Clerks Associates UK2 Weeks in Education – September 29th 2014
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Highlights
New Round of National Leaders of Governance (NLG) Applications
School admissions authorities reminded about proper vacancy process
40 schools targeted with lightning inspections
Heads reject bad behaviour claims
Governor Thoughtnightly Guest Blog – Wellcome Trust
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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
News story: ISSP primary curriculum project
Press release: Bursaries and scholarships for top graduates who train to teach
Press release: Education commissioner for Birmingham announced
Press release: 100,000 more pupils on track to succeed in reading via phonics
Press release: New GCSE in cooking and nutrition announced
Research and analysis: School business manager learning programmes evaluation
Press release: Watford school officially reopens following massive renovation
Policy paper: Department for Education equality objectives
Correspondence: Nicky Morgan writes to teaching unions about talks
[1.1] DfE Education Funding Agency
Transparency data: Investigation report: E-ACT: An investigation report on E-ACT and its academies.
[2] Education Committee
Research published: Conflicts of interest in academy sponsorship arrangements
2nd Special Report – Underachievement in Education by White Working Class Children: Gover…
[3] Ofsted
Failure of leadership in tackling poor behaviour costing pupils up to an hour of learning a day
Ofsted finds the need for excellent teaching in further education has never been more important
Ofsted begins series of no notice school inspections
[3.1] Ofsted in the news
Ofsted’s Sir Michael Wilshaw: headteachers should be disciplinarians – video
‘Ofsted must listen up, “outstanding” teaching will never overcome chronic misbehaviour…
Ofsted: putting heads under house arrest
Ofsted rejects claims of tip-offs
40 schools targeted with lightning inspections
[4] Ofqual
Assessment arrangements for new languages GCSEs
[5] School Admissions and Exclusions
Choosing a secondary school: a teacher’s guide for parents
Widespread socio-economic segregation caused by religiously selective admissions revealed
Council urges middle-class parents to choose state schools over private
School admissions authorities reminded about proper vacancy process
[6] Governance, Leadership and Unions
New Round of National Leaders of Governance (NLG) Applications
Leadership Links NAHT’s newsletter (issue 185)
NASUWT comments on Ofsted’s pupil behaviour report
ATL comment on Ofsted report on tackling poor behaviour
Tomlinson named Birmingham school chief
ATL comment on Policy Exchange calling for all primary schools to become academies within five years
Questions for governors from the Inspiring Governors regional event
GCSE students given wrong exam grades, say 80% of headteachers
Heads reject bad behaviour claims
NGA comments on research into academy conflicts of interest
Governor Thoughtnightly Guest Blog – Wellcome Trust
Extending the school day can be beneficial but there are practical obstacles
ATL comment on Education Committee report ‘Underachievement in Education by White Working Class Children’
SGOSS Partnership with The Key
NASUWT: Free schools failing to demonstrate they are advancing racial equality, new report finds
NAHT: Open letter to Sir Michael Wilshaw on no-notice inspections
[7] News reporting
Half of all Britain’s co-ed state schools don’t have a single girl studying physics at A-level
‘Hove vs Gove’ campaign victory: Parents derail ‘academies bandwagon’
School streaming helps brightest pupils but nobody else, say researchers
There’s nothing irregular about flexi-schooling
There’s no excuse for kids leaving primary school unable to read
The niqab is no reason to deny a girl an education
Low-level disruption ‘hits learning’
Phonics: sharp rise in six-year-olds passing test, but poor lag behind
Abolishing GCSE coursework is ‘dumbing down’ citizenship, teachers claim
Children need ‘compulsory, comprehensive sex and relationships education’
‘Making GCSEs harder shows that Govism, if not Gove himself, still reigns’
Labour vows to continue with performance-related pay for teachers
Teachers lose confidence in GCSE and A-level results over grading errors and ‘constant change’
Inclusive sex education is vital – and British schools aren’t delivering it
All schools ‘should run a longer day’ to benefit poor pupils
‘Want to be an entrepreneur? Start at primary school’
Loopholes leave academies at risk of sponsors cashing in, MPs warned
