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Issue 5.06

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Social & Emotional Aspects Of Learning In Secondary Schools

SEAL is a comprehensive, whole-school approach to promoting the social and emotional skills that underpin effective learning, positive behaviour, regular attendance, staff effectiveness and the emotional health and well-being of all who learn and work in schools. The aims of this Department of Education evaluation of secondary SEAL were to (a) assess the impact of secondary SEAL on a variety of outcomes for pupils, staff and schools, and (b) examine how schools implemented SEAL, with particular reference to the adoption of a whole-school approach. Leadership Briefing 5.06 (54)

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Diversity In The Legal Profession In England And Wales

In recent years the legal profession in England and Wales has become increasingly diverse, according to this University of Westminster research, funded by the Legal Services Board. Yet statistics demonstrate that the profession is segmented and stratified on gendered, raced and classed lines, suggesting that the opportunities available to young lawyers are not equally distributed. Research also indicates that white graduates from higher socio-economic groups are over-represented in large City firms and at the Bar, while BME women from lower socio-economic groups are concentrated in small High Street practices. Leadership Briefing 5.06 (54)

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Absence Management Survey

This report by The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development provides detailed benchmarking data on absence levels, causes and costs. The research shows that workers in the public sector are taking an average of 10 days off sick per year with stress being the leading cause of absence; this is 3 days more than workers in the private sector. It also highlights the methods that employers are using to manage and reduce absence. The report additionally covers the effect that the recession has had on absence levels and features two best practice case studies. Leadership Briefing 5.06 (54)

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Impact Of School Performance Information On Pupil Progress

This research, carried out by Bristol University, blames the abolition of league tables in Wales for pupils in Wales faring worse at GCSE level than their English counterparts. The research found that the lack of public naming and shaming of badly performing schools had removed the pressure upon them to improve. The result is that an average student in England will outperform an average student in Wales by two GCSE grades. Leadership Briefing 5.06 (54)

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Millennium Cohort Study Fourth Survey

The Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) is the fourth national birth cohort study in Britain. It has so far followed up the ‘Children of the New Century’ four times, and is set to track them through their teenage years and into adulthood. This fourth study from the Institute of Education, University of London, has found that almost one in four boys in the UK is already “anti-school” by the age of seven. Boys of this age are more than twice as likely as girls to say they do not like school, and twenty-four per cent do not enjoy primary school, compared with only 10 per cent of girls. Leadership Briefing 5.06 (54)

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Diplomas: The Second Year

This Ofsted report focuses on the introduction of the Diplomas in their second year of operation and is an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the Diploma programme. The main strengths were in the ‘principal learning’, the main subject content of the Diplomas, where learners were often well-motivated and made good progress in lessons. However, there were weaknesses in the links between ‘principal learning’ and the other components of the qualification, particularly functional skills, and additional and specialist learning. Leadership Briefing 5.06 (54)

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