News archive for 10th November 2020

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University students to go home for Christmas as soon as lockdown ends - Independent Leading headteachers call for exams in England to go ahead after Wales cancels tests - Evening Standard Nursery children have been playing on their own in silence following lockdown, headteacher says - Telegraph Scrapping exams could lead to students dropping out of school, Ofsted chief warns - Telegraph Pupil attendance gap during Covid-19 could create ‘unforgivable legacy’ - Scotsman Coat appeal to keep children warm in Covid-ventilated schools - Scotsman Covid catch-up may mean more hours and shorter holidays - Times Educational Supplement | TES Wales cancels all end-of-year exams due to Covid - Financial Times Pupil attendance gap during Covid-19 could create ‘unforgivable legacy’ - Scotsman Scrapping summer exams is a far fairer alternative for Covid-hit schools - Mirror Coronavirus: Boost in testing could take place at universities ahead of Christmas return - Independent GCSEs and A levels 2021: England sticking with exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish teaching union consults members on ‘safety strikes’ - Scotsman Fresh calls to axe Scottish exams 'in full' next summer - Scotsman Mass Covid testing will be rolled out to university students to allow them to go home for Christmas - Mail Calls for England to follow Wales and cancel all A-Level and GSCE exams in 2021 - Mail Elite private school faces racism claims as ex-pupils allege annual 'slave auction' took place - Telegraph Ministers under pressure to follow Wales in axing GCSE and A-Level exams in 2021 - Mirror Wales has scrapped exams in 2021 – and they may never return - New Statesman Wales scraps all GCSEs and A levels for next year but exams in England will go ahead - The Sun Blunkett: business schools could have tried to fix test and trace - Times Higher Education | THE Wales promises ‘robust’ assessment after cancelling 2021 A levels - Times Higher Education | THE NASUWT responds to Welsh Government's plans for 2021 qualifications - NASUWT We cannot risk repeat of 2020 GCSE and A-level results fiasco next summer - UCU Strike action on the cards at University of East London in row over job cuts - UCU Wakefield engineering firm set for growth with new university partnership - Leeds Beckett University New large scale autism research study in Bradford - Research Schools Network UCAS considers January start for HE in application reform - PIE News Latest school attendance figures - November - National Education Union NEU urge education minister to let go of GCSEs - National Education Union Clear decisions of Welsh Government on 2021 exams shows England lagging behind - National Education Union Technical education: teachers must become students - Times Educational Supplement | TES What happened after the big student demo of 2010? - Wonkhe UK universities seek legal and funding clarity over mass Covid testing plan - Guardian Innovation agency seeks local authority partners 'to reimagine' early years services - Nursery World GCSEs and A levels scrapped in Wales due to Covid as Boris pressured to follow suit - Express Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: 23 March to 5 November 2020 - DfE Occupational pathways of technical qualifications - DfE Post-16 pathways at level 3 and below - DfE Have your say on post-16 level 2 and below study - DfE T Level transition programme framework for delivery 2020 to 2021 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Services for children with SEND ‘seriously affected’ by Covid-19 pandemic - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Five new resources to help teachers maximise early mathematical moments - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF UK’s next generation of social entrepreneurs celebrated by Peter Jones Foundation and Pearson - Pearson Supporting grieving children during the pandemic - SecEd UUK response to government plans for enhanced asymptomatic COVID testing for universities - Universities UK Distance learning - a summary - Research Schools Network Superheroes on a coordinate plane - UKEdChat Is it possible to socially distance from pupils? And what is happening to nativity plays under Covid? - Teacher Tapp Edge announce strategic partnership with Ashoka to grow ‘changemaker’ education - Edge Foundation The future of technology in skills provision coaching capability - Learning & Work Institute Welsh move to cancel GCSE and A-level exams puts pressure on No 10 - Guardian School and nursery closures have caused some children to regress, says Ofsted - EYE | Early Years Educator ASCL responds to Week 45 school attendance statistics - ASCL ASCL Cymru responds to decision on GCSEs, AS and A levels in 2021 - ASCL UCU response to Government plans for student Covid Christmas testing - UCU Value for money: A risk, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma - HEPI NEU Cymru welcomes Education Minister’s exam announcement - National Education Union Update on exams in Wales - Voice GCSE and A-Level exams will be cancelled for pupils in Wales in 2021 - Mirror A solution to teacher recruitment costs - Teacher Toolkit New Covid cash plea as schools despair at ‘failing’ DfE - Times Educational Supplement | TES International progression report: good practice in technical education - DfE Farage demands 'imprisoned' students get 30% reduction on tuition fees amid COVID-19 chaos - Express Why closing attainment gap is about more than school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: Half of new pupils arriving not 'school ready' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call for Scotland to follow Wales and cancel exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Minister questioned on new UK research funding agency - UK Parliament Why schools are not hotbeds of Covid infection - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus Scotland: Swinney told to follow Wales and cancel exams - Herald Scotland Wales government says there will be no GCSEs or