News archive for 31st August 2021

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David Blunkett: Don’t let the doom and gloom-mongers stop kids getting back to normal schooling - The Sun 2022 exams: Labour wants ‘standardised’ teacher grades as plan B - Schools Week Northern Ireland: School bus disruptions affect Fermanagh and Tyrone - BBC GCSEs and A levels 2022: Labour's plan for exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils need level playing field for exams after Covid disruption, says Labour - Mirror Labour: Pupils are returning to class with no idea of how they will be examined - Mail Schools cannot afford another year of Covid mayhem – we need a concrete action plan - The Sun Teaching unions must stop ‘issuing blood-curdling warnings’ and focus on getting kids back to school, MPs demand - The Sun Covid in Scotland: Almost half of Kirkintilloch school's pupils absent during surge - BBC Children must wear face masks in schools to stop Covid surge, union boss says - Mirror When is grade retention helpful? - Best Evidence in Brief Effects of language comprehension interventions on language and literacy outcomes - Best Evidence in Brief The secret sauce of effective interventions: Ongoing teacher coaching - Best Evidence in Brief Has Gavin Williamson failed his next big test before schools have even gone back? - Telegraph Cambridge college Master resigns in wake of allegations that he mishandled sexual misconduct complaints - Telegraph Teachers and students brace for new Covid spikes and ‘inevitable’ disruption as school returns - Independent Ofsted's plans: 2021 - Ofsted Backlash as SNP considers axing National 5 exams in school overhaul - Express Cambridge University master resigns over handling of harassment case - Guardian Scrapping exams at 16 ‘will help modernise Scottish schools’ - Herald Scotland Belgium's crown princess to study at Oxford after course at 'Hogwarts for hippies' - Telegraph Meet Shelagh Legrave, the next FE commissioner - Times Educational Supplement | TES Number of Oxford students seeking special consideration for exams trebles - Telegraph Scotland: Scrap National 5s to clean up the school system, ministers urged - The Times All school uniform should be tax-free to reduce £90 cost for parents, argues report - Mirror One million children in poverty ineligible for free school meals - Nursery World Parents forced to queue for school uniforms after supply shortage - Metro School mental health care ‘faces growing pressure as lockdown pupils return’ - Evening Standard One million children missing out on free school meals, research shows - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Tender opportunity for project on higher technical education - Collab Group Covid helped teach us the value of outdoor education but Scotland must act to secure its future - Scotsman Education expert calls for 'decluttering' of Scottish secondary school exams - Scotsman University of Aberdeen celebrates CATE win - Advance HE What are the big issues facing colleges this term? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers need more support to teach vital sex education in schools - PoliticsHome Four new Trustees join The Bell Foundation’s Board - Bell Foundation Union says strikes ‘inevitable’ as USS pension cuts progress - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cambridge college head quits over handling of sex complaints - Times Higher Education | THE Birkbeck lecturer resigns over Eric Kaufmann ‘political project’ - Times Higher Education | THE Assessment: We had a whiff of freedom – and blew it - SecEd 3 reasons to use Into Film+ across the curriculum - Teacher Toolkit NERC publishes Collaborative Inclusivity summary report - UKRI Upper-secondary education student assessment in Scotland: A comparative perspective - OECD Employers force through plans to cut university retirement benefits - UCU Isle of Man electorate urged to vote for education - NASUWT The New Remote Learning Continuity Direction, August 2021: What do schools need to know? - ASCL Millions of schoolchildren unable to swim because lessons are 'too expensive' - Mirror Super-head who brought back discipline and aspiration is hated by lefty teachers - Express Timelapse maps reveal third Covid wave as experts warn England and Wales are next when schools reopen - Mail FE Heroes: 'Further education makes a real difference' - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE to evaluate impact of 16-19 Covid tuition fund - FE Week Experts warns schools in England reopening may cause Covid surge after rise in Scotland - Mirror ‘Everyone is really nervous’: UK teachers on going back to school - Guardian Covid Scotland: When do pupils have to self isolate and what are rules in schools? - Herald Scotland Children from different classes mixing at breakfast clubs and after school activities didn't increase Covid-19 infections in schools - Wales Online Heads tell Williamson to focus on strategy, not bubbles - Times Educational Supplement | TES Belgium's Princess Elisabeth will take up a place at Oxford's Lincoln College to study history and politics - Mail Retain social distancing to keep schools open, says WHO - Times Educational Supplement | TES OECD report: could it spell the end for S4 exams? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Almost half of parents worried about sending kids back to school in case they bring Covid home, shock poll reveals - The Sun Schools in England may need to adopt tougher Covid rules if the return of children triggers a surge in cases as feared - Mail Scottish education: OECD study proposes exams overhaul - Herald Scotland Williamson: Parents must make sure pupils are tested - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE admits it has never used remote education legal powers - Schools Week Schools could improve children's behaviour by keeping them in lunch 'bubbles' inspired by Covid distancing - Mail When do schools start again for the autumn term? - Metro Schools in NI set for return of 350,000 of pupils - BBC 'Hundreds' of schools may face tougher Covid restrictions, union warns - Express Meeting the needs of professional services staff - Wonkhe Falling overseas fee income ‘could have effect on UK research’ - Times Higher Education | THE Parents back longer school days to help the Covid generation recover after losing months of learning - Mail Inner-city London comp Mossbourne Federation turns out as many future doctors as private schools - The Times Age checks needed for children online, say MPs - The Times Children ‘must not get carried away’ as schools relax curbs - The Times Melanie Phillips: My old school’s dress code is no help to women - The Times Help poor children write, says Ian Rankin - The Times Covid in Ireland: ‘Huge outbreak’ will overwhelm health service if schools re-open when restrictions are eased - The Times