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Issue 8.10

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Strategies Of Parental Protection For Children Online

This Ofcom report on Internet safety measures looks at parental mediation of the internet and the wide ranging strategies and tools used by parents to protect their children online. Leadership Briefing Issue 8.10 (94)

  • 22 May 2014
  • 24mins
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Looked After Children Living Away From Their Home Area

This thematic inspection from Ofsted evaluated the effectiveness of local authorities in discharging their responsibilities to looked after children who live away from their home community. Inspectors visited a sample of nine local authority areas. The report draws on evidence from 92 cases. It also draws on the views of looked after children and young people, carers, and professionals from the local authorities and from partner agencies. Leadership Briefing Issue 8.10 (94)

  • 22 May 2014
  • 24mins
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Closing The Attainment Gap In Scottish Education

This report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation outlines what teachers, schools, local and national government and other education providers can do to close the education attainment gap associated with poverty in Scotland. It looks at what attempts have been made to tackle the issue, and which have proved successful. It also makes recommendations for educators and policy-makers. Leadership Briefing Issue 8.10 (94)

  • 22 May 2014
  • 24mins
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HEA Student Academic Experience Survey 2014

This research of 15,046 UK students by the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) and the Higher Education Academy (HEA) has found that a third of students in England, who pay up to £9,000 in tuition fees, say their degree course is very poor value for money and that they have just 10 minutes extra with university lecturers despite the rise in fees since 2012. Leadership Briefing Issue 8.10 (94)

  • 22 May 2014
  • 24mins
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Clinical Judgement And Decision-Making In Children’s Social Work

This DfE research report presents the findings from a study of social workers’ decision-making and the behavioural factors that affect those decisions when working with children entering social care. Leadership Briefing Issue 8.10 (94)

  • 16 May 2014
  • 24mins
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The Learning Curve

This report published by Pearson and written by The Economist Intelligence Unit, is part of a wide-ranging programme of quantitative and qualitative analysis, entitled The Learning Curve, which explores the factors behind global performance shifts in global education league tables. The report reveals the most successful and efficacious education systems around the world are those that equip learners with not only academic skills, but with those which will stand them in good stead to strive within the modern workplace. Leadership Briefing Issue 8.10 (94)

  • 16 May 2014
  • 24mins
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Teaching Schools Evaluation

This DfE report contains an evaluation of teaching schools and their role in improving all schools. The interim report is the first publication from the 2-year study on the evaluation of teaching schools. It summaries emerging issues from the early development of case study teaching school alliances (TSA). Leadership Briefing Issue 8.10 (94)

  • 16 May 2014
  • 24mins
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Do Young People Sometimes Feel They Are Addicted To The Internet?

This research report by Tablet for Schools, reveals that while young people perceive their digital devices as a means to socialise with their friends, be entertained, and keep abreast of current affairs, there is concern amongst some that they are sometimes addicted to the internet (40%) that they are too reliant on their device, and that they are tiring of their seemingly compulsive use of the internet. Leadership Briefing Issue 8.10 (94)

  • 16 May 2014
  • 24mins
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Phonics Screening Check Evaluation

This DfE report provides an overview of participating schools’ phonics teaching practices and information about changes in practice since 2012. The report also explores the emerging impacts of the check, including an exploration of how the results of the check are being used by schools, and the extent to which the introduction of the check has led to other new work or activity. Leadership Briefing Issue 8.10 (94)

  • 8 May 2014
  • 24mins
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Evaluation of the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund

This report presents findings from the second year of the independent evaluation of the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund, commissioned by the Department for Education. The 16 to 19 Bursary Fund was introduced in September 2011 and provides financial support to young people who face significant financial barriers to participation in education or training post 16. Leadership Briefing Issue 8.10 (94)

  • 8 May 2014
  • 24mins