Less than a third of companies expect to increase their numbers of apprentices – even though the introduction of the apprenticeship levy is just months away – a new survey suggests.
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TES
21 Dec 2016
As part of TODAY's "Teens Tell All" series, eight Colorado high schoolers, ages 15-17, sat down with NBC's Stephanie Gosk for a raw, unfiltered conversation about what goes on inside their lives.
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Today (USA)
03 Jan 2017
A new report suggests there is still room for improvement in how schools prepare their students for the world of work. So what’s missing?
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The Guardian
13 Oct 2017
Theresa May warns mental ill health 'destroys lives' as she unveils plans to fund training for teachers, overhaul treatment and open crisis cafes
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Daily Mail
11 Jan 2017
With the government considering making sex education compulsory, and pupils demanding proper guidance, it is up to schools to share best practice in SRE, writes one leading headteacher
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TES
13 Jan 2017
As the New Year brings with it new resolutions and new hopes, the need for more effective mental health provision to help vulnerable children can surely not have been more acute.
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Schools Improvement Net
09 Jan 2017
Barnado’s survey shows three-quarters of 11- to 15-year-olds would feel safer if they had sex and relationship education
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The Guardian
16 Jan 2017
The Duke suggested 2017 could be the “tipping point” for changing the nation’s attitudes towards mental health, when “people no longer feel they have to bear the weight alone for fear of judgement”.
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The Telegraph
18 Jan 2017
If you share the commitment to changing the conversation on mental health for everyone, your organisation can become a Supporter of Heads Together.
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Heads Together
19 Jan 2017
More than eight in ten Britons think sex and relationship education (SRE) should be compulsory in schools, according to new research.
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BT.com
23 Jan 2017
The public sector needs to lead the way in equipping young people for the future, Skills Minister Robert Halfon said on Wednesday as the Government announced the creation of 200,000 new apprenticeships by 2020
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The Telegraph
23 Jan 2017
As the mental health crisis among students bites deeper, schools are increasingly turning to third sector organisations, writes one leading educationist
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TES
24 Jan 2017
The teaching of personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) and sex and relationships education (SRE) is being “fatally neglected” by Ofsted inspectors, according to a report published today.
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TES
27 Jan 2017
Findings from government commissioned survey come after prime minister Theresa May puts mental health at the heart of her "shared society"
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TES
27 Jan 2017
Lessons at school can protect children from online threats, but politicians would rather bury their heads in the sand
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The Guardian
30 Jan 2017
Rapid expansion and new funding model could jeopardise quality and risk public money being used ineffectively, research concludes
The policy forcing all large public-sector employers to employ a set number of apprentices should be removed, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
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TES
01 Feb 2017
More than 50,000 children and young people called Childline last year suffering from a serious mental health problem.
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ITV News
08 Feb 2017
School leaders blame ‘budgets at breaking point’ for plans to cut back mental health and emotional wellbeing services
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TES
08 Feb 2017
More than half of teachers who tried to seek help for children say they found it difficult to find a service or professional to meet their needs
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Independent
13 Feb 2017
Sex education should be compulsory in all state secondary schools, the Local Government Association (LGA) believes.
It says pupils are not being prepared for adulthood and so are vulnerable to sexually transmitted infections.
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BBC
16 Feb 2017