From BBC News
Scottish education subjects review ordered
The review follows concern there has been a narrowing of subject choice for secondary pupils to study between S4-S6.
From DfEE
Press release: Education Secretary backs review of university admissions
The Education Secretary has backed a review which will consider whether students should apply to university after getting their A level results.
From BBC News
Universities ‘in dark’ over student mental health needs
A former health minister wants universities to be bound by law to meet students’ mental-health needs.
From the Guardian
George Orwell was right, private schools bar moves towards a fairer society | Letters
Jol Miskin and Margaret Tulloch on what Labour may do about private education, and Robert Harding and John Lancaster on the Oxbridge intake from state schools I couldn’t agree more with Melissa Benn that the private school system is “morally Read more…
From the Guardian Music
Lit review – a blistering look at teenage trauma
Jubilee Hall, AldeburghEve Austin is vividly volatile as a schoolgirl adrift over summer holidays in Sophie Ellerby’s slow-burning drama for HighTide Year 9 is said to be the toughest for schoolchildren. The looming GCSE workload hasn’t yet fixed their focus, Read more…
From BBC News
Facebook removes altered Conservative advertisement
The Tories “misused” the platform when they changed the headline on a BBC News story, the company says.
From BBC News
World Afro Day: Kids takeover for Big Hair Assembly
Children around the world are being educated about afro hair ahead of World Afro Day.
From BBC News
Conservative Party Facebook advert altered BBC headline
The party says it is reviewing its Facebook advertising after criticism of the way a BBC story was used.
From DfEE
Guidance: Apply to the Trust Capacity Fund
Application form and guidance for trusts wishing to apply to the 2019 to 2020 Trust Capacity Fund (TCaF).
From BBC News
11-Plus exam questions ‘impossible to answer’
Children sitting an exam in Buckinghamshire found errors in questions, making them unanswerable.