Clerks Associates UK2 Weeks in Education – December 22nd 2014
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Highlights
New statutory school exclusion guidance
Safer internet day – 10 February 2015
Record 500,000 started university
The 12 “Dos” of Christmas for special needs parents
College of Teaching ‘to raise status’
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[1] DfE
[1.1] DfE Education Funding Agency
[2] Education Committee
[3] Ofsted
[3.1] Ofsted in the news
[4] Ofqual
[5] School Admissions and Exclusions
[6] Governance, Leadership and Unions
[7] News reporting
[1] DfE
Form: Academies: alternative provision model funding agreements
Guidance: Using the pupil premium or service premium in admissions
Statistics: Measuring disadvantaged pupils’ attainment gaps over time
News story: Decisions following consultation on AS and A level subjects
Guidance: Extended rights to free school travel
Guidance: SEND support: easy-read guide for children and young people
Press release: England to become a global leader of teaching character
Press release: 430 primary schools win in the Pupil Premium Awards 2015
Press release: New data shows 1.3 million more infants eating free school meals
Press release: £31.7 million boost for ‘life-changing’ SEND reforms
Independent report: SEND reforms: study of local areas’ readiness
Transparency data: SEND implementation grant allocations by local authority
Research and analysis: Military ethos alternative provision projects review
Press release: More pupils succeeding in school adds £1.3 billion to economy
Transparency data: Department for Education people survey results
[1.1] DfE Education Funding Agency
Impact assessment: UTCs and studio schools opened in September 2013
[2] Education Committee
School Reform Minister of State questioned on PSHE and SRE
Secretary of State questioned on careers guidance for young people
[3] Ofsted
Press release: Roma pupils must be better supported to learn, says Ofsted
News story: Ofsted email alerts: important updates
[3.1] Ofsted in the news
Ofsted urged to stop inspections in the week before Christmas
NUT Response to Ofsted Consultation, Better Inspection for All
What might your school say to Ofsted about its middle leaders?
ATL comment on Ofsted’s annual report
Ofsted: 170,000 pupils taught in poor secondary schools
Ofsted warning on secondary schools
Ofsted doesn’t improve results and makes staff nervous, survey finds
Ofsted chief in fresh attack on ‘weak’ secondary schools
CBI: Ofsted should focus on pupils’ ‘holistic’ development
[4] Ofqual
Guidance: Assessment objectives: ancient languages, geography and MFL
News story: Decisions following consultation on AS and A level subjects
Open consultation: GCSE reform: regulations for modern foreign languages
Guidance: Get the facts: GCSE and A level reform
[5] School Admissions and Exclusions
School exclusion: Statutory guidance updated
[6] Governance, Leadership and Unions
“Teacher recruitment and retention on the precipice of a crisis” NASUWT tells Pay Review Body
What might your school say to Ofsted about its middle leaders?
‘Where is the monitoring and support from the DfE before academies fail?’
Governor Thoughtnightly – Andrew Davis Guest Blog
NAHT calls for separate Ofsted judgements
NGA responds to today’s Ofsted Annual Report 2013/14
ATL comment on IPPR report on engaging employers in education
College of Teaching news is pivotal moment for profession, says NAHT
BME teachers deliver damning indictment of Coalition Government record on equality
E-safety and governors’ responsibilities
[7] News reporting
Boys resorting to mobile phone ‘txt speak’ in schools
Schools ‘not getting resources for Roma’
Did you really just say that? The ignorant words SEND parents hear far too often
School exams allow the rich to get richer, says academic
Pupils with special educational needs are being failed by mainstream schools, says Mencap
Lying is an “important social skill” for young children
Catholics demand apology after Ofsted makes ‘unsubstantiated’ extremism claim against school
Government U-turn on school cadet force funding
Nicky Morgan: Giving a child a ‘mild smack’ is OK
Ofqual: schools playing the system to boost pupils’ grades
Teaching British values proves that schools are about more than exams
Cameron announces plan to retrain thousands of maths and science teachers
Former soldiers will be drafted into schools to help build pupils’ character
‘Build character’, schools told
£1m boost for military-style schools project
Standards fear over school cuts
ASCL welcomes government’s support for a College of Teaching
