News archive for 6th February 2020

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College leaders brand use of bailout funds ‘staggering’ - FE Week Take a 'proportionate approach' to child-on-child sexual abuse, expert urges - Mail The best of National Apprenticeship Week 2020 (download) - FE Week Third of MATs raise £150k+ pay despite DfE probe - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher numbers to drop by 13,000 a year until 2022 - Times Educational Supplement | TES MATs that raised pay after DfE challenge revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish Budget: Teacher pay, child poverty, nurseries - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK teachers in China speak out about coronavirus plight - Times Educational Supplement | TES AQA remains the largest awarding body for GCSEs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Agnew to fire off another round of Baker clause warning letters - Schools Week School leaders take another Agnew tongue-lashing for apprenticeship failings - FE Week Attainment gap widens between disadvantaged pupils and their peers - Guardian Either I’m out of touch on trans issues or the youth of today are completely bonkers - Telegraph Michael Rosen condemns UK education system's 'fear of laughter' - Guardian GCSE English results: Children of immigrants do better than classmates - Times Seven female scientists you may not have heard of - but should know about - BBC STEMinism: Addressing the gender gaps found across STEM careers - Teach First If you put all the badly behaved kids together, what do you expect? - Evening Standard Onora O’Neill: ‘Human rights are not all that matters’ - Times Higher Education | THE Key Stage 4 performance tables 2019: Four key points - FFT Education Datalab Secondary MAT league tables 2019: We need to talk about context - FFT Education Datalab Over 2,500 teachers and trainers have been involved in Professional Exchange Networks - Education & Training Foundation Industry Insights proving to be vital part of T Level preparation - Education & Training Foundation Creativity is back on the map. But how do we navigate from here? - BERA APPG for sixth form education calls for Budget investment - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA A trusted, reliable resource in a transforming world - Jisc Technically excellent: Pursuing an apprenticeship in the technology sector - Sutton Trust Reflections on the challenges and successes of introducing degree apprenticeships at Middlesex - MillionPlus Electoral Psychology Observatory launched at LSE - London School of Economics | LSE Sadiq Khan ploughs £14.6m into London youth projects - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Parents urged to read to their children - Nursery World Swinney: Review about curriculum, not qualifications - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish Budget: Colleges welcome funding increase - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupil seeks court action over school transgender policy - Times Educational Supplement | TES Twelve years without Ofsted - and still outstanding - Times Educational Supplement | TES Off-rolling happens in Scotland, too - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children’s mental health week campaign under fire - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Kids as young as five to get selfie and vlogging lessons at school - The Sun Busy Bees drives expansion in US with acquisition of EduKids - Nursery World Attitudes to education and children’s services - DfE National Colleges process evaluation - DfE Key stage 4 performance 2019 (revised) - DfE Government research finds policy makers contributed to National College failures - FE Week Destinations of KS4 and 16 to 18 (KS5) students: 2018 - DfE School performance: key stage 4 similar schools - DfE Multi-academy trust performance measures at KS4: 2018 to 2019 - DfE Destination measures for key stage 4 and 16 to 18 students - DfE Secondary accountability measures (including Progress 8 and Attainment 8) - DfE Secondary school performance tables in England: 2018 to 2019 (revised) - DfE Statistics: GCSEs (key stage 4) - DfE Drivers of choice for vocational and technical qualifications - Ofqual Higher and degree apprenticeships - Education & Skills Funding Agency UCAS and apprenticeships: 2020 and beyond - UCAS Prevent review meetings: 2019 programme findings - Office for Students Prevent duty monitoring framework: Year one evaluation - Office for Students EBacc take-up varies massively across England, figures show - Mail National Colleges' recruitment struggles laid bare - Times Educational Supplement | TES How public views teacher pay and workload revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs: Top and bottom performing academy trusts named - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus is leading to racist hysteria among kids. Here's how to talk to them about the virus - Telegraph GCSE gap between rich and poor students widens - Mail England's GCSE gender gap lasts 30 years - Mail Muslim girls school tops English education league table - Financial Times DfE extends academy trust capacity fund to rural maintained schools - Schools Week What the British public really thinks about teachers - Schools Week Coronavirus: Schools told not to exclude pupils of Chinese heritage - BBC EBacc entry rate reaches peak of 40% - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gove's GCSEs widened disadvantage gap, data suggests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academy chains below average on Progress 8 and EBacc - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exams regulator finds colleges put learners’ needs before funding in ‘first time’ research - FE Week As white sports lecturers, we're learning how to make our classroom less racist | Michael Hobson and Stuart Whigham - Guardian School league tables 2019: How did your academy trust perform? - Schools Week School league tables 2019: MAT progress scores improve, and 5 other findings - Schools Week School league tables: Boys behind girls for three decades - BBC Part-time students 'feel like tourists passing through' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Chinese applications to British universities surge by more than third to reach record high - Independent The disturbing truth about being a 'snowplough' parent - Telegraph Boost retention payments for Stem teachers, DfE urged - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Grindingly slow' progress on disadvantaged uni access - Times Educational Supplement | TES Girl with SEND misses five terms waiting for EHC plan - Times Educational Supplement | TES Could lack of sleep be harming teenage mental health? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Helping employers increase socio-economic diversity and inclusion - Social Mobility Commission Unheard: the voices of part-time adult learners - HEPI Why we must listen to the voices of part-time students - HEPI Socio-economic diversity and inclusion: employers' toolkit - Social Mobility Commission Early years support sets a child up for life. It should be a national priority | Alice O’Keeffe - Guardian Two in five 18-year-olds in UK apply to study at university this year - Guardian Students grasp best opportunity in decades to apply to university - UCAS Apprenticeships have come a long way - Wonkhe A first look at the UCAS 2020 application cycle - Wonkhe Are we asking the wrong question on widening participation? - Times Higher Education | THE Applicant gap between London and English regions becomes a gulf - Times Higher Education | THE Reviewers should stop doing the market’s dirty work - Times Higher Education | THE English universities mull lower fees for EU students post-Brexit - Times Higher Education | THE Call to fund counselling for researchers in traumatic subjects - Times Higher Education | THE LSE scholars aim to increase the allure of the polling booth - Times Higher Education | THE Almost a quarter of teachers now work part-time as education sector embraces flexible hours - Mail England's secondary school league tables to be published - BBC GCSE science curriculum features no lessons about trailblazing women in its guidelines - Mail Number of EU students applying to UK universities down as Brexit bites - Mirror DfE told to prioritise curriculum funding to showcase women in STEM - Schools Week Parents pay £10m fines for absence from school - Times Girls have few role models in GCSE science - Times Scotland: Swinney broadens school review to investigate slump in rankings - Times Scotland: Drug culture is behind pupils’ poor exam results, teacher warns - Times Ireland: Childcare workers demand extra funding in ‘new deal’ - Times DfE: Teacher Recruitment Bulletin - February 2020 - UCET