News archive for 21st January 2020

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Ofsted hits back against schools 'narrowing education' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher dubbed 'maths whisperer' as entire class gets A* GCSEs - 6 months early - Mirror Sex and religious education to be compulsory in Wales - BBC Britain's toughest headteacher moved out of his school 'after pupil was restrained' - Mail Welsh parents lose opt-out for sex, relationship and religious education - Guardian Martin Lewis dismantles 'nasty leftist fabrication' of student debt crisis - Express Scotland's poorest students hit hardest as debt 'skyrockets' - Scotsman Evidence to the STRB: 2020 pay award for school staff - DfE Amanda Spielman launches Ofsted's Annual Report 2018/19 - Ofsted Teachers set for biggest sustained pay increase since 2005 - DfE Social mobility barometer poll results for 2019 - Social Mobility Commission Improving attainment in the FE and adult learning sector - Social Mobility Commission Sector leaders hit back at Ofsted for ‘encouraging government’ to restrict funding choices - FE Week The benefits of peer learning - Best Evidence in Brief Digital vs. paper reading - Best Evidence in Brief Learning together to reduce bullying - Best Evidence in Brief The reciprocal effects of homework self-concept, interest and effort on maths achievement - Best Evidence in Brief Chief Inspector warns against pursuing success without substance - Ofsted New government scheme to provide free period products in schools ​ - NAHT Vegan teachers, early birds and why primary teachers aren’t chatting enough… - Teacher Toolkit Investing in ‘What Works’ in further education and adult learning - Learning & Work Institute Sexism and harassment in schools as gender inequality continues - SecEd Bringing business, schools and colleges together is making a difference for young people - FE News The voices informing Teacher Choices - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Improving attainment in the FE and adult learning sector - Learning & Work Institute Creating a culture of limitless potential for pupils - Teach First ‘None of this is really about technology’ – digital transformation and culture change - Jisc New teachers in line for above-inflation pay boost as ministers hail biggest shake-up 'in a generation' - PoliticsHome Social Mobility Commission call for investment into a 'What Works Centre' for FE - AoC responds - AoC | Association of Colleges Children from deprived backgrounds 'at greater risk of poor mental health' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Inspectorate calls for end to 'harmful solitary confinement' of child prisoners - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Thousands of children with SEND 'not enrolled in school' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now UK government extends funding for international exchange - PIE News Teachers, tell us if you think the planned pay rise is enough - Guardian Collection of recent ideas for better teaching and better teacher development - Teacherhead ‘Stuck’ schools: are Ofsted judgements stopping them from getting out of the rut? - IOE London Blog Using art to represent science: A visualisation of student motivation data - BERA Voice calls for 5% pay increase for teachers and school leaders - Voice Ofsted Annual Report - National Education Union Department for Education proposals for teacher pay - National Education Union NEU Cymru on Minister’s RE and RSE plans - National Education Union Joint union school funding letter to Welsh Government - Voice Teachers vote for industrial action - NASUWT Ofsted's annual report is a wake-up call for Government - NASUWT Ofsted blasts 'low-level arts and media' courses - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted 'pleased' by colleges' progress - Times Educational Supplement | TES Investing in 'What Works' in further education and adult learning - Social Mobility Commission Kate Barker to succeed David Eastwood as USS chair - Times Higher Education | THE SOAS blames ‘challenging’ finances as research leave cancelled - Times Higher Education | THE 6.7% vs 2.5%? Anger at disparities in DfE teacher pay proposals for September 2020 - SecEd Ofsted boss criticises government for inaction over protests against LGBT+ equality lessons - Independent Ofsted boss hits out at schools for continuing to 'game' league tables - Guardian UK’s ‘toughest’ headteacher who told kids to be in bed by 9.30pm moved out of school after ‘restraining pupil’ - The Sun Schools warned against 'gaming' exam league tables - BBC Harris tells Ofsted: Our success not without substance - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted digs in over 3-year GCSEs row - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted links weak science scores to lack of KS2 testing - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools fail to find work experience for 1/3 of pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted annual report: Colleges improve, ITPs decline - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted: Leaders have 'weak understanding' of SEND - Times Educational Supplement | TES Psychology students carry out ‘unethical’ experiments - Times Educational Supplement | TES Spielman blasts DfE over anti-LGBT protests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish student loans triple under SNP despite manifesto pledge to 'dump the debt' - Telegraph Ofsted warns minority of schools 'gaming' the education system - Mail DfE's alternative insurance scheme rolled-out to council schools - Schools Week Ofsted considers probing curriculum narrowing in beefed-up MAT evaluations - Schools Week Ofsted chief hits back at criticism of inspections as she warns schools are gaming system to boost results - Independent Schools are ‘gaming’ exam system at the expense of poorer pupils, says Ofsted - Evening Standard Nicola Arnold joins Jisc as chief finance officer - Jisc Ofsted boss still ‘not happy’ with colleges ‘flooding’ economy with arts and media students - FE Week Ofsted chief criticises schools for ‘gaming’ system to boost results - Financial Times DfE’s 2020 teacher pay proposals: Rise will cost schools £455m, plus 6 more findings - Schools Week Ofsted’s annual report 2019: MATs more focused on back-office than curriculum, and 5 more findings - Schools Week Schools 'gaming' the system to boost league table position, warns Ofsted boss - Telegraph Spielman: ‘We won’t turn a blind eye to schools narrowing education’ - Schools Week Teachers set for biggest pay rise since 2005 to 'stop staff quitting profession' - Mirror Ofsted: ‘Target apprenticeship levy money more directly at skills shortages’ - FE Week Create £20m FE research centre, says commission - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why further education needs its own 'What Works Centre' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Inspections can add to teacher stress, says Ofsted - Times Educational Supplement | TES Social mobility 'more down to schools than government' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Should a teacher report a pupil for Extinction Rebellion activism? - Guardian ‘It happens to real people’: how to help children grasp the horror of the Holocaust | Michael Rosen - Guardian The DofE award changes show you don’t have to climb a mountain to build character | Micha Frazer-Carroll - Guardian Oxford don suspended over alleged artefact theft could still gain from sale - Guardian Wicked problems: The email tidal wave - Wonkhe Why research transparency and reproducibility matter - Wonkhe Salaries for new teachers set to rise to £26,000 from September to tackle shortages - Independent AI in Education: Four risks that we need to consider - An Independent Head Teachers to get pay rise in attempt to boost recruitment - Guardian Cambridge University's King's College Chapel lawn to become meadow - BBC DfE recommends £26k starting salaries and 2.5% rise for heads - Schools Week Call for Treasury to invest £20m in FE research centre - FE Week Teachers to get starting salary of £26,000 from September - Mail New faith schools will create more division - Times