News archive for 28th March 2022

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Watch: Sector leaders debate White Paper in special Tes panel - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi praises ‘fantastic ethos’ of grammar schools - Evening Standard Will the education white paper raise pupil attainment in England? - Financial Times DfE's plan to move 'coasting schools' into MATs - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Lower-attaining’ children missed being at school during Covid-19 closures, new research reveals - IOE London Blog Skills Bill: Government ‘compromises’ on careers but no delay to BTEC defunding - FE Week The Schools White Paper: highlighting the gap between early years and schools policy - Early Education Zahawi’s English schools white paper leaves many in sector underwhelmed - Guardian The Guardian view on multi-academy trusts: one direction - Guardian Strike off at University of Sheffield International College as deal is reached - UCU NAHT rejects government’s evidence to the STRB as inaccurate, misleading and incomplete - NAHT White paper: All rhetoric and no solutions - Schools Week Covid measures relaxed for Guernsey schools - BBC Schools asked to open longer to boost catch-up - The Times White paper: DfE reveals the ‘coasting’ schools facing intervention - Schools Week Schools White Paper: Reaction from Sam Sims, Chief Executive of National Numeracy - National Numeracy Schools White Paper shows lack of ambition and narrow focus on targets - Voice The issues facing post-pandemic early years pupils - Teacher Toolkit Ambition Institute welcomes new Schools White Paper - Ambition Institute Parents struggle to afford childcare, while ‘skyrocketing costs’ force providers to increase fees - EYE | Early Years Educator Free access to multilingual digital picture book service for Ukrainian refugees in the UK - EYE | Early Years Educator Schools White Paper: Nadhim Zahawi says he wants to ‘spread DNA’ of grammar schools through academy plans - i News Open consultation: Supporting schools that are not making necessary improvements - DfE Education Investment Areas: selection methodology - DfE Length of the school week: minimum expectation - DfE Pupil premium: allocations and conditions of grant 2022 to 2023 - Education & Skills Funding Agency New frameworks for joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) - Ofsted Adult education budget: devolved grant determination letters 2022 - DfE Public sector apprenticeship target - DfE Opportunity for all: strong schools with great teachers for your child - DfE Key measures proposed in SEND and alternative provision green paper - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Nadhim Zahawi announces plans for 32.5 hours of lessons a week in all schools - Mail Nadhim Zahawi says children should be taught about the benefits of the British Empire - Mail Gove: levelling up could mean new universities for UK regions - Times Higher Education | THE Zahawi: Grammar school DNA should be 'spread in the system' - Times Educational Supplement | TES EEF responds to new white paper from the Department for Education - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF 2020 and 2021 NTFs and CATE winners celebrate Teaching Excellence Awards - Advance HE How pandemic closures prompted children to change their perspectives about school - IOE London Blog Nadhim Zahawi admits government must "do better" in secondary school catch-up learning - PoliticsHome Sutton Trust responds to Schools White Paper - Sutton Trust Ofsted has been dictating what “proper English” is – here’s why that’s a problem - The Conversation Schools White Paper includes higher maths and English targets - BBC “Pain points” in UK international offices in focus - PIE News Government praises progress under Early Careers Framework and National Professional Qualifications - Education Development Trust | EDT EPI research for the Department for Education on pupil learning loss (March 2022) - EPI Pupils had futures blighted during the pandemic: now they are being cheated again - Guardian Schools White Paper: Nadhim Zahawi says he wants to bring ‘competence’ to DfE as new education plans launch - i News Children not attending school will have serious long term consequences for Wales, warns Children's Commissioner - Wales Online Why has DfE chosen such an unusual measure as its GCSE target in the new White Paper? - FFT Education Datalab EPI responds to Schools White Paper proposals - EPI DfE funding changes confirmed - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Nuffield Foundation to give half a million pounds to support researchers at risk - Nuffield Foundation Looking after your sexual wellbeing - Activate Learning SERC: Sharing PBL expertise with Sunderland and Walsall colleges - Edge Foundation Schools could ask to move from academy trusts, under DfE plan - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why technology standards for schools have come at the right time - Times Educational Supplement | TES Secondary pupils suffered more learning loss in reading last autumn - Times Educational Supplement | TES ASCL