News archive for 26th June 2020

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Sevenoaks school rewrites predicted grades policy - Guardian Scottish councils vent 'disappointment' at schools u-turn and demand scientific evidence - Herald Scotland Ministers may move university applications to after A-level results - Guardian The Guardian view on the humanities: the importance of being rounded | Editorial - Guardian Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 26 June 2020 - Education Eye Institutional racial discrimination in schools - Social Market Foundation | SMF Government urged to expand tailored support for vulnerable pupils - Nuffield Foundation Halfon: College students should get summer food support - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education Select Committee written evidence - The impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services - NFER Coronavirus information (updated) - Voice Education Committee to hold session on children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities - Accountability Hearings Changes to the School Admissions Code - DfE Summer-born children: school admission - DfE Vulnerable children to get better support when moving school - DfE Joint statement from the ESFA, AoC, and AELP: June 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency AP heads call on government to fund specialist sixth forms - Schools Week Schools to keep copyright of Oak’s online lessons - Schools Week Keep teachers apart say government science advisers - Times Educational Supplement | TES The bailout part II: new government schemes announced to stabilise university research - Wonkhe How to get the most from apprenticeships: guidance to employers - Social Mobility Commission Professional development must be at the heart of schools’ Coronavirus recovery - Ambition Institute Who will save schools from Covid confusion? - Times Educational Supplement | TES UCU faces member backlash over compulsory ‘fighting fund’ levy - Times Higher Education | THE Assessing the impact of Covid-19 on education – A new era of apprenticeships? - Edge Foundation Parents only have two weeks left to apply for £90 free school meals over the summer - The Sun Could GCSE resits be taught exclusively online? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Catholic schools demand government support as transport costs soar - Schools Week Bolton primary school head threatens to cancel lessons over Zoom if parents don't stop swearing - Mail New employer incentives will form part of ‘apprenticeship guarantee’, claims ESFA director - FE Week New ESFA apprenticeships director pledges ‘collaboration, communication, and clarity’ with the sector - FE Week Petition calls for Afro-Scottish history in curriculum - Times Educational Supplement | TES Mobilise youth workers to help young people ease out of lockdown, NYA says - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Why keeping Esol learners' aspiration high is critical - Times Educational Supplement | TES Death threats sent to Cambridge University professor after 'white lives don't matter' tweet - Mirror All quiet on FSM voucher ‘safety mechanisms’ - Schools Week Schools and council in stand-off over reopening plans - Mail Williamson 'clumsy' on school openings, say teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers' work at home will help schools for years - Times Educational Supplement | TES Author’s plea to schools: It’s time to show more interest in African history - Evening Standard DfE moves to prevent schools rejecting SEND pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus (COVID-19): reducing burdens on educational and care settings - DfE Milton Keynes nursery remains open after Covid-19 outbreak - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Covid should not delay pupils starting school, says DfE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Recognising FE’s role in equipping our key workers - FE Week Intergrated degree in digital solutions apprenticeship gets stay of execution as wider review gets under way - FE Week New admission rules proposed to crackdown on schools refusing ‘challenging’ pupils - Schools Week Admissions review won’t look at long-promised changes for summer-borns, says DfE - Schools Week UK school term dates and holidays: Full list for 2020 revealed - Evening Standard More calls to postpone Scottish school reopening - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don’t rush children to catch up — they need time to belong, says head - Evening Standard Possible stay of execution for Newton Rigg College - FE Week Scottish primary school leaders are ‘on their knees’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Thousands of excluded pupils in England have no place to go in September - Guardian Virtual teaching for children with dyslexia: The realities and disturbing absence of research - BERA Three-quarters of schools offering ‘social or welfare’ support - NFER No time to lose: Getting people into work quickly - Learning & Work Institute Head says she was suspended for ‘being honest’ about teachers ‘sat at home doing nothing’ - Schools Week Why it’s time to start focusing on the wellbeing of PhD students - HEPI How whole year-group bubbles could work - Schools Week School social distancing scrapped: New pupil rules ahead of September return - Express All made up: It’s the shiny new 2020 fictional universities ranking - Wonkhe All kids should face the front in class when schools reopen to stop virus spread, says education secretary - The Sun Teachers fear for safety on visits to vulnerable pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Our TAs stopped the school closing in lockdown - Times Educational Supplement | TES White academics told to support real change on race - Times Higher Education | THE Keir Starmer sacks shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey for sharing article - Mail Coronavirus in Ireland: Half of schools suffer tech issues during online learning - Times Eton pledges to ‘decolonise’ its teaching after parents’ appeal - Times Pandemic promises to be unlikely saviour of ailing private schools - Times Face the front and pay attention when schools reopen, Gavin Williamson orders children - Times