News archive for 25th June 2020

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Scottish FM sparks fury over reopening schools ‘Not business as usual!’ - Express Christ Church row is 'affecting its ability to govern itself', charity watchdog warns - Telegraph Delaying 2021 A-levels will wreak havoc on university admissions, former Ucas chief warns - Telegraph Government scraps reception baseline tests in olive branch to unions ahead of schools reopening - Telegraph John Swinney says parents won't be punished for not sending children back to school - Scotsman Some schools are looking after pupils much better than others, say parents - Wales Online Leading athletes write to government for clarity on children's sport funding - Guardian Bitter row ruining Oxford college reputation, says watchdog - Guardian DfE 'disingenuous' over distancing confusion, say heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Class sizes in English secondaries at largest in nearly 20 years - Guardian 'Abolish whiteness' academic calls for Cambridge support - Guardian Suspected covid-19 outbreaks in schools almost doubles - Schools Week DfE refuses to confirm if £1bn catch-up cash is new funding - Schools Week Heads welcome whole-year 'bubble' plan for secondaries - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nicola Sturgeon rejects criticism from teachers union over schools return plan - Scotsman Heads angry as government downplays school 2m rule - BBC Coronavirus Scotland: Don’t punish scared parents as schools reopen, Swinney tells councils - Times Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked as shadow Education Secretary by Keir Starmer - Express ESFA ESF provider relief scheme 2 (July to October 2020) - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA post-16 provider relief scheme (July to October 2020) - Education & Skills Funding Agency Disabled students: support during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic - Office for Students It’s good to be king: this year’s LEO - Wonkhe Consider the castaways of remote academic working - Wonkhe DfE won't say if £1bn Covid catch-up fund is new money - Times Educational Supplement | TES ESFA launches second supplier relief scheme for post-16 - Times Educational Supplement | TES NAHT's Ofqual consultation responses on awarding qualifications in summer 2020 - NAHT Unfair dismissal warnings as Bradford College announced plans to axe over 100 staff - UCU NASUWT comments on school reopening reports - NASUWT Reception baseline assessment and social distancing expectations - NAHT ASCL responds to suspension of reception baseline assessment - ASCL ASCL comment on Telegraph report about full reopening of schools - ASCL Four key points to take away from today’s new teacher workforce data - NFER Latest apprenticeship data shows continued impact of the pandemic on the programme - AELP Coronavirus: Plans to scrap social distancing in schools - National Education Union Coronavirus: Baseline assessment delay - National Education Union Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked as English shadow education secretary - Times Higher Education | THE Government must act now to save childcare sector - Voice Coronavirus: One million pupils in classes of 31-plus - National Education Union 2020 UCAS undergraduate figures show rise in offer holders - Russell Group Voice welcomes delay to reception baseline assessment - Voice Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked as shadow education secretary - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Reception baseline assessment delayed until 2021 - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Nurseries face 'mass closure' due to financial impact of COVID-19 - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Chief Executive’s Letter: The National Tutoring Programme is a huge opportunity to support schools and pupils - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Keir Starmer sacks Rebecca Long-Bailey after she shares 'antisemitic conspiracy theory' - PoliticsHome Analysis: Number of students required to continue English and maths study set to increase with rising unemployment - EPI Academics investigate global psychological impact of COVID-19 - Leeds Beckett University Retrieval practice and stress - Learning Scientists Further education and skills inspections and outcomes as at 29 February 2020 - Ofsted Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2020 - DfE Apprenticeships and traineeships: June 2020 - DfE Local authority school places scorecards 2019 - DfE Participation in education, training and employment: 2019 - DfE Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2020 - DfE Statistics: higher education graduate employment and earnings - DfE COVID Summer Food Fund - DfE School workforce in England: November 2019 - DfE Providing free school meals during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak - DfE Shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked - FE Week Shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked - Schools Week 'Arts subjects have as much value as STEM': the new education campaign tackling the myth of 'soft' degrees - Telegraph Why boarding school applications could be set to rise due to the Covid crisis - Telegraph Labour sacks shadow education secretary Long-Bailey - Times Educational Supplement | TES ESFA launch second round of supplier relief to run July to October - FE Week Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked as shadow education secretary - HuffPost Five-year teacher retention rate worsens, and 5 other school workforce findings - Schools Week Could the IB help to decolonise our curriculum? