News archive for 2nd September 2021

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Fears Covid booster rollout and jabs for kids may be too late to stop big autumn wave - Mirror Bring back self-isolation for children if Covid cases rise in schools, says union - Telegraph Self-isolation rules for pupils may need to return, union warns - Mail Leading tutor providers missing from NTP over contract dispute - Schools Week Students could receive same record-breaking top grades in 2022 exams - Telegraph The Guardian view on ‘levelling up’ schools: a slogan without substance - Guardian UK decision on Covid jabs for children expected imminently - Guardian Top A-level exam pupils could be given new A** grade - The Times Ofqual and the Institute are united across their distinctive roles - FE Week Call to bring back pupil isolation if Covid cases rise - Times Educational Supplement | TES Jules White: As a head in England, I know it’s not just Covid that will make it tough to go back to school - Guardian Anger and uncertainty as schools prepare to go back with few answers on how it'll work - Wales Online New Children’s Code is a welcome step towards protecting children online, says BPS - BPS | British Psychological Society Defining the “sector percentage” of cancelled events - Wonkhe Government must not be complacent as Covid case numbers rise - NASUWT Addressing perceived online teaching quality gap ‘crucial’ - Times Higher Education | THE Education Secretary Gavin Williamson vows to 'move heaven and earth' to avoid shutting schools again - Mail School food standards: resources for schools - DfE Initial teacher training (ITT) market review - DfE New publication supports providers to embed social responsibility into early years curriculum - EYE | Early Years Educator Executive needs to act to tackle soaring Covid cases in schools - NASUWT School and college leaders unite behind new Covid recovery funding plan - ASCL Back to school podcast: What works to keep children safe from Covid-19 - The Conversation Curriculum adapted to support Covid-19 recovery as schools return - CYPN | Children & Young People Now School spending still below 2009 levels with deprived areas worst hit, IFS warns - CYPN | Children & Young People Now The Core Content Framework and the fallacy of a teacher training ‘curriculum’ - IOE London Blog Insights from Advance HE’s sector-wide survey of their experiences and wellbeing during the pandemic - Advance HE ESF NEETs and youth employment programme - ERSA Covid in Scotland: More than 32,000 school pupils absent this week - BBC Is it the end of degree apprenticeships for the professions? - FE News Celebrating our Pathways placement providers - Sutton Trust Gavin Williamson says wearing masks in schools could return if Covid cases rise - PoliticsHome LSE ranked as one of the top universities in the world - London School of Economics | LSE England is far behind other countries on vaccinating teenagers - New Statesman Back to school – how can parents best help children deal with Covid anxiety? - The Conversation First findings of world’s largest study on long Covid in children - UKRI KCSIE update: What do school leaders need to do now? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: Schools aren't infection hubs, says public health boss - BBC Gavin Williamson backs Covid jabs for 12-year-olds and says he 'very much hopes' the JCVI will sign off on the plans - Mail Scotland: Number of pupil Covid absences doubles in a week - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nearly 1 in 5 schools in North West to keep bubbles - Times Educational Supplement | TES Glasgow and Aberdeen universities ahead in new world ranking - Herald Scotland School-led tutoring: Everything teachers need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid Q&A: What are the rules for schools in Wales? - BBC School and college leaders demand £5.8bn catch-up cash for poorer students - FE Week Parents' bullying fears after being forced to send kids to school in non-uniform - Mirror Classes and assemblies could take place outside if schools have Covid outbreak - Metro Training: Students face problems with lack of hours spent in nursery placements - Nursery World Back to school: How are pupils being kept Covid-safe? - BBC Pupils might not have been taught parts of autumn exams, says Ofqual - Schools Week Leading academy CEOs demand £5.8bn catch-up cash for poorer pupils - Schools Week 'English schools had children in!' Williamson blames Scots for bringing down attendance - Express Covid is still here, so how risky are schools? - HuffPost Covid: Williamson doesn't rule out lessons outdoors - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Excellent’ college principal retires due to ill health - FE Week Wales ready to vaccinate all children aged from 12 to 15 against Covid - Wales Online NHS ‘ready and eager’ to roll out Covid vaccine to children under 16, says Gavin Williamson - Independent Ofqual: Students won't be taught parts of autumn exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES £579m school-led tutoring: Non-teacher tutors can’t start until at least November - Schools Week Gavin Williamson heaps pressure on scientific advisers to approve over-12s jabs - HuffPost School leaders highlight how curriculum has been adapted to support pupils in Covid-19 learning recovery - NFER Education Secretary: 'We're trying to strike a sensible balance' (video) - BBC School spending per pupil set to remain below 2009 levels - Institute for Fiscal Studies | IFS School spending per pupil set to remain below 2009 levels - Nuffield Foundation School leaders highlight how curriculum has been adapted to support pupils in COVID-19 learning recovery - Nuffield Foundation Education bosses demand nearly £6bn for catch-up - Times Educational Supplement | TES ASCL comment on IFS research showing school spending per pupil set to remain below 2009 levels - ASCL ASCL responds to NFER report on Covid impact and learning recovery - ASCL Call for results review at London school amid downgrading claim - Guardian 2021 HEPI Soft-Power Index: UK slips further behind the US (again) - HEPI Some children in NI still waiting for post-primary school place - BBC Covid in Scotland: Hospital risk 'not higher' for teachers - BBC Wales' £3.3m plan to give schools ozone cleaners called 'absurd' as ministers backtrack - Wales Online Prevent monitoring: Summary of annual accountability and data returns - Office for Students School-led tutoring grant - DfE Tutoring revolution builds as students return to class - DfE School-led tutoring: conditions of grant - Education & Skills Funding Agency Erasmus+ replacement Turing Scheme leaves poorer students 'losing out', colleges warn - Herald Scotland Time is running out for agreement on USS - Wonkhe Covid Scotland: Teachers 'at no more risk' of severe infection than general population - Scotsman School funding warning as pupils return to class in England - BBC Podcast: The big coronavirus questions as a new school term begins - Guardian Covid: Mixed emotions as pupils return to school across England - BBC School funding will remain below 2009 levels despite government’s spending boost - Schools Week Covid boost won't restore school funding to 2009 levels - Times Educational Supplement | TES Narrow catch-up curriculum 'risks deskilling teachers' - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs and A-levels 2022: Exams 'must recognise uneven learning loss' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Per pupil spending in English schools to fall to under 2009-10 levels – IFS - Guardian Spending per pupil falls by 9% in a decade with schools in deprived areas facing 'biggest challenges' - Mail UK universities surge up world league table - Mail School spending per pupil 'lower than in 2010' despite Tory funding boast - Mirror Teachers fear a return to the classroom – because summer break has disrupted pupils’ routines as discipline takes a hit - The Sun School spending set to remain below 2010 levels – as poorest areas ‘hammered’ by biggest cuts - Independent World University Rankings 2022: results announced - Times Higher Education | THE Schools ‘need £6bn’ for pupils to recover from lost learning due to Covid - The Times Covid in Scotland: Teachers at no more risk from virus - The Times Scotland: Religious brother ‘gave pupil painful electric shocks’ at school - The Times How leaders of the world’s top universities are steering their institutions post-Covid - Times Higher Education | THE Academic freedom can mean refusing to teach material that is too traumatic - Times Higher Education | THE