A-levels next summer - Guardian GCSE and A-level exams in Wales cancelled for 2021 - BBC Private school with ‘culture of racism’ held mock slave auctions, claim former pupils - Independent Covid: 300,000 pupils self-isolate in one day - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE stats suggest attendance boost following half-term break - Schools Week Wales has scrapped all end of year school exams in 2021 - HuffPost Norfolk academy trust tells pupils to wear masks in classrooms - BBC 2021 exams cancelled in Wales: Will England and Scotland cancel 2021 exams? - Express Profile: Stephen Chamberlain, CEO, The Active Learning Trust - Schools Week Profile: Lisa O'Loughlin, Principal, The Manchester College - FE Week GCSEs 2021: Scrapping exams risks ‘harm’ warns Ofsted - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus in Scotland: teachers concerned about growing level of staff and pupil absence in schools - Scotsman Wales to scrap GCSE and A-level exams - Independent End-of-year exams in Wales scrapped for 2021 - Telegraph Restricting exams to core subjects ‘under consideration’, suggests Spielman - Schools Week GCSEs and A-Levels cancelled next year in Wales - Metro Brit kids back in nappies and forgetting how to use forks after schools and nurseries closed in lockdown - The Sun Are computer-supported literacy interventions effective for young children? - Best Evidence in Brief The effects of school-wide interventions on school climate - Best Evidence in Brief Effects of an extracurricular science program on science understanding and motivation - Best Evidence in Brief A systematic review of unstructured nature play in early childhood development - Best Evidence in Brief GCSE and A level 2021 exams scrapped in Wales - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted comeback timing still not decided says Spielman - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted: Children's learning and development regressed in lockdown - Nursery World Degree apprenticeships: How confident is Ofsted? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Thousands demand funding for school Covid costs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19 pupil absence peaks in nine Scottish councils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools faced with pupils in nappies or sucking dummies - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sir Jon Coles appointed to Ofqual’s recovery committee - Schools Week A-level and GCSE exams cancelled next summer in Wales - Wales Online Teaching staff begin two-and-a-half-month long industrial action in protest over lecturer job cuts at Forth Valley College - Herald Scotland The 18-page protocol keeping my school open and Covid-free - Telegraph Children have forgotten how to use cutlery and toilets in pandemic, Ofsted warns - Metro Dalkeith nursery teacher who 'grabbed and pulled' child issued with a warning - Herald Scotland Student Covid tests for Christmas holiday from 30 November - BBC Technical qualifications: What the DfE data says - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE seeks views on ‘undervalued’ level 2 and below quals market - FE Week DfE seeks views on ‘undervalued’ level 2 and below quals market - Schools Week Scottish education bureaucracy is alive – but not well - Times Educational Supplement | TES Charity claims after-school sports clubs can now go ahead after government climbdown - Schools Week Covid-19: Wales A-level and GCSE decision to be announced - BBC Coronavirus: Children back in nappies and forgetting how to use knives and forks as skills lost during pandemic, Ofsted finds - Independent Coronavirus chaos has made children 'regress' back into nappies - Mirror 'Mine is a proper Labour story': from free school meals to shadow schools minister - Guardian Schoolchildren ‘at risk’ if learning moved online, internet safety expert warns amid lockdown closure fears - Evening Standard 'No one questioned it': teacher's tribunal victory shines light on unfettered academy powers - Guardian Local authorities once ran English schools; Covid shows we need them back | Fiona Millar - Guardian Ofsted: Children hardest hit by COVID-19 pandemic are regressing in basic skills and learning - Ofsted HMCI commentary: findings from visits in October - Ofsted Keeping Warm In Glasgow appeal launched to keep pupils wrapped up well in chilly classrooms - Herald Scotland Would PQA help disadvantaged students? - Wonkhe Freedom of speech and its consequences - Wonkhe ASCL comment on Ofsted’s Covid impact report - ASCL Lockdown children forget how to use knife and fork - BBC 'Unsustainable, overwhelming' Covid burden on schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted: Online 'squabbles' spilling into classroom - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nursery pupils 'have gone back to wearing nappies in lockdown' - Mail Ofsted: Most pupils have 'slipped back' during pandemic - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted report reveals the Covid challenge for colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES Heriot-Watt University strike action cancelled after deal - Herald Scotland Children forgot how to eat with a knife and fork during lockdown, Ofsted research finds - Telegraph Fact and fiction blurred by pandemic jargon - Times Higher Education | THE Wide gulf on industry income among countries - Times Higher Education | THE UK’s 600K overseas student target ‘still achievable’ - Times Higher Education | THE 9:30 a.m. - Education Committee to hold accountability hearing with Ofsted - Accountability Hearings Rise in self-harming pupils, exclusions concern and heads ‘firefighting’ – Ofsted’s latest ‘visits’ analysis - Schools Week Ofsted reveals key findings from FE visits during pandemic - FE Week Children regressing and struggling mentally in lockdown, says Ofsted - Guardian Pupils forget how to spell after months out of school - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Distancing ditched after universities’ frantic lobbying - Times Teacher Recruitment Bulletin - November edition - UCET