News archive for 15th June 2021

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What happened when I told my children’s school they couldn’t wear masks - Wales Online Telling schoolgirls to wear shorts to prevent upskirting ‘fuels victim blaming’ - Telegraph The Skills Bill: What the House of Lords had to say - Times Educational Supplement | TES Consequences of letting sexual abuse in schools go unchecked are life-altering - Mirror Covid in Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon challenged over ban on parents attending nursery graduations - Scotsman Ofsted chief warns against victim blaming in ‘modesty’ shorts row - Guardian DfE scraps ‘ludicrous’ bootcamp research and launches leak investigation - FE Week Consider holding proms outdoors, DfE tells schools after ‘Freedom Day’ delay - Schools Week Lowest number of Scottish school leavers finding work for a decade - Herald Scotland Universities Minister at Going Global Conference - DfE Subcontracting funding rules for ESFA funded post-16 funding (excluding apprenticeships) - Education & Skills Funding Agency Dr Michelle Meadows speech at City of London Schools Conference 2021 - Ofqual Laptops, tablets and connectivity data as of 15 June 2021 - DfE The Skills and Post-16 Bill enters the Lords - Wonkhe Falling behind, ventilation, reports and masks - Teacher Tapp Six reasons to do an NPQ with Teach First - Teach First How we can decolonise geography - starting with exam papers - Times Educational Supplement | TES V-cs go for pension reforms but USS wants ‘stronger assurances’ - Times Higher Education | THE After school clubs at risk of closure due to Covid and ongoing restrictions - Wales Online Today's school, education and teacher news: LIVE 15/6 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tutoring won't work for traumatised pupils, DfE warned - Times Educational Supplement | TES Jo Johnson: Lifetime Skills Guarantee ‘too restrictive’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Using formative assessment to support student resilience - CEM | Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring In praise of complex, ‘messy’ practitioner research - Education & Training Foundation The overlap between social care, special educational needs and alternative provision: Part two - FFT Education Datalab The overlap between social care, special educational needs and alternative provision: Part one - FFT Education Datalab UK minister hails “landmark” Turing scheme - PIE News Jisc welcomes new government higher technical education fund - Jisc Applying the key principles of effective feedback to science teaching - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Labour launch bid to force ministers to publish documents behind rejected school's catch-up fund - PoliticsHome Education equality - the Helen Grant interview - PoliticsHome USS employers back changes to the pension scheme - Universities UK Environmental protest & education: ‘Something’s gone wrong somewhere’ - BERA Russell Group response to delay to Step 4 of roadmap - Russell Group Voice Community statement on Early Years Alliance’s FOI figures - Voice How satisfied have schools been with recruiting teachers remotely? - NFER Shocking documents on early years underfunding - EYE | Early Years Educator Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak – 23 March 2020 to 10 June 2021 - DfE Ofsted chief warns against 'victim blaming' in primary schools after girls told to wear shorts under their skirts - Mail Bristol school name change after BLM protest sparks concerns: Where do you stop? - Express Simon Lebus speech at GSA Summer Briefing 2021 - Ofqual Skills Bill: Labour to seek amendments to local skills improvement plans and IfATE powers - FE Week Ofsted bosses contradictory over limiting inspection grades for poor careers advice - FE Week GCSEs and A-levels: 4 benefits to moving exams online, says Ofqual - Times Educational Supplement | TES More school leavers go to university but fewer in work - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sunak urged to explain 'shameful' catch-up plan 'block' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils must be allowed to stay in school if they say no to Covid jabs - Mail Children 'may need Covid jab' to avoid disruption to education, warns Chris Whitty - Mirror Schools are telling girls to wear shorts under skirts to stop 'upskirting' - Mirror Attendance data ‘masks’ Delta Covid rise, heads warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Everyone’s Invited : ‘Matter of concern’ 8 times more private schools listed on anti-sexual harassment site - Evening Standard Chinese parents lose confidence in Britain’s private schools - Financial Times Scrapping tests was bad for students, says Ofsted chief - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted told to 'do its job' on school careers advice - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish universities demand clarity on return, as gap between richest and poorest children in HE widens - Scotsman Ofsted: Nude pupil pictures not a safeguarding issue - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs and A-levels 2021: Grade inflation? Teachers won't be to blame - Times Educational Supplement | TES Spielman: Ban on MAT inspections ‘constrains’ Ofsted - Times Educational Supplement | TES Spielman: Don’t ‘chop out’ safeguarding from Ofsted, give us cash to inspect it properly - Schools Week Scotland: Deadline for submitting priority appeals extended - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs and A-levels 2021: Strong desire for exams' return, says Ofqual boss - Times Educational Supplement | TES 2021 grade appeals have ‘very high’ threshold to meet, says Ofqual chief - Schools Week Two pupils suspended after ‘ripping up the Koran’ in front of other students - Metro Two thirds of students are ‘the happiest they’ve ever been’ now they’re back at school after Covid lockdown - The Sun The Sutton Trust responds to private briefing documents published by the Early Years Alliance - Sutton Trust Majority of school and college leaders call for at least 75% rebate on exam fees - ASCL Early Years Alliance on underfunding of sector - National Education Union Introducing Marcus Shepherd, Principal, The Wells Academy - Schools Week Headteachers call for 75% examination fee rebate in England - Guardian Can the Centres for Excellence master the GCSE resit problem? - FE Week Here come the boys... city school gets ready for radical new phase - Herald Scotland SQA deadline for Scottish grades appeal pushed back by a week - Scotsman Are online internships the future of work experience, or just a pandemic remedy for student employability? - Wonkhe Doctor Soccer: Academia and the beautiful game - Wonkhe Lucy Kellaway at 58 went to teach in a tough comp and learned the hardest lesson of all - Mail Keir Starmer demands Rhodes row Oxford dons get on with their jobs - Mail Heads heap pressure on exam boards by demanding at least 75 per cent of fees back - Schools Week DfE’s BTEC reforms will hit disadvantaged students hardest, sector warns - Schools Week 9:15 a.m. - Education Committee will hear evidence in its inquiries into accountability and safeguarding in schools - Accountability Hearings Schoolchildren could be vaccinated to stop Covid wreaking more havoc with their education, Chris Whitty warns - The Sun GCSEs and A-levels 2021: Most headteachers want 75% exam fee rebate - Times Educational Supplement | TES Btecs: Leaders say DfE must rethink defunding plans - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government 'knowingly underfunded' the early years sector - Nursery World 2 Government to launch specialist long Covid hubs for children - Nursery World 2 'Tragic' figures show more than 2,500 early years settings have closed - Nursery World 2 Most LGBT+ teachers 'not out' at school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exam grading fiasco down to ‘human decision-making’ not algorithm, former Ofqual head says - Independent Schools want 75% rebate on this summer's exam fees - BBC Ministers ‘knowingly underfunding’ childcare sector in England - Guardian DfE reforms to BTECs and other level 3 quals will hit disadvantaged students hardest, sector warns - FE Week Affiliation bias in peer review favours male authors – study - Times Higher Education | THE Tory government secretly predicted their own childcare scheme would push up prices - Mirror Ministers knew parents would face higher childcare costs amid lack of funding - Mail Majority of headteachers want 75% or more rebate on exam fees this summer - Mail Mobile phones banned to curb sexual bullying at school - The Times Scotland: Class helper cleared of assaulting pupil - The Times Children could be vaccinated to stop Covid disrupting their education - Mail