responds to EPI report on pandemic learning loss during the first half of the 2021 autumn term - ASCL Creating a cohesive trust: What does having a shared culture really mean? - ASCL Carole Willis comments on the Schools White Paper - NFER White paper's ambitions will not be delivered without funding and resources - NASUWT NEU Cymru welcomes mental health support for education - National Education Union Russell Group response to measures to support Ukrainian research community - Russell Group Dr Mary Bousted comment on the publication of the Schools White Paper - National Education Union Plans for England’s schools include national behaviour survey - Guardian 6 key details in Tory schools plan - from longer school weeks to higher targets - Mirror White paper: What academy shakeup means for trusts, councils and schools - Schools Week Government criticised for axing public sector apprenticeship target - FE Week Schools White Paper: Gimmicks and old news but MAT focus offers welcome clarity - Times Educational Supplement | TES Key measures set out in Schools White Paper - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Schools White Paper: Government sets target for all schools to become academies by 2030 - Nursery World King’s College helping to bring hundreds of Ukrainian refugees to Britain - Guardian Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi wants to 'spread the DNA' of grammar schools - Mail Study shows secondary school pupils fell further behind in the autumn term - Mail Millions of pounds of early years funding left unspent by councils, investigation reveals - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Children in poverty miss out on dress-up days - Nursery World The worrying numbers of children kicked out of school for racist incidents in every part of Wales - Wales Online Nadhim Zahawi: Children of parents moving home will get as good a school as best in London - Evening Standard Nothing is normal in schools now - SecEd The week that will shape Nadhim Zahawi’s legacy - Schools Week 24 ‘priority’ areas to split £40m improvement cash revealed - Schools Week Schools White Paper: Targets to improve education system ‘unlikely to be met’, sector leaders say - CYPN | Children & Young People Now New attendance register to stop 'ghost children' falling through the net - Mail The 32.5 hour school week: what you need to know - Schools Week Education Secretary called out for bringing spending back to 2008 levels - HuffPost ‘Opportunity for all’ schools white paper: All the policies - Schools Week Schools white paper: New key stage 3 benchmarking tests - Schools Week Teach pupils the benefits of the British Empire, says Nadhim Zahawi - The Times Schools White Paper delivers real action to level up education - DfE School pupils falling behind given extra help - Express National Numeracy Day holds biggest ever programme of activities on 18 May 2022 - National Numeracy Why the quality of time spent in classrooms matters, not the duration! - JohnTomsett Evaluation, evaluation, evaluation... - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA UUK’s Code of Practice on fair admissions is welcome, but there are deeper issues - HEPI ASCL comment on schools white paper - ASCL Strike action at 27 universities begins as survey shows most UK university staff considering leaving the sector - UCU Guided reading - UKEdChat Movers and Shakers: Edition 384 - FE Week ‘The job means a lot’: the scheme helping Send school leavers find work - Guardian Online instruction: Planning in five steps - Edmodo We have more unaccompanied asylum-seeking students, but not enough support - FE Week Ban on councils setting up school academy trusts set to be scrapped - Telegraph Female professors call for rethink on planned UK pension cuts - Guardian Desire to protect reputation of schools 'means bullying is hugely under-reported' - Herald Scotland Expanding the debate on university staff communities - Wonkhe Students feel the effects of policy – but what can they to contribute to it? - Wonkhe Tutoring pledge for pupils who are behind in the three Rs in bid to give extra support to struggling children - Mail Teachers must accept 3% rise to show 'restraint' amid rising inflation, education secretary says - Mail GCSEs: Ministers set target for higher English and maths grades - Times Educational Supplement | TES Council-run academy trusts get the green light in schools white paper - Schools Week Task force aims to cut data burden on English sector - Times Higher Education | THE English free speech bill stalls but ministers ‘remain committed’ - Times Higher Education | THE Rebuilding a ‘good’ apprenticeship scheme - FE News All schools in England to aim for academy status by 2030 - Financial Times Poor pupils ‘left behind’ by new schools plan, ministers warned - Independent Councils allowed to set up academy trusts in shake-up of schools system - Guardian Boris Johnson promises help for pupils in campaign to raise GCSE grades - The Times Child Q: Strip-search of teenage girl prompts new school guidelines - The Times Scotland: Nessie is symbol of British control, pupils will be told - The Times