ISC Daily News Summary

ISC Daily News Summary 17 October 2018

School places demand set to hit 20-year high

State sector

This autumn, the Good Schools Guide predicts there will be close to 25,000 more students applying for Year 7 places in England than last year. By Rosemary Bennett, The Times.


Letters: Manchester Grammar School and affordable school fees

Letters

Dr Christopher Ray, former head of Manchester Grammar School, has written to The Telegraph about affordable school fees. His letter is halfway down the page.


'Teaching is a tough job but it does get easier'

Teaching and learning

Mark Enser, a teacher and writer, argues that teaching becomes easier and less stressful the longer someone is in the profession. Tes.


School-centred teacher training providers welcome fee cap increase

Teacher training

School-centred initial teacher training (SCITT) providers will be allowed to charge £9,250 per trainee after the Department for Education lifted the fee cap - putting them on a par with universities. By Jess Staufenberg, Schools Week.


Education Secretary wants “greater accountability” for schools that permanently exclude children

General education

Damian Hinds MP is considering a plan to force schools that permanently exclude children and place them in a new school or alternative provision to include their exam performance in academic results data. By Rosemary Bennett, The Times.


'What is a fair university admissions policy?'

Higher education

BBC News looks at whether universities should consider ethnicity in their admissions policies. By Sean Coughlan.


Young people outline their further education funding fears

Further education

Six young people voice their concerns about further education funding pressures. By Hannah Richardson, BBC News.


History made as robot gives evidence at Education Select Committee

And finally

A robot from Middlesex University has become the first 'non human' to give evidence at an Education Select Committee hearing, answering questions about the fourth industrial revolution. By John Roberts, Tes.


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