News archive for 7th December 2021

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Some schools to stay closed on Wednesday as Storma Barra blasts Ireland - Mail Covid has hit us all hard but school closures have hit our children hardest of all - The Sun Scotland: Pupil exam results downgraded despite appeal bids - BBC Mocks or not? Don’t keep our pupils in the dark - Telegraph Parents hit out after council closes school drop-off zone over 'health and safety' issues - Wales Online The £27m plans to merge two primary schools in Rhondda Cynon Taf and build replacements for two others - Wales Online New NPQs mean leadership improvement is on the cards - Schools Week IOE joins new research centre to aid understanding of children’s maths learning - IOE London Blog Promoting freedom of speech and good campus relations - Advance HE Ofsted Annual Report: We must do all we can to make sure this generation is not denied its opportunities - Ofsted Ofsted Annual Report 2020/21: education, children’s services and skills - Ofsted NASUWT comments on Ofsted annual report - NASUWT Government promises prison education service is coming – but when? - FE Week Teaching in focus: Building teachers’ well-being from primary to upper secondary education - OECD Four ways to do more than just tech support as a coach - TeachBoost Five ways to: Sustain student attention - Teacherhead Boy, 14, put in isolation after turning up at school with hair in plaits - Independent Curriculum intent, social media regulation and the Teacher Tapp upgrade! - Teacher Tapp ASCL comment on Ofsted’s annual report - ASCL NEU comment on Ofsted's annual report - National Education Union Call for equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines - National Education Union Strike ballot in Girls' Day School Trust's schools - National Education Union When we work together to make informed decisions, we can make a significant impact to our planet - Independent Schools Council | ISC Statement on Arthur Labinjo-Hughes - Voice Rebooting the regulatory framework - HEPI Scotland: Fewer than 2% SQA appeals result in grade changes - Herald Scotland National Tutoring Programme: 5 things we learned today - Times Educational Supplement | TES Third of cancer researchers fail to help reproducibility project - Times Higher Education | THE Ofsted finds impact of Covid on learning and development of 'almost all children' - Nursery World Covid-19: Avoid school closures 'at all costs' says principal - BBC Too many children left at risk too long - Ofsted - BBC Hancock calls for primary pupils dyslexia check - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE sets target to increase teacher quality by 2024 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Charities in 'serious talks' over NTP contract bid - Times Educational Supplement | TES Welsh Government's latest update on prospect of schools closing early for Christmas - Wales Online Chief inspector: Rounded education crucial to Covid recovery - SecEd Ofsted 'must take account of ongoing pandemic in inspection' - Nursery World GCSEs: Why closing the gender gap starts in EYFS - Times Educational Supplement | TES Charities contemplate challenging Randstad for NTP contract - Schools Week Nearly all children have suffered as a result of Covid pandemic - Ofsted chief Amanda Spielman - Evening Standard Ofsted renews calls for elective home education register - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Ofsted report finds nearly every child in England has fallen behind with education due to pandemic - Mail Closing schools risks putting some pupils in greater danger at home - Mail Strike over pensions 'inevitable' at 23 private schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Only 57 results changed as a result of SQA appeals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Spielman: Achievements ‘disappointingly small’ after year of ‘hokey-cokey’ education - Schools Week Entire school shuts because of Covid and pupils sent home to work remotely - Wales Online School lockdowns risk more cases like Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, says Ofsted head - Guardian ‘Loud’ academic wins unfair dismissal case against university - Guardian Nearly all children have fallen behind because of Covid, says Ofsted - Telegraph Covid in Scotland: More schools and firms 'will face Omicron closures' - BBC Ofsted: 'Weaker' schools struggling on curriculum - Times Educational Supplement | TES Trying to decipher Ofsted's school inspection timetable - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted’s 2020/21 annual report: FE and skills hit ‘particularly hard’ by Covid - FE Week Ofsted annual report 2020-21: 8 things we learned - Schools Week Closing schools because of Omicron would raise risk of another Arthur Labinjo-Hughes tragedy, says Ofsted boss - i News Drugs crackdown will deter young people seeking help, students warn - HuffPost Covid catch-up tuition 92% 'adrift of' year end target - Times Educational Supplement | TES Regional variation in the design and nature of graduate work: a first look - HESA Assessment and feedback in law: Case studies from the sector - Advance HE Robert Halfon warns 100,000 'ghost children' are at risk of abuse after failing to return to school following Covid lockdown - Mail Interview: Asiyah Ravat, Executive Principal, Eden Boys' School, Birmingham - Schools Week From the European Social Fund to Shared Prosperity Fund: ‘It’s a shambles’ - FE Week Matt Hancock to call for dyslexia screening for all primary school children - Mail Scots ministers dismiss calls from opposition parties to withdraw pupils' sex survey - Herald Scotland Managing menopause is a challenge all leaders must rise to - Schools Week Connected enhancement strategy must promote success for all - Wonkhe What’s the future for the TEF – and how might we shape it? - Wonkhe Many LEPs in England face axe under government levelling up plans - Financial Times Probation period for PhD supervisors ‘could prevent exploitation’ - Times Higher Education | THE Trust-based bookkeeping could prompt timid partnering - Times Higher Education | THE ‘Big five’ losing monopoly on English-language degree courses - Times Higher Education | THE 10:00 a.m. - Education Committee to hear evidence on the government’s catch-up programme - Accountability Hearings Dyslexia screening plan for primary pupils - The Times Students rise up over sexual assault claims at Balliol College, Oxford - The Times Professor Tim Luckhurst of Durham University apologises in walkout row over Rod Liddle - The Times