News archive for 9th March 2021

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GCSEs and A-levels are likely to be easier in 2022 to help children after lessons were disrupted - Mail Surge in number of students in classes of more than 31 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children could be returning to overcrowded classrooms as 1 in 7 taught in groups of 31 - Mirror Covid tests policy 'may see 250k sent home in error' - Times Educational Supplement | TES MSPs bid to raise school starting age to 7 - Herald Scotland Gavin Williamson accused of 'robbing Peter to pay Paul' over £700m catch-up fund - Mirror News briefing: Masks in schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE doubles down on policy that in-school Covid test positives don’t need confirmatory PCR - Schools Week News briefing: GCSEs and A levels - Times Educational Supplement | TES NHS doc says son & 30 school pupils sent home for 10 days despite rogue positive rapid Covid test being proved negative - The Sun Scotland: Student return ‘less than billed’, says Davidson - Times Educational Supplement | TES New Action Group to boost mental health education - DfE Critical workers and vulnerable children who can access schools or educational settings - DfE Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: 23 March 2020 to 4 March 2021 - DfE Laptops and tablets progress data as of 9 March 2021 - DfE January 2021: further education and skills providers - Ofsted Getting a grade shouldn't be the ultimate aim in music - Telegraph Schools reopen: Pupils 'will only get a few class hours' - Herald Scotland Teachers' tips - CEM | Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring Philosophy of vocational education debate: Qualifications and assessment - Edge Foundation Returners week! (and other findings from the lifting of lockdown) - Teacher Tapp Mental Health Support Teams: Expansion welcomed but will it be too little, too late? - SecEd Return to college: The day in pictures - Times Educational Supplement | TES Most e-books harm children learning to read, research finds, as technology distracts from stories - Telegraph All back to school? Not for my daughter – and many others already back in self-isolation - Telegraph Assessment of England pupils sitting exams in 2022 likely to be adapted - Guardian Nursery fees rise in more than a third of local authorities in England in the last year - EYE | Early Years Educator Labour's analysis of class sizes - National Education Union Reconnect and Recover – a free toolkit to support children's mental health - NAHT Exams 2021: 9 things we learned from Gibb and Ofqual at education committee - Schools Week Boris Johnson’s roadmap to recovery: Everything you need to know about schools reopening - Evening Standard Minimising the mental health crisis through job creation and employment - ERSA From resilience to growth – can the pandemic transform the HE sector for the better? - Advance HE Over-reliance on China threatening sustainability of UK research – report - PIE News Analysis: Students entering FE colleges in Year 13 after spending Year 12 in another type of institution - EPI New survey launched to gather views on FE staff wellbeing during Covid-19 - Education & Training Foundation Mentoring, Mariah Carey, and the performance-improving difference they can make - Education & Training Foundation Modest, sustainable changes proven key to beating childhood obesity - Leeds Beckett University Rona Tutt's SEND summary March 2021 - NAHT Parents urged not to pressure teachers over exam grades - BBC Blended learning: Why students should co-design courses - Times Educational Supplement | TES Apprenticeships - looking to the future - Careers & Enterprise Company Supporting careers education in schools and colleges - Careers & Enterprise Company Parents must 'go straight home' and not chat at school gates, says Tory minister - Mirror Back to school: Some parents are refusing to test children for fear of losing income - Evening Standard Teachers ‘threatened’ by parents over facemasks - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Gold standard' GCSE has not had its day, Gibb insists - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs and A-levels 2022: Exams could be 'adapted' for learning loss - Times Educational Supplement | TES Will colleges always be overlooked? - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs and A-levels likely to still be different in 2022, exams chief says - Independent Laptops: DfE 50k devices short of 1.3m pledge as schools return - Schools Week Schools reopening: Don’t mingle with other parents outside the gates, minister warns - The Sun 2022 exams may need similar ‘adaptations’ as those proposed for 2021, warns Ofqual chief - FE Week Schools Minister Nick Gibb insists exams will return post-Covid - Mail Politicians urged to listen to Edinburgh's school teachers about 'enormous strain' ahead of pupil return - Scotsman Longer days? Shorter holidays? Watch the resignations - Times Educational Supplement | TES Childcare costs rise above inflation, as providers struggle to remain sustainable - Nursery World Laptops target still not met with schools fully open - Times Educational Supplement | TES How was the first day back at school? Teachers tell us - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs and A-levels 2021: Teachers' choice of evidence may be queried - Times Educational Supplement | TES School reopening: How to enforce social distancing in schools fairly - Times Educational Supplement | TES 2022 exams may need similar ‘adaptations’ as those proposed for 2021, warns Ofqual chief - Schools Week Attendance: Almost 1 in 5 pupils were in school the week before reopenings - Schools Week Childcare costs increased in a third of local authorities during pandemic, analysis shows - CYPN | Children & Young People Now How will Progress 8 work without Sats results? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why I'm refusing to send my child to school with a face mask - Telegraph ‘Ray of sunshine in quite gloomy picture’: Headteachers and pupils on the return to school - Independent Headteachers are earning £300k and why not? They are worth every penny - Telegraph Brexit: Erasmus replacement under fire after guide published - Herald Scotland Children who get a false positive Covid test at school will be banned from class for 10 days under new rules - The Sun Boris Johnson praises reopening of schools 'emotional day for millions of families' - Express Nursery costs have risen 4% since start of Covid despite 'free childcare' promise - Mirror Don’t stand at school gates chatting, minister tells parents - Evening Standard Unions admit they were wrong on testing in schools - Mail Ofsted to end progress monitoring visits next week to prioritise new provider inspections - FE Week School reopening: 4 ways to make staggered school start times work - Times Educational Supplement | TES Be 'honest' over where catch-up cash is from, DfE told - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs and A levels 2021: Don't blame teachers for this free for all - Times Educational Supplement | TES David Phoenix responds to Peter Scott on the Social Mobility Index - HEPI Push for school starting age in Scotland to be raised to seven in 'historic change' - Scotsman Schools going back will impact infection rate, warns Boris Johnson but roadmap still on track - The Sun Secondary school pupils won't be forced to wear masks in classrooms - Metro How does the Turing scheme compare to Erasmus? - FE Week Listening to students helps make a better online experience for everyone - Wonkhe A rankings roadmap – the spring league table collection - Wonkhe Scotland: New move for school starting age to be raised to 7 - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK universities’ closeness to China poses risks, says Jo Johnson - Guardian 9:30 a.m. - Education Committee will hear evidence in its inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services - Accountability Hearings The health of UK language study is lost in translation - Times Higher Education | THE RSS head: Statisticians no longer ‘party bores’ in Covid era - Times Higher Education | THE Rethink China research links or face backlash, UK campuses told - Times Higher Education | THE Air quality soars in school streets that banished cars - Times - New Secondary school pupils will not be forced to wear masks in classrooms - Times - New Children would start school at seven under Scottish Lib Dem plan - Times - New Covid in Scotland: early data eases fears over parents chatting at school gates - Times - New Irish primary schools to fully open fully on Monday - Times - New NI minister seeks to accelerate return of all pupils to school - Times - New