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• Teachers deride Starmer’s plan for supervised toothbrushing in schools

  05-10-2023 21:08
  
  Labour leader’s pledge for English primaries as part of a wider dental plan labelled ‘window dressing’ by union chiefSchool leaders have accused Labour of “window dressing” after Keir Starmer pledged to introduce supervised toothbrushing for young children in England’s primary schools.While the policy has long been supported by the dentistry profession as a way of curbing decay, headteachers said it was not appropriate for their staff to check whether pupils h
  
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• Nine rapes at Harrogate military college reported to civilian police in 13 months

  05-10-2023 20:03
  
  Figures raise questions about safeguarding at college given ‘outstanding’ for welfare by OfstedNine rapes at the Harrogate military college, which trains 16- and 17-year-olds for careers in the British army, were reported to civilian police over a 13-month period to the middle of August, figures show.Disclosed under freedom of information legislation, the figures raise questions about safeguarding at Harrogate, and why its welfare arrangements are rated as “outstanding” b
  
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• Speech: Education Secretary addresses the Confederation of School Trusts

  05-10-2023 19:20 via gov.uk
  
  Gillian Keegan recognised the hard work of teachers and discussed the new Advanced British Standard at the Confederation of School Trusts annual conference.
  
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• Rishi Sunak’s new A-level exam is the HS2 of educational reform: it’ll never happen | Simon Jenkins

  05-10-2023 18:18
  
  The rotten system is crying out for a bipartisan inquiry, not a last-minute fudge like the ‘Advanced British Standard’Guess which policy in Rishi Sunak’s busy conference speech will never see the light of day. The answer is the “Advanced British Standard”, the exhilaratingly titled successor to the A-level. He promises it will offer more exams, more classroom time, more maths, £600m in extra cost and not arrive for 10 years. It is the HS2 of educational reform
  
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• Do Rishi Sunak's new policies add up? - podcast

  05-10-2023 04:00
  
  Rishi Sunak has declared himself an enemy of the ‘30-year status quo’. In doing so, he scrapped much of the HS2 rail link and said A-levels would be replaced. Kiran Stacey reports on whether it all adds upRishi Sunak approached his first party conference speech behind in the polls and heading towards a general election campaign that many in his party are dreading. The prime minister’s mission was to begin turning things around and his strategy for the Conservative party was cle
  
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• Sunak’s plan to ditch A-levels is out of touch with reality, says union

  05-10-2023 01:00
  
  Head of National Education Union says new qualification would need 5,300 additional teachers in EnglandRishi Sunak wants to scrap A-levels and replace them with a single qualification that includes compulsory English and maths, bringing upheaval to sixth-form education in England that would last a decade.The new baccalaureate-style Advanced British Standard, which Sunak announced in his speech to the Conservative party conference in Manchester, would also kill off the T-level vocational qualific
  
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