News archive for 16th June 2021

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Children ‘could get vaccinated at school’ as government considers mass rollout if jabs for teens gets green light - The Sun ‘All that debt and no photo to show for it’: Why the class of 2021 won't even get a graduation - Telegraph Pathway of privilege: Cambridge college takes 22 pupils from single elite school - Telegraph Government looking at vaccinating pupils in school buildings if jab expansion goes ahead - Mirror DfE to unveil vision for schools, and 4 other things we learned from Gavin Williamson at the Festival of Education - Schools Week Speed read: ‘Academy trust handbook’ 2021 published as DfE rebrands key guide - Schools Week CPD models: Eight different ways teachers can engage in professional learning - Headguruteacher Exam cancellations save millions for second year - Times Educational Supplement | TES Expanded nursery hours take-up rate in Scotland branded 'terrible' by Lib Dems - Scotsman ASCL responds to NFER report calling for apprenticeship reform - ASCL UUK consultation is PR exercise to justify slashing pensions, says UCU - UCU UCU members pledge to fight 'epidemic' of casualisation at 2021 Congress - UCU A mindful teacher - UKEdChat The pandemic and teacher attrition: an exodus waiting to happen? - EPI What new £25m DfE tutor plan will deliver - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs and A-levels 2021: I back teachers on grades, says Williamson - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs 2022: Ofqual lifts fieldwork requirement - Times Educational Supplement | TES SEND: old issues, new issues, next steps - Ofsted Phonics screening check data collection 2021: guide - DfE Virtual school head role extension to children with a social worker - DfE The corridors of silence - BERA Staff mental health 2019-2021: What has changed? - HEPI Phonic checks back in Autumn - National Education Union NFER on apprenticeships - National Education Union Apprenticeship funding system needs re-designing to support needs of SME employers - NFER Urgent apprenticeship reform necessary to prevent disadvantaged young people suffering double Covid blow - NFER A national teacher video-portfolio platform - Teacher Toolkit Parents of children with special needs tell Ofsted of Covid despair - Guardian £16 million to support young people with a social worker - DfE ESFA Update: 16 June 2021 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Subcontracting ESFA post-16 education and training for the first time - Education & Skills Funding Agency HMCI commentary: putting children and young people with SEND at the heart of our recovery plans - Ofsted Children and young people with SEND disproportionately affected by pandemic - Ofsted Education Secretary set improving pupil outcomes as top priority - DfE Non-exam assessment proposals receive strong support - Ofqual Edinburgh University academic cleared of wrongdoing refuses to return to teaching until complainants are 'challenged' - Scotsman International branch campus ‘top of the wish list’ for India - Times Higher Education | THE England and US ‘falling behind on shift to values-led education’ - Times Higher Education | THE Subject diversity improving globally but US and UK buck trend - Times Higher Education | THE High-profile college leader to step down - FE Week Pros of global activities on campus identified - PIE News New EEF case studies - How metacognitive strategies can support independent learning and revision - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Marcus Rashford urges families to use £220m school holiday programme - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Existing weaknesses in SEND system ‘exacerbated by pandemic’, Ofsted warns - CYPN | Children & Young People Now How better education for health professionals can help curb antimicrobial resistance in poorer countries and save lives - IOE London Blog GCSEs: 4 ways teachers want exams to change - Times Educational Supplement | TES Autumn 2021 phonics check to go ahead - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ex-Ofqual chair: ‘Gross miscalculation’ caused 2020 exams fiasco - Schools Week Williamson announces autumn 2021 phonics screening check - Schools Week Welsh review to be held into sexual harassment in schools - BBC Today's school, education and teacher news: LIVE 16/6 - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE English: Should we assess spoken language? - Times Educational Supplement | TES What Pearson found in its survey on the future of exams - FE Week Naked images can be safeguarding issue, says Spielman - Times Educational Supplement | TES The schools that get the most pupils into each Oxbridge college 2021 - Telegraph Pupil Covid jabs won't be recommended, says minister - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted plans expansion of area SEND inspections to include all pupils in AP - Schools Week Highlight colonial past to tackle racism – Somerville - Times Educational Supplement | TES What teachers said in response to Pearson’s survey on the future of exams - Schools Week Learning Rep - Summer 2021 Edition - Unionlearn Ofsted: Pandemic has worsened long-term SEND problems - Times Educational Supplement | TES The row over school spending shows the age of austerity isn’t over - New Statesman Vaccines for children will not go ahead as risk unknown, ministers to be told - Express Apprenticeships: Why the funding system needs reform - Times Educational Supplement | TES EAL learners have experienced language loss in addition to learning loss during school closures, teacher survey finds - Bell Foundation Education secretary to open Festival of Education 2021: how to watch - Schools Week Parents push teachers to raise GCSE grades - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education secretary to open Festival of Education 2021: how to watch - FE Week A student-led response to Black Lives Matter – the Black Leadership Programme - Wonkhe Education Scotland: Hope for £47k-a-year specialist teachers - Herald Scotland Find out more about the Holiday Activities and Food programme - DfE Children should not be vaccinated against Covid until we have more data on risks - The Sun Apprenticeships: Reforms 'harm disadvantaged students' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Ban on parents attending nursery graduations challenged in Parliament - Nursery World 2 Government treatment of early years sector 'unforgivable' - Nursery World 2 Excellence and access ‘not mutually exclusive’, says Exeter v-c - Times Higher Education | THE Experts tell government to delay Covid vaccines for under-18s - The Times Telling girls to cover up with shorts is victim blaming, says Ofsted chief - The Times Scotland: Edinburgh academic Neil Thin refuses to work until accusers confronted - The Times Ireland: Student loans discourage poorer people from entering higher education, says minister - The Times