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Issue 8.04

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No More NEETs: A Plan For All Young People To Be Learning Or Earning

This report by IPPR sets out a strategy for radically increasing the proportion of young people who are learning or earning, by fixing the broken school-to-work transition system and establishing a distinct work, training and benefits track for those aged 18–24. This approach is underpinned by two new initiatives: a youth allowance, to keep young people out of the adult welfare system, and a youth guarantee, to ensure they stay in touch with the labour market. This report also sets out cost estimates for the new proposals and funding measures, including options to further limit or offset costs in the long term. Leadership Briefing Issue 8.04(88)

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One-to-one Tablets in Secondary Schools: An Evaluation Study

This report by Tablets for Schools summarises findings from an evaluation study that is looking at the feasibility and educational impact of giving one-to-one Tablets to every child in school. The objectives for Stage 3 were to examine teacher, student and parent engagement, to measure perceived benefits and drawbacks of Tablet use to review the process of introducing one-to-one tablets to a school, and to summarise the global picture of the use of Tablets in education. Leadership Briefing Issue 8.04(88)

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Newly Qualified Teachers: Annual Survey 2013

From February to May 2013, the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) surveyed newly qualified teachers (NQTs) who had successfully completed their initial teacher training in England during the 2011 to 2012 academic year. The survey assesses the quality of their initial teacher training in a number of key areas; their induction experiences; and their current employment circumstances. Leadership Briefing Issue 8.04(88)

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Student Perceptions Of High-Achieving Classmates

This study investigated students’ perceptions of their high-performing classmates in terms of intelligence, social skills, and conscientiousness in different school subjects. The results show that high academic achievements in particular school subjects lead to negative reactions in the peer group whereas high achievements in other school subjects result in positive peer reactions. In contrast, the respondents’ gender and the gender of the successful classmates had little influence on student perceptions of high achievers. The results are discussed in regard to their implications for gifted education. Leadership Briefing Issue 8.04(88)

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Analysis Of Academy School Performance In The 2011 And 2012 GCSEs

This Local Government Association (LGA) report provides a statistical analysis of school level GCSE data. The purpose of the analysis was to determine whether there was any differential progress between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 4 that can be associated with schools status. The report highlights analysis undertaken on the 2011 and 2012 GCSE results with future analysis on the 2013 and 2014 results. Leadership Briefing Issue 8.04(88)

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Complying with Exclusion Regulations

The exclusion of children from schools has been a prominent issue in recent months due, in part, to a report by the Children’s Commissioner for England, Dr Maggie Atkinson. Produced in April 2013, the report, titled ‘Always Someone Else’s Problem’, follows a previous paper published last year, ‘They Never Give Up On You’, and examines occurrences of illegal exclusions and the best ways to tackle them. Perry Hill, partner in the education sector group at business law firm DWF, examines Dr Atkinson’s findings, recent changes to the law and how schools can comply with all relevant policies. Leadership Briefing Issue 8.04(88)

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Parental Views On Education

This YouGov attitudinal survey was commissioned by London Councils of London parents’ attitudes to the new educational system. It reveals that a majority of parents (62%) with children at a free school support councils having a role in dealing with underperforming free schools. This rises to 77 per cent of parents with children in a local authority maintained school who think local authorities should have powers of influence over maintained schools. Leadership Briefing Issue 8.04(88)

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Closing The Skills Gap

This policy statement by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers sets out a framework that is needed for Government, industry and education to build a coherent strategy and work together to narrow the gap between the demand and supply of engineers. It presents recommendations for action to attract more young people into apprenticeships and engineering degrees, and examines how better co-ordination will also lead to greater retention of engineers throughout their careers. Leadership Briefing Issue 8.04(88)

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