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branwen jeffreys

@branwenjeffreys

BBC Education Editor - swims, reads, dreams - cooks inventively when there's a spare moment.

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A bumpy road ahead - schools say the 2.8% floated is hard to manage - any increase above that - if unfunded might provoke a rethink among headteacher unions. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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The government could fail on its election promise of 6500 extra teachers this parliament National Audit Office warning today Target for secondary teacher training missed 9/10 years, a pupil bulge coming through schools. Disadvantaged areas suffer most. And in FE teachers are paid £10,000

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I love the idea of this - I’ve never joined a book club - too tricky to combine with work travel - and because I want to read what suits my appetite at the time bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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While Universities UK has urged government to ā€œthink carefullyā€ about new levy - UCU Jo Grady has called it an ā€œanti growthā€ white paper and accused the government of being ā€œReform-lightā€

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How sports coaches are helping tackle toxic masculinity. Building this kind of capacity really matters - work that charities like Football beyond borders also do. Youth services have shrunk in many areas over the last decade bbc.com/sport/articles…

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So 4% pay award for teachers in England of which 3% funded with schools to find 1% efficiency- full statement here questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statem…

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Confirmation of the controversial decision to pull all funding from level 7 apprenticeships for over 21s as the focus pivots to entry level training for 16-21 year olds bbc.com/news/articles/…

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Interested in your thoughts - what do you make of defunding of level 7 to push resources to teens and young adults not yet in work bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…