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• Martin Rowson on Rishi Sunak’s maths plan not adding up — cartoon

  17-04-2023 19:27
  
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• No 10 refuses to say when Rishi Sunak first declared wife’s shareholding in childminder agency – as it happened

  17-04-2023 19:24
  
  This blog is now closed. You can read the latest report on this story here:Parliament watchdog opens investigation into SunakQ: Are you going to have to offer more money to teachers?Sunak says what is on offer is “a good and fair settlement”. Continue reading...
  
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• Cost of living: Student EMA to increase after 20 years

  17-04-2023 18:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Students eligible for the Education Maintenance Allowance will get £10 more to help with the cost of living.
  
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• Drop in London primary applications puts future of some schools at risk

  17-04-2023 18:07
  
  Demand for reception class places fell by 2.7% this year, prompting fears some institutions may be forced to merge or closeApplications for reception class places in London have fallen by 2.67% this year, according to new data, fuelling concerns about the financial viability of some primary schools, which may be forced to merge or close as pupil numbers decline.London Councils, the cross-party group representing local authorities in the capital, said there had been a “significant” de
  
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• Did ‘u’ solve it? Wordplay meets numberplay

  17-04-2023 18:05
  
  The answers to today’s lexical perplexities, and the Pilish prizewinnerEarlier today I set you these problems (and a challenge) about constrained writing, a literary form in which a text must conform to mathematical rules.Here are the puzzles again, with solutions. And below you will discover who won the Pilish challenge – judged by Sarah Hart, author of the fab new book Once Upon a Prime, about the links between maths and literature. Continue reading...
  
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• Sunak needn’t worry – maths mania already has our schools in a stranglehold | Simon Jenkins

  17-04-2023 16:32
  
  The obsession with a subject most people don’t need to study until they are 18 is typical of a system that fails to equip pupils for modern lifeRishi Sunak is clearly gripped by maths. Today’s attack on what he sees as Britain’s “anti-maths mindset” is his second this year. The prime minister wants to embarrass all innumerates and make not being good at maths socially unacceptable. Lack of maths, he says, is costing the country “tens of billions a year”.
  
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• Rishi Sunak sets up review to tackle 'anti-maths mindset'

  17-04-2023 13:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An advisory group will consider whether a new maths qualification is needed for 16 to 18-year-olds.
  
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• Transparency data: Independent special schools and colleges

  17-04-2023 12:40 via gov.uk
  
  Independent schools for pupils with special educational needs, including those approved under section 41 of the Children and Families Act.
  
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• Education secretary admits schools don’t have enough maths teachers to implement Sunak’s plans – UK politics live

  17-04-2023 12:20
  
  The prime minister is expected to restate his desire to ensure all pupils study maths up to the age of 18Q: Are you going to have to offer more money to teachers?Sunak says what is on offer is “a good and fair settlement”. Continue reading...
  
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• Rishi Sunak: it should not be socially acceptable to joke about being bad at maths – video

  17-04-2023 12:05
  
  The UK possesses an inherent 'anti-maths mindset' that is hampering efforts to improve numeracy, Rishi Sunak said as he relaunched his plan to make maths education until 18 compulsory.The prime minister argued In a speech to students, teachers and others in north London that a failure to consider numeracy as basic a skill as reading was costing the UK economy huge sums UK politics: latest updates‘Anti-maths mindset’ costs UK a huge sum, Rishi Sunak claims Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Anti-maths mindset’ costs UK a huge sum, Rishi Sunak claims

  17-04-2023 09:52
  
  PM urges Britain to prize numeracy, but critics say such talk counts for nothing without a funded planThe UK possesses an inherent “anti-maths mindset” that is hampering efforts to improve numeracy, Rishi Sunak is to say as he relaunches his plan to make maths education until 18 compulsory.In a speech to students, teachers and others in north London planned for Monday, the prime minister is expected to argue that a failure to consider numeracy as basic a skill as reading is costing t
  
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• Can “u” solve it? Wordplay meets numberplay

  17-04-2023 08:10
  
  Mathematical rules for writingToday’s puzzles celebrate the connections between mathematics and literature.They also mark the publication of Once Upon a Prime, a terrific new book about these connections, by Sarah Hart, professor of maths at Birkbeck, University of London. (One of the puzzles below gives you the chance to win a copy.) Continue reading...
  
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• Primary school places: How can parents appeal over school places?

  17-04-2023 01:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Children starting school in England and Wales in September 2023 are being offered school places.
  
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• Windrush victims being failed by compensation scheme - report

  17-04-2023 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Human Rights Watch says victims of the scandal still face long waits and inadequate compensation.
  
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