News archive for 16th December 2021

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First schools in England announce term changes as Wales declares full closure - Express Army of ex-teachers to come out of retirement to help keep schools open during Covid omicron wave - Telegraph Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi calls on ex-teachers to help out as over 13,000 staff stay off work due to Covid - Mail Minister calls on ex-teachers to help solve staff shortages in England - Financial Times Covid: Schools to open later than planned after Christmas - BBC Covid-19: Union calls for new school measures to 'slow spread' - BBC ITT: Accreditation deadline extended for providers facing Ofsted - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nadhim Zahawi calls on former teachers to ‘sign up’ and fill school staff shortage caused by Omicron - i News Hundreds of schools join legal action over SIMS contract - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: How many pupils have the free devices they were pledged? - Times Educational Supplement | TES £10m boost for catch-up in North and Midlands - Times Educational Supplement | TES Omicron: Trust heads to close classrooms, DfE told - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE top boss handed £278k payout to leave after exams fiasco - FE Week DfE top boss handed £278k payout to leave after exams fiasco - Schools Week Schools facing mass closures as Covid erupts: Teachers given green light amid virus surge - Express UK schools closed: Will schools open after Christmas? - Express Zahawi urges ex-teachers to 'sign-up' amid Covid absences - Times Educational Supplement | TES Persistent Covid-related absence leaves pupils lagging – Ofsted - Guardian Omicron leads many UK schools to close early for Christmas - Guardian Omicron: Schools prepared if Covid forces online move next term - BBC Forget state vs private: it’s selective schools that triumph - Telegraph School apology after bleak Christmas lunch photo goes viral - BBC Reasons to be hopeful: three steps to improving children’s well-being in Scotland - Nuffield Foundation Ofsted briefing highlights early years catch-up strategies - Nursery World 400 schools sign up to take collective action against SIMS - Schools Week ASCL comment on call to ex-teachers - ASCL New equality network: NAHT Disabled Members' Network - NAHT How has the Early Career Framework (ECF) landed in schools? - NAHT Unions slam college employers over 1% pay offer - National Education Union Education Secretary’s call to retired teachers - National Education Union AELP responds to Ofsted’s autumn 2021 research on education recovery in further education and skills - AELP How has the pandemic affected young people’s job skills? - IOE London Blog Ofsted: education recovery series - Ofsted CO2 monitors: cumulative delivery statistics up to 10 December 2021 - DfE UK revenue from education related exports and TNE activity 2019 - DfE Monitoring reports on qualification awards - Ofqual Schools adapt teaching to help children catch up but COVID-related absence remains a concern - Ofsted School funding boosted by £4bn to level up education for young people - DfE Rod Liddle reveals heckling Durham University student who branded him 'disgusting' was left confused and speechless - Mail ‘Very high’ levels of Covid staff absences could send learning online in new year, heads warn - Independent Government pledges to help former teachers get back in schools amid Covid staff absences - Independent Omicron: Schools prepared to move online if Covid forces students back to remote learning next term - Evening Standard Secondary school kids can come back later in January in testing blitz plans as ministers call upon retired teachers - The Sun Omicron: Colleges need to draw up contingency plans - FE Week DfE looks to ex-teachers to fill Covid staffing gaps - FE Week Perspectives on leadership in global higher education – reflections from the roundtables - Advance HE Ginger Nut Training welcomed as SET Corporate Partner - Education & Training Foundation Second Covid jabs open to 12-15-year-olds as UK records highest ever daily cases - PoliticsHome A long-term pay, employment and skills plan for adult social care - Learning & Work Institute School staff more likely to catch Covid than other workers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Unions slam college employers over 1% pay offer - UCU Full steam ahead with degree apprenticeship reforms following strong consultation support - IfATE Shortfall in school funding will entrench social division - National Education Union Educators 37% more likely to catch Covid - National Education