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• Speech: Minister Halfon addresses the Sixth Form Colleges Association

  21-06-2023 18:37 via gov.uk
  
  Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education Robert Halfon delivered a speech to the Sixth Form Colleges Association.
  
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• Open consultation: Working Together to Safeguard Children: changes to statutory guidance

  21-06-2023 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  We are seeking views on our revisions to the Working Together to Safeguard Children statutory guidance.
  
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• University of Manchester: Students and staff sent data leak threat

  21-06-2023 14:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Claiming to be from the hackers, the email issues a "last warning" before personal data will be sold.
  
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• Private schools are on the offensive because Labour looms – and their privileges are under threat | Lola Okolosie

  21-06-2023 14:30
  
  Britain’s fee-paying schools could soon lose their controversial VAT exemption, and fear their protests are falling on closed earsHow do you square the circle that is a 20% tax exemption for wealthy people? That is the difficult question the Independent Schools Council (ISC), the lobby group for the UK’s private schools, finds itself trying to answer. Accepting that it is “increasingly likely” that Labour – which has a policy of charging VAT on private school fees &
  
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• Teachers in England: have you left, or considered leaving the profession?

  21-06-2023 12:33
  
  We would like to hear from teachers who have left their profession and their reasons whyHeadteachers across England have warned of critical shortages of English teachers. Secondary heads have found it difficult hiring maths, science, computer science and design technology teachers – but English teachers have traditionally been easier to recruit.We would like to hear from teachers who have left the profession, or are considering leaving, and their reasons why. Continue reading...
  
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• Open consultation: Information sharing advice for safeguarding practitioners

  21-06-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  A revision to non-statutory advice to support practitioners in the duties and decisions they take to share information.
  
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• Correspondence: Termination warning notice to Sir Martin Frobisher Academy

  21-06-2023 10:00 via gov.uk
  
  Termination warning notice issued to REAch2 Academy Trust in relation to Sir Martin Frobisher Academy.
  
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• Will Poulter makes surprise visit to his sister's London classroom

  21-06-2023 09:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Guardians of the Galaxy actor Will Poulter visits his sister in London for Thank a Teacher Day.
  
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• Edinburgh university students plan graduation protests over degree row

  21-06-2023 07:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some students may refuse to shake hands or wear gowns at University of Edinburgh ceremonies.
  
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• University of Melbourne vice-chancellor calls for free university education

  21-06-2023 07:11
  
  Duncan Maskell says idea that education is only of private benefit to individuals, not public benefit to society must be reversedFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne, Duncan Maskell, has joined the Greens and student unions in calling for tertiary education to be free.Speaking to students and staff on Tuesday evening, Maskell said it had become “s
  
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• 180 pupils a day in England given special needs support plan

  21-06-2023 07:00
  
  Local authority deficits reach ‘unmanageable levels’ as half a million pupils get supportThe number of pupils in England issued with a special needs support plan has more than doubled in the last eight years to 180 a day, driving up deficits in local authority budgets to “unmanageable levels”, according to analysis.A record half a million pupils have an education, health and care plan (EHCP), a legal document setting out a child or young person’s special educational
  
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• Tutoring not a long-term plan to help English pupils catch up, say teachers

  21-06-2023 01:01
  
  School leaders are considering dropping out of the government’s post-pandemic scheme as it prepares to cut fundingAlmost half of school leaders say the government’s national tutoring programme (NTP), set up to help pupils in England catch up after Covid, is not cost-effective, according to a new survey.Most senior leaders who took part in the poll (58%) said they did not regard tuition as a long-term solution to closing the attainment gap for disadvantaged pupils. Continue reading...
  
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