News archive for 7th February 2022

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Teachers and too much homework contribute to maths anxiety – study - Guardian ‘Bubble mentality’ means some parents are keeping children off school - Telegraph Mobile phones are weapons – history will judge us for allowing them in schools - Telegraph Parents think their children will get remote teaching from school if they take them on holiday, Ofsted finds - i News EIS demand continued use of face masks in the classroom ahead of crucial review - Herald Scotland Return of exams unfair for pupils in deprived areas of England, say heads - Guardian Parents hit out at extra mock exams for overworked pupils - Telegraph Did Gibb have too much power, asks ex-DfE boss - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils in England reluctant to return to school after lockdown, says report - Guardian Covid Scotland: Lack of ventilation action 'leaving children shivering', say Lib Dems - Scotsman GCSEs and A-levels 2022: Fairness measures will compensate teenagers for Omicron disruption, says Ofqual chief - i News Exam changes 2022: Advance information, grade boundaries and adaptations for A-levels and GCSEs explained - i News How will 2022 GCSEs and A Levels be different and will exams take place in person? - Mirror Going digital: could online exams level the playing field? - Teach First Successful schools 'don't tolerate' persistent absence - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland's teachers, and the rest of us, can breathe a sigh of relief over the return of exams - Scotsman SLC marks National Apprenticeship Week with Darlington Programme Announcement - Student Loans Company Securing good attendance and tackling persistent absence - Ofsted Top marks for Dstl’s engineering apprentices - GOV.UK Apprenticeship programme statistics - DfE Open consultation: Changes to the school admission appeals code - DfE National Apprenticeship Week 2022: Building the future with apprenticeships - Education & Skills Funding Agency Good attendance: listen, understand, empathise and support - Ofsted Revision help for students published for summer exams - DfE Advance information, summer 2022: letter to responsible officers - Ofqual Collective teacher efficacy: Good conditions for schools - Teacher Toolkit Re-education and upskilling through experiential learning - Training Journal A look at the facts for National Apprenticeship Week 2022 - Education Development Trust | EDT Academies system has given politicians too much power, says ex-DfE boss - Schools Week School attendance has dropped because pupils 'no longer feel they need to go to class' - Mail GCSEs and A-Levels 2022: Everything you need to know about new changes as exams return - Independent Introducing our Apprenticeship Support Programme - Villiers Park Educational Trust Russell Group statement on international research collaboration - Russell Group How do we make sure the most disadvantaged children get a good education during public health emergencies? - IOE London Blog Children say they want lessons on coping with stress and anxiety in schools - Metro Letter to the Sunday Times in response to pandemic grade inflation article - GSA Strikes begin today at Goldsmiths in jobs row - UCU ASCL comment on Ofsted report into student attendance levels in schools - ASCL Levelling-up fantastic career opportunities through National Apprenticeship Week and beyond - IfATE A fork in the road: 2022 exams - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Euan Blair: I can make more of a difference with apprenticeships than by following my dad Tony into politics - i News Levelling up targets could erode inclusivity - Times Educational Supplement | TES Anxiety fuelling school absence, heads tell Ofsted - Times Educational Supplement | TES UKRI partners campaign to attract research and innovation talent - UKRI Revision help for summer exams - National Education Union Toward an inclusive recovery: How has COVID affected the employment of immigrants and low-skilled adults? - OECD Parents want teachers to provide remote classes during trips abroad, Ofsted report finds - Evening Standard GCSEs and A-level exams in 2022 will be graded more generously - BBC A-level and GCSE pupils in UK to benefit from ‘generous approach to grading’ - Financial Times GCSE and A-Level exams 2022: How can pupils find advance information on topics published today? - Evening Standard Jewish nursery in Golders Green is forced to shut permanently by Ofsted amid 'safeguarding' concerns - Mail Kwarteng ‘vetoed appointment of Oxford college head to lead ESRC’ - Times Higher Education | THE Covid used as an excuse by ‘poor attenders’, warns Ofsted - Schools Week What can we learn from former education secretaries? - Schools Week Exams: Schools reserve judgement on utility