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Secondary school class sizes on the rise - Mail Extra flexibility, but RSE is more vital than ever - Schools Week London heads welcome ‘double bubble’ plan to help all children return to school - Evening Standard Reception assessments delayed amid school disruption - BBC Should FE expect 120,000 extra resit students? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Heads call for 'urgent' review of 2021 Sats - Times Educational Supplement | TES Reception Baseline on hold until September 2021 - Nursery World Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked as shadow education secretary - Nursery World DfE finally reveals details of Covid summer food fund - Schools Week The universities crisis is the moment to end a decade of marketisation - New Statesman Scottish children to return to full-time education in August - Scotsman Third of teachers leaving profession within 5 years - Times Educational Supplement | TES Male teachers are paid more 'across all grades' - Times Educational Supplement | TES School streets shut in Cardiff to help pupils socially distance - Wales Online Reception baseline assessment introduction delayed to 2021 - Schools Week Research finds when it comes to earning it’s what you study at college… not where - Evening Standard Pearson unveils 2020 BTEC award winners in its first ever online awards ceremony - FE Week Proportion of pupils eligible for free meals up 27% - Times Educational Supplement | TES FE commissioner to review 'unviable' college site - Times Educational Supplement | TES Only half of new FE providers 'good' or 'outstanding' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Reception baseline assessment postponed in DfE U-turn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeship starts almost halve during lockdown - Times Educational Supplement | TES Secondary school class sizes on the rise - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher training applications up by 7,000 year on year - Times Educational Supplement | TES Most schools in Wales will now only have one week for half term - Wales Online Coronavirus UK: Social distancing scrapped to allow schools to reopen - Metro Secondary schools swell to accommodate baby bulge as pressure on primaries fades - Schools Week 'Green light' for schools' return needed by 30 July - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Welsh home schooling 'impossible' for non-speakers - BBC College to axe 107 jobs after ‘short-sighted’ DfE rejects Covid support plea - FE Week Apprenticeship starts continue to plummet since lockdown, new data reveals - FE Week Agility, return and recovery: Our new Covid context for schooling and teacher education? - BERA ASCL responds to UCAS figures on students planning to start university - ASCL Schools’ return in August was ‘a bolt from the blue’ for councils - Scotsman UUK response to latest UCAS data on applicant offers and student deferrals - Universities UK New report suggests PhD students work 50% more than undergraduates - HEPI PhD Life: The UK student experience - HEPI New ‘double bubbles’ will increase classes from 15 to 30 to get all kids back in school by September - The Sun Supporting graduates: The Class of 2020 - Universities UK How university careers services are supporting graduates through Covid-19 - Universities UK Taking the temperature: Technology’s turning point - HEPI Students should be partners not passengers in the Covid community recovery - Wonkhe Rise in number of students planning to start university this autumn - UCAS Apprenticeships only part of solution to youth unemployment - Financial Times Distancing may be scrapped and classes doubled to 30 in bid to get kids back in school - Mirror Limit of 15 children per class will rise to more than 30 in plan to get lessons running in September - Mail Teaching union tells MPs that Year 11 pupils have been neglected and need urgent help to catch up - Mail Government should fund graduates to do internships with struggling businesses, universities say - Telegraph Just one in four parents are aware of controversial new curriculum for under-11s that emphasises transgender rights - Mail The unions have betrayed our kids and tarnished the image of the teachers they represent - The Sun Coronavirus: Young carers say they can't get a break - BBC Number of students planning to start university rises amid fears of deferrals - Mail Parents face childcare chaos as pre-school settings may be forced to close - Mail Soft skills like creativity 'key to economic recovery' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Bullying worse in private schools, new research shows - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nurseries warn of 'mass closures' as lockdown lifts - BBC Student deferrals dip in UK despite coronavirus fears - Times Higher Education | THE UUK calls for government-backed graduate internships - Times Higher Education | THE Pandemic lockdown holding back female academics, data show - Times Higher Education | THE Mental health, financial problems take heavy toll on UK PhD students - Times Higher Education | THE Parents facing childcare 'chaos' with cash strapped providers going bust - Mirror Coronavirus: Nurseries and childminders face huge financial losses, analysis finds - Nursery World Quarter of nurseries fear closure due to coronavirus - Times Coronavirus: ‘Year 11s neglected and in need of urgent help’ - Times Scotland: Cut schools’ ‘daft’ break for summer, say experts - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Swinney ‘putting politics before classroom safety’ - Times Scotland: The school year is damaging and ready for reform - Times Coronavirus in Ireland: Schools on course to open in August with limited PPE, says Joe McHugh - Times Musical chairs: Understanding and tackling COVID-19 disruption to the teacher recruitment market (June 2020) - UCET Global Education Monitoring Report 2020 - Inclusion and Education: All Means All - UCET UCET Summer 2020 Newsletter - UCET