News archive for 25th February 2020

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Drag queen's visit to primary sparks social media storm - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pensions: Why private school staff are right to strike - Times Educational Supplement | TES Few Scottish schools rated ‘excellent’ on key measures - Times Educational Supplement | TES MAT's 'dark ages' ban on 'promotion of homosexuality' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted set to change how it handles school complaints - Times Educational Supplement | TES Reform National Leaders of Education, DfE advised - Times Educational Supplement | TES School closed as precaution against coronavirus - Times Educational Supplement | TES Use of Keeping children safe in education part 4 guidance - DfE Review of the National Leaders of Education (NLE) programme - DfE New push to improve outcomes for vulnerable children - DfE Pupil premium: allocations and conditions of grant 2020 to 2021 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Free school meals supplementary grant: 2019 to 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Year 7 literacy and numeracy catch-up premium: 2019 to 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Greta Thunberg meets 'role model' Malala Yousafzai in Oxford - Mail Ofsted casts a dark shadow over schools (letters) - Guardian John Swinney distances himself from Mhairi Black in school drag act row - Scotsman Northern Ireland: Pupils and staff from three schools sent home as coronavirus precaution - Mail Coronavirus fears grip Britain's schools - Mail Scottish Government 'failing pupils' as number achieving at least one exam pass drops - Scotsman Increasing the levy’s scope not the solution to solving apprenticeship funding difficulties, new analysis finds - AELP The greatest teachers are expert at the status game - UKEdChat Let MAT CEOs become national leaders of education, says DfE advisory group - Schools Week ​Three new EEF evaluation reports published - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Diary of a Regional Maths Lead - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Mastery and motivation at Tameside College - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Review of national leaders of education: The 6 recommendations - Schools Week John Swinney denies attainment is falling - Herald Scotland Minister launches consultation on school support for vulnerable children - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Living in poverty 'increases risk of childhood trauma' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Schools taskforce starts work to end gender stereotypes - Times Educational Supplement | TES When is 'Ofsted approved' not Ofsted approved? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland on course for period products 'world first' - Times Educational Supplement | TES John Swinney condemns visit to primary one pupils by sexually explicit drag queen called FlowJob - Telegraph Fewer rich and poor Scottish pupils leaving school with National or Higher qualifications - Telegraph Why collaborative governance and diversity on boards matters - AoC | Association of Colleges Education practitioners’ and students’ perspectives on youth mental health first aid provision within education settings in England - BERA Coronavirus fears grip UK schools as 10 send pupils home after Italy ski trips - Mirror Disadvantaged children benefit most from formal childcare, study finds - CYPN | Children & Young People Now NFER comments on health equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 years on - NFER Ofsted refuses to say whether senior official ‘approved’ content for curriculum firm - Schools Week Nurseries should teach children conversational skills, say parents - Nursery World Childbase Partnership ranked Number 1 in top 25 companies to work for list - Nursery World Attainment for Scotland's school leavers has worsened - Herald Scotland Catholic sixth form in need of partner to survive, claims FE Commissioner - FE Week Government praise for ‘new and enthusiastic’ staff at council-run grade four provider - FE Week DfE adviser does not endorse revamped ITT framework - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academy fat cats' 23% pay rise short-changes us all - Times Educational Supplement | TES Levelling up matters – and colleges have a key role - Times Educational Supplement | TES England's smallest sixth-form college 'not sustainable' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted phonics push 'inappropriate for ITT' - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'I was caned on my first day' – What’s boarding school really like? - Telegraph Two schools close due to coronavirus fears after pupils return from ski-trip - HuffPost Lib Dems demand transparency over HS2 college Ofsted report - Guardian DfE to strengthen school safeguarding lead roles to help vulnerable pupils - Schools Week Safeguarding roles boosted to help vulnerable pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Expanding apprenticeship levy 'won't help SMEs' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Focus on poor pupils in rich areas to cut inequality - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academics refused permanent UK visas because of field trips abroad - Guardian Grammar school scoring is wrong, says father – and hopes finally to prove it - Guardian Keeping children safe in education: proposed revisions 2020 - DfE Middle-class parents are up in arms after it emerges most grammar schools favour poorest pupils in admissions - Mail Dear Gavin Williamson, you need to make clear that teaching ‘British values’ doesn’t mean racism | Michael Rosen - Guardian The Coalition wants to turn scientists into lapdogs – and muzzle climate research in the process | Paul Willis - Guardian Preparing graduates for jobs that don’t yet exist - Wonkhe Scientists split as Europe paves way for ‘Cern of AI’ - Times Higher Education | THE Jobs set to go as business school ‘disestablishes’ professoriate - Times Higher Education | THE Are you writing a grant application or announcing the Second Coming? - Times Higher Education | THE Austerity 'highly likely' to have caused 'shocking' damage to nation's health - Nursery World UK school closures: Are schools open today? - Express HS2 engineering college failed to teach students the basics, claims watchdog - Times AI can make our school system the envy of the world - Times Scotland: Mhairi Black hits back in row over drag queen’s invite to school - Times Scotland: Huge fire at primary school prompts ban on old laptops - Times Ireland: FAI considering ban on children heading footballs - Times