News archive for 7th February 2021

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Eleven-plus tutors are setting their own entrance exams to weed out weaker candidates - Telegraph Schools could open for two more weeks in summer to help kids catch up - Metro Extending school term by a fortnight won't stop a generation from missing out - Mirror Boris Johnson ‘may keep schools open for 2 weeks in summer - The Sun How to make up for lost school time - Financial Times Ministers consider changing the school year to keep pupils in class for longer during the summer term - Mail Private schools planning a longer summer term - Telegraph University scheme provides tutors for over 300 students - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE 'considers lengthening school day' to help catch up - Times Educational Supplement | TES Essay mills' that allow students to cheat by writing assignments for them should be made illegal - Mail Coding: Definitely a girl thing - UKEdChat We’re already asking a lot of our schools; new catch-up measures will only work if they can drop other responsibilities - PoliticsHome Cold calling: The #1 strategy for inclusive classrooms – remote and in person - Teacherhead Podcast 104: Online teaching, safeguarding and diversity - Teacher Toolkit The London Schools Effect revisited: A saga in many parts - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth New policy papers prompt contrasting views on the way ahead for HE - MediaFHE Will £6m Institute of Teaching’s legacy be shortlived? - Schools Week More employers want technical skills delivered via FE, not university - FE Week Procurement proposals could shake up how colleges go to tender - FE Week Private schools call for delay to plans to strip them of charitable tax breaks - Herald Scotland Schools should reopen after half term and not be delayed until March, MPs say - Mirror Scots teaching union EIS calls for remote learning at level 4 - Times - New Ban tackling in school rugby, academics tell government - Times - New Open schools on February 22! Boris under pressure to end lockdown - Express