The push to create apprenticeships fast has devalued their brand, with low level skills such as coffee-making being accredited, Ofsted has said.
Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw says some learners are not even aware they are on apprenticeship schemes.
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19 Oct 2015
Schools are being urged to tackle the use of sexist language to avoid youngsters being gender stereotyped.
An Institute of Physics (IoP) guide argues schools do not take sexist "banter" as seriously as they do racist or homophobic language.
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20 Oct 2015
The “life-limiting” stigma endured by teenagers with mental health issues is to be tackled by a new anti-stigma government campaign.
Time to Change, the mental health anti-stigma programme run by the charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, is set to launch a huge national campaign in November, health minister Alistair Burt said today.
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Huffington Post
26 Oct 2015
The low take-up of apprenticeships is "little short of a disaster" and schools are partly to blame, the head of Ofsted will say today.
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TES
26 Oct 2015
"This is an exciting time for apprenticeships in the UK as the government reforms the qualifications and introduces degree level and higher level apprenticeships, ahead of an expected increase in demand as the apprenticeship levy on large businesses is introduced in 2017."
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05 Nov 2015
The government wants to see “almost everybody” embark on either an apprenticeship or a university degree, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.
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TES
10 Nov 2015
Sir Michael Wilshaw has accused head teachers of encouraging pupils to stay on at sixth form, because they are concerned about protecting budgets
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The Telegraph
13 Nov 2015
The Anti-Bullying Alliance is reporting results from a new survey suggesting more than a quarter of young people bullied at school say it impacted on their mental health.
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Schools Improvement Net
16 Nov 2015
We must teach children that speaking out is the only way to beat bullying, writes an education consultant at the NSPCC children’s charity
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TES
18 Nov 2015
The Independent is reporting new research that suggests sex education lessons in schools are ignoring gay and lesbian relationships.
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Schools Improvement Net
24 Nov 2015
More than half of parents in England have never spoken to their children about stress, anxiety or depression, a survey has suggested.
A poll of more than 1,100 parents found that 55% had not spoken about the subject to their offspring.
Of those, 20% said they did not know how to address the issue.
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30 Nov 2015
An influential panel of MPs has urged Nicky Morgan to make the teaching of sex and relationship education statutory in all schools.
The chair of the Commons Education Select Committee has written to the education secretary calling on her to “carefully consider” the merits of introducing statutory status for personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education.
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TES
30 Nov 2015
The well-being of pupils is being ignored by some schools in pursuit of academic results, a former leading headmaster has warned
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The Telegraph
03 Dec 2015
The public sector will be forced to pay for 200,000 more apprenticeship places to deliver on the government’s election manifesto commitments.
Setting out the government’s plans to deliver 3 m apprentices by 2020, the prime minister will say in a speech on Monday that 2.3% of staff in large public sector bodies will have to be apprentices.
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The Guardian
07 Dec 2015
All children will be taught about the world of work by the time they leave primary school, according to a new initiative unveiled this week by the Government.
Under the proposals, information and talk about future careers will be included in the primary curriculum, and teachers will be expected to act early to help pupils make clear connections between reading, writing and arithmetic and obtaining a decent job in the future.
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The Independent
07 Dec 2015
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has joined forces with NHS England to launch a multi-million pound joint mental health pilot scheme for hundreds of schools.
The Mental Health Services and Schools Link Pilots will test a named single point of contact in 255 schools and in 22 pilot areas, meaning more joined-up working between schools and health services.
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HM Government
07 Dec 2015
A survey of 120,000 15-year-olds also found girls generally have a lower sense of health and wellbeing than their male peers.
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Sky News
09 Dec 2015
Poor take-up of traineeships could scupper plans to help millions, claims MP
The government’s ambitious plans to expand the apprenticeship programme could be thwarted by the “pitiful” take-up of traineeships, the shadow FE and skills minister has warned.
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TES
21 Dec 2015
A number of MPs including the education, health, home affairs and business committee chairman have called upon the government to make Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education compulsory in schools.
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Education Business
11 Jan 2016
Almost a third of young people said they did not learn about sexual consent in sex education lessons, says a survey from the National Children's Bureau.
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BBC
08 Jan 2014