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Useful education links from 10th-17th May
Tweet These are some of the education stories we found interesting between the 26th April and 10th-17th May 2013.
When is a leak not a leak: An investigation into children’s home data
Tweet While working on a story relating to children’s care homes, Beth Ashton stumbled across some data that shouldn’t have been public. What she did next illustrates the ethical and legal issues facing journalists and public bodies dealing with sensitive subjects. A few … Continue reading
Useful education links for April 19th through April 26th
Tweet These are some of the education stories we found interesting between the 19th and 26th April 2013.
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Tagged academy schools, department for education, gcse, NAS, Ofsted, Times Higher Education, University of East Anglia, UWT
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Useful education links for the last week
These are some of the education stories we found interesting between the 13th and 19th April 2013.
Pupils may get congratulations from David Willetts, the Universities Minister (The Times) – Bright pupils from poor backgrounds could soon receive a letter from ministers encouraging them to apply for university. Continue reading
Useful education links for March 4th through March 28th
Tweet These are the education links we found interesting between March 4th and March 28th: Next Steps Taken for data.ac.uk… | OUseful.Info, the blog… – A new unveiling this week was the HE equipment register (which I think grew out … Continue reading
Document: Conducting inspections of children’s homes
TweetOfsted have just published a guidance document on inspecting children’s homes, which should be of interest if you’re investigating, or planning to investigate, that area. Guidance documents like these can be key in demonstrating the difference between what people should … Continue reading
What is RAISEonline data – and why should it be publicly available?
TweetThere’s a vast store of information about our schools, but access is limited. Read about why we need to make it freely available… What is it and who runs it? RAISEonline is an online tool commissioned jointly by the then DCSF … Continue reading
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Tagged absence, DCSF, exclusions, forvus, free school meals, Ofsted, RAISEonline, research machines ltd, rm, RM data solutions, RM plc, school action, school action plus, schooloscope, SEN
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Investigating the special education system 2: what the data shows
TweetThis summer, the Department for Education (DfE) provided a statistical breakdown of special education system. The data throws up some interesting points, here’s two: 1) The number of children granted statements of special educational need has decreased steadily over the past four … Continue reading
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Tagged Cornwall, DfE, education tribunal, Havering, Hertfordshire, Kingston upon Thames, LA, Leicester, Ofsted, Sarah Teather, SEN, statments
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