of advance information - SecEd Ofsted: Individual support for disadvantaged pupils key to boosting attendance - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Accountability: Let’s stop this madness and incentivise the right things - SecEd Nadhim Zahawi: Exams will not be axed unless there’s a public health emergency - Evening Standard Pupils feel attendance doesn't matter following lockdown online learning - Mail Covid cases in nurseries hit new reported high - Nursery World How MATs can meet staff wellbeing needs - Times Educational Supplement | TES The problem with labelling a child as ‘dyslexic’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES £1.3m boost for computing in Scottish schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE changes 2022/2023: What is changing to the school exams? - The Sun Fee-paying schools 'used Covid to inflate A-level results' - Express Covid cases in schools fall dramatically across Wales - Wales Online GCSE and A-Level students to be given exam ‘clues’ with examiners encouraged to be ‘generous’ after pandemic - Independent Levelling up: Has an optimistic proposal missed the mark on skills training? - FE Week Remote admissions appeals here to stay as DfE seeks to make Covid changes permanent - Schools Week Playing with dolls can help develop children's emotional intelligence, study finds - Mirror Students' summer exams to be marked 'generously' - Express Only use exam board websites to access advance information, students told - FE Week Movers and Shakers: Edition 378 - FE Week Reading fluency and supporting professional development - Research Schools Network The simple view of writing: Music to our ears - Research Schools Network Transitions in a primary school day - UKEdChat Universities and colleges must prioritise working together to address skills gaps and regional inequalities - College of the Future Four ways to maximise pupil catch-up - Teacher Toolkit Mental health: Rise in NI children seeking help during pandemic - BBC ASCL comment on exam adaptations - ASCL What impact will Ofqual's chosen grading system in 2022 have? - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA We’ve reached a tipping point on apprenticeships - HEPI Exams watchdog says A level and GCSE grades will be 'more generous' this year - Telegraph Children's Commissioner: Long way to go on children's mental health - Mail Staff voices get marginalised in hierarchical workforces - FE Week Examiners told to mark more generously to make up for Covid disruption - Metro How to support teaching apprentices - Times Educational Supplement | TES Do ‘ghost children’ exist and what can we do about them? - Schools Week It’s not for us to question Catholic school academy conversions - Schools Week MSPs urged to intervene over college 'misconduct' report - Herald Scotland Scottish colleges: 'Governance questions still to be answered' - Herald Scotland Levelling up must include an intergenerational element as well geographic - Wonkhe The challenge for HE leaders – wellbeing and inclusion in the age of blended learning - Wonkhe It takes two – making university and college relationships work - Wonkhe Doing diversity differently means doing away with sticking plasters - Wonkhe Racial inequity plays out in university accommodation as well as the classroom - Wonkhe Top grade for third of A-levels is predicted as 'cheat sheets' that give advance details from exam boards go online - Mail GCSEs 2022: ‘Grave' fears over exam plan 'fairness' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Only use exam board websites to access advance information, schools told - Schools Week Single funding bodies would heal UK’s HE-FE divide, says report - Times Higher Education | THE Ex-Bedfordshire v-c wants to put Kurdistan on ‘global HE map’ - Times Higher Education | THE Plan for GCSEs and A-level exams 2022 unveiled as students get extra revision help - Mirror GCSEs and A-levels 2022: Exam boards publish advance information for this summer’s exams - i News GCSE and A-level examiners should be generous in 2022, say exam boards - Mail A culture fit for the new generation: New ways of discovering apprenticeships - FE News ‘Apprenticeships give young people the best possible start in working life,’ says Chief Executive of Natural Resources Wales - FE News Inquiry after pupils told they are victims in race lessons - The Times Royal Shakespeare Company’s timeless lessons for primary schools - The Times Pupils will return to exam halls armed with clues ‘for fairness’ - The Times County line drug gangs target universities - The Times Durham University returns wartime flags to Japan in decolonisation drive - The Times Covid in Scotland: Pupils miss out on school trips in postcode lottery - The Times Scotland: Judge-led inquiry urged for Glasgow art school fires - The Times