News archive for 4th December 2021

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School apologises after video shows Muslim pupils forced to pray outside in the cold - Mirror A real ‘skills revolution’ needs Tory MPs to stop talking and act - Financial Times Students should sue their striking lecturers - Telegraph Parents furious as kids given detention for wearing masks in class as they're 'barriers' - Mirror Angry parents slam secondary school teachers for putting children in detention for wearing face masks in class - Mail Grammar schools are expanding – by taking pupils who fail the 11-plus - Guardian Michael Rosen: Dear Nadhim Zahawi, please sort out Ofsted’s lack of humanity. There’s no excuse - Guardian Families face postcode lottery over help with cost of school uniform, figures reveal - Independent A decade of marketisation has left lecturers with no choice but to strike - Guardian NEU Cymru welcomes more money for music and arts education - National Education Union Podcast 125: Scraping social media data in education - Teacher Toolkit Top civil servant offers reassurance to T Level students unable to find placements - FE Week FE can show HE how to support disadvantaged adult learners - FE Week Pandemic disruption restricting career progression for 8 in 10 young teachers - NASUWT Scottish Government's sex census for kids is rejected by eight councils - Herald Scotland Why ‘outstanding’ leaders must prioritise pupil wellbeing - Schools Week ITT reforms could spell the beginning of the end for Ofsted - Schools Week Ofsted: Out of line or right in step? - Schools Week Covid in Scotland: Education absence figures are shocking and demand action by Scottish government - Scotsman Covid Scotland: Five-fold rise in number of primary pupils missing at least half of schooling - Scotsman Jo Phoenix, academic likened to racist for her trans views, resigns from Open University - The Times Single-sex schools triumph in state and private sectors - The Times James Coney: Teachers, doctors, civil servants and university staff have great pensions. I wish someone would tell them - The Times Scotland: Sex questions in pupil census worry councils - The Times Scotland: Half of parents find exams unfair and demoralising - The Times