuition fee refund, survey suggests - Independent Higher exams: John Swinney cancels 2021 tests - Herald Scotland Schools will be allowed to shut a day early for Christmas to 'give staff a break' - Mirror DfE finally reveals Christmas contact-tracing rules - Schools Week More pupils attending state schools, government figures show, as lockdown ‘has positive effect’ - Independent Pupils in England improving in maths but falling behind in science - IOE London Blog UK universities offer EU scholarships and fee freezes - PIE News Reaction to decision to scrap Highers and Advanced Higher exams - NASUWT Schools can take an inset day next Friday and finish term early for Christmas to avoid Covid ‘track and trace issues’ - The Sun Higher exams to be cancelled for Scottish pupils - BBC Why leaders should let teachers work over Christmas - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland's 2021 exams cancelled by education secretary - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE 2021 pupils suffering more than in 2020, says Gibb - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland cancels 2021 Higher exams over Covid disruption - Times Higher Education | THE Scots Highers and Advanced Highers cancelled for 2021, John Swinney announces - Scotsman Schools are allowed to have December 18 off so 'stressed' teachers get a 'proper break' - Mail GCSEs 2021: Teachers may have to quantify learning loss - Times Educational Supplement | TES Celebrities and MPs back literary campaign to inspire young people - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Children's charities to get extra funding for Covid response - CYPN | Children & Young People Now The Uggla Family Scholarship Programme - London School of Economics | LSE What’s behind the headlines? Exploring another round of international league tables - IOE London Blog Jisc launches next-generation, Plan S-compliant repository - Jisc Coordination, not competition is the way forward for post-16 education - AoC | Association of Colleges UKCISA unveils 12 ambassadors for 2021-22 - PIE News What do graduates do? Report offers insight into graduate labour market in 2021 - Jisc Governing colleges in a virtual world - AoC | Association of Colleges Hang in there! Surviving and thriving as a new teacher - SecEd Find Schools Like Yours using the latest data - FFT Education Datalab Pupils can learn more effectively through stories than activities - UKEdChat Screen use can both support and inhibit child development - Nuffield Foundation ASCL comment on Week 49 school attendance statistics - ASCL ASCL comment on TIMSS 2019 - ASCL ASCL responds to school inset day decision - ASCL Important update on supporting track and trace during the festive holiday - NAHT Report finds low pre-pandemic levels of training for England’s primary school teachers in the use of technology: TIMSS 2019 - NFER Northern Ireland primary schools continue to rank among the best in the world in maths - NFER Feedback needed: proposed mass COVID testing in schools in Wales - Voice Widening participation for students with Speech, Language and Communication needs in higher education - HEPI Comment on AoC report on the impact of competition in post-16 education & training - College of the Future This is no way to review the National Student Survey - Wonkhe Making STEM part of your careers strategy - Careers & Enterprise Company We must not confuse competition with choice - FE Week Rachel de Souza to be next children's commissioner - Times Educational Supplement | TES Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 2019: England - DfE Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: 23 March to 3 December 2020 - DfE International comparisons of education - DfE NEU comment on attendance figures - National Education Union Fixing exams, regional absence rates and what’s the best Christmas chocolate? - Teacher Tapp Eton teacher who was sacked in free speech row is pictured as he attends appeal hearing - Mail Gibb: Free laptops scheme is a 'great success story' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Former Eton students write letter backing under-fire headteacher - Guardian Dame Rachel de Souza is government’s pick for new children’s commissioner - Schools Week Timss 2019: Why we must tackle the problem of overconfident boys - Times Educational Supplement | TES Dame Glenys Stacey on the 2021 exams: 8 things we learnt - Schools Week Covid: Attendance improves for second week running, but 650,000 pupils still off - Schools Week Boys enjoy maths and science more than girls — but get same grades - Evening Standard GCSEs 2021: DfE admits to no data on exam pupil absence - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2021: Secrecy over DfE Covid disruption advice - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: Fewer pupils at school than at start of lockdown - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exams 2021: DfE clarifies international school changes - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pay rise for academy leader on nearly twice PM's salary - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lord Glenamara Memorial Prize awards - DfE Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children and young people to get extra education support - GOV.UK GCSEs 2021: Student evidence not needed, teachers told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sector questions minister’s claims on extra £44m and national living wage - Nursery World How many extra school staff has your council employed? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools allowed off on Dec 18 to give teachers a break - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools allowed off on Dec 18 to give teachers a break - Times Educational Supplement | TES Student transfers: Experimental statistics on students changing course from 2012-13 to 2017-18 - Office for Students Graduate wellbeing recorded in the Graduate Outcomes survey - Office for Students Ofsted: More details on early years assurance inspections set out - Nursery World Scotland’s childcare expansion programme: new data published - Nursery World Schools can take inset day on Dec 18 so contact tracing stops by Christmas Eve - Schools Week Ofqual chief suggests traffic light rating system for differential lost learning - Schools Week Children forced to eat mashed potato with hands after school bans cutlery - Metro Teenagers in England performed significantly worse in science, study finds - Mail England's children decline 'significantly' in science tests - BBC School bans knives and forks forcing children to eat with their hands instead - Mirror Timss 2019: England's secondary science at record low - Times Educational Supplement | TES England short on happy teachers, Timss study reveals - Times Educational Supplement | TES TIMSS 2019: Year 9 science performance drops, but England still doing well overall - Schools Week Timss 2019: England's teachers 'should really be proud' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sats 2021: Dates, timetables and key information - Times Educational Supplement | TES Timss 2019: Top 10 England improves at primary maths - Times Educational Supplement | TES Timss 2019 top countries in science and maths revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Northern Ireland primary pupils 'high-achievers in maths' - BBC Decline in science attainment among England's year 9 pupils - Guardian Why regulate? Reflections from our latest Insight event - Office for Students Could schools close again if Covid-19 cases continue to rise? - Telegraph Why Nicola Sturgeon must today cancel Scottish Higher exams - Scotsman 'Like section 28 and gay rights': fears UK schools being silenced from discussing racism - Guardian Vulnerable families to benefit from additional package of support - DfE REACT: The team putting the Covid response on a proactive footing - Schools Week Teachers praised as 'lions' led by DfE 'donkeys' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Resist online lesson 'pressure' when ill, teachers told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Profile: David Phoenix, Chief executive, London South Bank University group - FE Week The definitive ranking of university rankings 2020 - Wonkhe It’s time to decolonise the doctoral degree - Wonkhe Harvard professor Steven Pinker withdraws support for dismissed Eton tutor - Mail Prioritise RSE to fight online grooming, schools told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted should inspect on FE collaboration, says AoC - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK universities axe thousands of jobs during pandemic - Times Higher Education | THE Only one in six pupils on free school meals to benefit from Covid catch-up support - Mirror AoC calls for government to force post-16 providers to collaborate - FE Week 9:30 a.m. - Education Committee to hold a session on arrangements for exams and grading in summer 2021 - Accountability Hearings Teenage fears over appearance linked to depression in girls and boys - Times Sacked teacher claims Eton refuses to supply appeal with letters of support - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Highers face the axe for a second year - Times Coronavirus in Ireland: No free Covid-19 tests for Dublin students - Times