News archive for 24th March 2022

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Mum left furious after receiving school letter branding daughter, 4, overweight - Mirror Cambridge slavery dispute was about feelings, not truth - The Times Isle of Man schools being hit by 'unfortunate' teacher shortages - BBC Cambridge sixth form still ‘outstanding’ in first Ofsted inspection since 2006 - FE Week Boris Johnson warned ‘a hungry child can’t learn’ as 500,000 children set to fall below poverty line - i News Chancellor’s tax savings offset by changes to student loan repayments - Financial Times Nine more councils told to reform SEND services in return for £300m - Schools Week Special schools left ‘begging’ councils for tax hike cash - Schools Week Paul Whiteman re-elected unopposed as NAHT general secretary - Schools Week Free school meals permanently extended to pupils with ‘no recourse to public funds’ - Schools Week Welsh schools 'aim to un-normalise sexual harassment' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Northern Ireland to make period products free in schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES NASUWT welcomes Fair Employment Bill - NASUWT Free school meals eligibility for disadvantaged migrant children made permanent - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Leading primary computing: reflections from the subject leader community - Computing at School Reassessing your school assessment model - CEM | Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring School capacity in England: academic year 2020 to 2021 - DfE Pupil absence in schools in England: 2020 to 2021 - DfE Schools and early education update: academic year 2021 to 2022 - Ofsted Students should be given access to the internet in exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scotland: Over 5,800 teachers and support staff off because of Covid - Times Educational Supplement | TES Capital One and National Numeracy join forces in new partnership - National Numeracy Why we need an anti-racist approach in early years education - Nesta AELP backs London Assembly plans to boost apprenticeships across the capital - AELP Quarter of parents fear Covid has affected their child’s speech, research finds - The Sun Primary school slammed for giving five-year-old pupils a 'sexist' Mother's Day song - Mail SQA under fire over 'petulant' attacks on education advisor - Herald Scotland The ShREC approach – 4 evidence-informed strategies to promote high quality interactions with young children - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Fears of special school funding 'postcode lottery' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Councils underspent £55m in early years funding which failed to reach providers - Nursery World Applications open for the 2023/24 Technical Teaching Fellowships - Education & Training Foundation Digest #160: Neurodiversity Celebration Week - Learning Scientists HEPI publishes 2022 Social Mobility Index - Russell Group Essential skills for tomorrow’s workforce - NFER Exploring the representation of Black autistic people in children’s picture books - BERA Three-quarters of parents worry about the impact of pandemic on their child's development - Express Teacher arrested and suspended as police investigation launched - Wales Online Low-income students will be hardest hit by the stealth that underpins the spring statement - Wonkhe Open access policy update - UKRI Pandemic led to 270 million missed school days prompting fears over exams - Mail Is the diagnosis system undermining SEND support? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why it can't be 'business as usual' with school league tables - Times Educational Supplement | TES Absence rates higher among pupils eligible for free school meals - CYPN | Children & Young People Now ICP Education expands into Scotland - Nursery World Scottish pupils set to skip schools for climate strike - Herald Scotland Covid: Persistent absence doubled during the pandemic - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE: 1 in 5 secondary schools full or over capacity - Schools Week Covid: Persistent absence doubled during the pandemic - Times Educational Supplement | TES Woman fumes at 'sexist' Mother's Day song taught at her niece's primary school - Mirror Covid: Wales teachers to get more mental health support - BBC How schools should proceed if a member of staff faces a police investigation - Times Educational Supplement | TES 270 million in-person school days missed due to Covid last year - Schools Week Covid-19 in NI: Young people hit hardest by Covid pandemic - BBC University: Number of NI students highest in decade - BBC NI evangelical church school plan rejected by education minister - BBC Ucas looking at replacing free form university personal statements with series of questions to boost fairness - i News Looking beyond access: How do graduate perceptions of their work vary by socioeconomic disadvantage? - HESA English Social Mobility Index for 2022 - HEPI Place has an impact for doctoral supervision - Wonkhe How to write a grant application? Tell a story, but analyse too - Times Higher Education | THE Local focus for university-business links in UK ‘too narrow’ - Times Higher Education | THE Student loan reform boosts coffers - The Times Schools ‘not told of teacher abuse claims’ by Police Scotland - The Times DCU graduate fights deportation to Pakistan after six years in Ireland - The Times NFER Teacher Labour Market in England: annual report 2022 - UCET