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• Children in England’s schools need better sex education, experts tell MPs

  10-05-2023 21:29
  
  Too few teachers have training in how to deliver lessons in relationships and sex, committee toldChildren need more and better sex and relationship education in England’s schools, to help them navigate the issues they are likely to face as they get older, experts have told MPs.The Commons women and equalities committee heard that too few teachers in England have received training in how to deliver lessons in relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) since it became a compulsory topic
  
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• When Ofsted got a taste of its own medicine | Letter

  10-05-2023 18:46
  
  Our school’s strategy was to openly record any interactions with inspectors – and it paid off, writes Anne JohnsMaybe schools should treat Ofsted inspectors (Letters, 30 April) to some of their own medicine as we did. When they came to my very racially diverse urban comprehensive school, all staff were issued with bright yellow forms on which to record every inspector’s visit to a class, and any interaction with students or staff during the lesson. This was done quite overtly,
  
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• Decision: FE Commissioner intervention: Ruskin College 2023

  10-05-2023 17:03 via gov.uk
  
  FE Commissioner's intervention report summary on Ruskin College, and the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education’s letter to the chair.
  
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• Enrollment in US schools hasn’t bounced back since pandemic, data shows

  10-05-2023 13:00
  
  Lost students, dwindling relief funds and a juggernaut of new schooling options could portend layoffs and school closuresThree years and counting since the pandemic shuttered schools and tethered students to their laptops, new data shows that enrollment in the vast majority of the nation’s largest school districts has yet to recover.Kindergarten counts continue to dwindle in many states – evidence of falling birth rates and an ever-growing array of options luring parents away from tr
  
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• Open consultation: ​​Ensuring the resilience of the qualifications system​

  10-05-2023 12:00 via gov.uk
  
  Ensuring resilience across all regulated qualifications, with guidance for gathering evidence of student performance in GCSE, AS and A levels, Project qualifications and Advanced Extension Award in maths.
  
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• English councils holding back millions of pounds of free childcare funds

  10-05-2023 07:00
  
  FoI requests reveal at least 90 councils top-sliced childcare budget to offset deficits or add to reservesMPs have expressed concern that local authorities in England are failing to pass on government funding for free childcare places to nurseries, after research showed councils were holding back millions of pounds to offset deficits or add to reserves.Freedom of information requests submitted by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) revealed that more than 90 of the 150 local education
  
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