Union A Christmas data carol from OfS - Wonkhe Research by leading universities is key to creating a sustainable future for our planet - Russell Group UKRI introduces new Resume for Research and Innovation - UKRI Voice Community Cymru welcomes additional support for learners - Voice Subject and skills insight from the 2021 UCAS End of Cycle data - HEPI ASCL Cymru comment on Welsh government's Covid advice to schools - ASCL Low school attendance ‘stubborn concern’ as Covid keeps pupils off, inspectors say - Independent Just 195 of 5.7m teacher grades changed after exam board reviews - FE Week DfE looks to ex-teachers to fill Covid staffing gaps - Schools Week Low pupil attendance in schools remains a stubborn concern, Ofsted warns - Mail Pupil absence a 'stubborn concern', Ofsted warns - Times Educational Supplement | TES How to improve Covid testing uptake in schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Just 195 of 5.7m teacher grades changed after exam board reviews - Schools Week Start of school term in January delayed in Wales amid Omicron fears - Wales Online Ofsted concern over pandemic impact on Year 7 pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Medical Research Council chief apologises after bullying probe - Times Higher Education | THE Education recovery in FE: Ofsted reveals key findings from autumn 2021 inspections - FE Week ITT review: a major reform, but can it fulfil its promise? - Schools Week Schools preparing to close next term as pupils given laptops to take home for January - The Sun Event paper: Environmental sustainability in digital learning - EPI Hundreds of children allege abuse by prison staff over last three years, charity finds - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Concern over increase in county lines grooming during pandemic - CYPN | Children & Young People Now AoC recommends ‘kick in the teeth’ 1% college staff pay rise – again - FE Week Attendance a ‘stubborn concern’, and 4 more findings from Ofsted recovery research - Schools Week Fines for school absence plummet by 86 per cent - Schools Week Pupils being sent home with laptops at Christmas in case Omicron closes schools - Mirror Could iQTS solve the UK's teacher supply shortage? - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE extends Covid workforce fund until Feb half-term - FE Week Headteachers call for clarity on January school closures amid fears of shut down chaos - Evening Standard DfE extends Covid workforce fund until Feb half-term - Schools Week Ofsted probe London school after complaints children are 'being brainwashed' with lessons on critical race theory and white male privilege - Mail School slammed for 'pathetic' £3.50 Christmas lunch 'like something from Oliver Twist' - Mirror A fair start? The costs of an unfair system - Sutton Trust Covid: Teachers lonely amid end-of-term Omicron concern - BBC Covid delays Ofsted’s T Level research - FE Week Call for ban on placing NI pupils in isolation - BBC Covid cases rise sharply at some UK universities as students head home - Guardian On the IEP’s 10th anniversary ERSA reflects on its role in establishing the Institute of Employability Professionals - ERSA Ghosts of data past, data present and Data Futures - Office for Students OfS launches data consultation - Office for Students Teacher pay: Unison bosses threaten to reopen dispute - Herald Scotland Third of heads fear new teachers will quit over ECF - Times Educational Supplement | TES How universities can help shape freeports - Wonkhe A rethink is needed on international graduate outcomes - Wonkhe 9 in 10 leaders say ECF reforms creating extra workload - Schools Week Parents should talk to children about sexual harassment and porn early on - Mail Reputation risks of lotteries for research grants inhibit funders - Times Higher Education | THE Warn children about porn earlier, teens say - BBC Scientist who took on bullies says she’s sorry . . . for bullying - The Times Oxford college turns to medical team in row over dean’s future - The Times Pimlico Academy downgraded from ‘outstanding’ after row over uniform policy - The Times Push to jab children as Tory MPs warn of more school closures - The Times Tell children about porn before buying their first phone, parents told - The Times Steyning Grammar School on naughty list after serving ‘grim’ Christmas lunch - The Times School absences double in Scotland in two weeks after Covid guidance changes - The Times Covid in Scotland: Teachers ‘face pressure’ to reschedule jabs - The Times Fiona Rintoul: Elitist schools work against common good - The Times Covid in Ireland: Half of children hospitalised by virus were under five - The Times