Clerks Associates UKA Week in Education – September 2nd 2013
Up to Monday September 2nd 2013
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[1] DfE
[2] Ofsted
[3] Ofqual
[4] School Admissions and Exclusions
[5] Governance, Leadership and Unions
[6] News reporting
[1] DfE
Free childcare extended to working families on low incomes
[2] Ofsted
Professionals newsletter – August 2013 …
[3] Ofqual
Changes to GCSE English and English language …
[4] School Admissions and Exclusions
Councils spending £9,000 PER PUPIL picking up costs of government’s school places crisis
Latest decisions of the Office of the Schools Adjudicator
Office of the Schools Adjudicator: London Oratory News report
Top Catholic School [London Oratory] told to halt admissions preference over parents’ service in church community …
Tony Blair sons’ former school ordered to change admission policy
[5] Governance, Leadership and Unions
Fears over plans for performance-related pay in schools
NGA Annual Conference & AGM 2013
Prospects of further GCSE accountability changes?
NAHT comment on removal of speaking and listening from GCSE English
Another piecemeal change adds to the confusion surrounding GCSE
Head leaves academy sponsored by elite Wellington College after GCSE results slump
Will changes to league tables stop schools from ‘gaming’ the system?
Top heads should be paid cash bonuses to expand their schools, research says
Results of the NGA TES Survey published – Thanks to the 2,400 governors who took part!
[6] News reporting
GCSE pupils who ‘fail’ English or maths will be forced to stay on at school and resit their exams
Teachers call for return of foreign exchange trips to halt the decline of language skills
BHA identifies 45 schools that continue to have section 28-like policies
Third of GCSEs taken in private schools graded A*
British pupils less likely to be ‘academic all-rounders’
Foreign students ‘given more choice of courses at UK universities’
‘Learning for earning’ tables to tell pupils which subjects pay
Head leaves academy sponsored by elite Wellington College after GCSE results slump
Five children arrested after fire destroys school
Schools have become too “regimented” and exclude topics – including Humpty Dumpty – says union…
Road safety: Insurers show accidents near schools
Students to continue key subjects
League Tables: ‘We shoot a few to encourage the others’
Teenagers ‘to shun university in favour of apprenticeships’
Domestic violence education ‘needed’
English GCSEs to lose speaking marks …
Nine out of 10 teachers call for mandatory work experience for students
It’s time for a national debate on language learning
Bad habits and bad food are killing us
GCSE maths reforms will fail weak students, researchers warn
Clearing 2013: top universities still recruiting bright students
Rise in primary test result changes following cheating or mistakes in administration
