#dfe — Public Fediverse posts

I do note that the #DfE have not clarified their position on #BYOD provision for 6th form / "reasonable adjustments" mobile phones, which I raised with them last year.

Both the new and previous guidance *appear* to prohibit #schools from providing BYOD networks in those cases, which I don't think is the intent, but the DfE gave a rather wordy non-reply when I questioned it. :(

#school #EdTech #EdTechChat #Education

Unhelpfully, the #DfE doesn't publish a "substantive changes" summary of these kinds of update, so I will need to do a side-by-side comparison with the old guidance from archive.org.

#BBC is reporting that "new #guidance" says that #children must not use mobile phones in #schools in England. But this has been the case for the past 2 years!

The #DfE published new guidance a couple of weeks ago and the article goes on to say that the previous guidance "did not deliver the clarity or consistency that schools need". From a quick scan of the updated guidance it doesn't look hugely different from the previous guidance, so why this is presented as new?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgk827r8mrzo

We continue our work on papers from our multi-arm trials in the "Education for #Wellbeing" programme.

#PeerReview comments were a great opportunity to catch up with colleagues over the revisions!

If you can't wait:

#PrePrints
https://osf.io/kxug7/files

#DfE reports
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-for-wellbeing-programme-findings

#MentalHealth #Schools #PublicHealth #PublicMentalHealth

Currently wading through 187 pages of Keeping Children Safe in Education. The #DfE saw fit to publish the latest edition moments before school's broke up for the summer, with the expectation that they would implement the new recommendations from September, which seems somewhat mean.

#KCSIE #OnlineSafety #Safeguarding

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) in education - this is the The Department for Education’s (DfE) position on the use of generative AI in the education sector, updated in January 2025.

#GenAI #DfE #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #EdPolicy

https://buff.ly/3WnFdcz

#GE24 counts resume this morning, and here are @gavreilly's spreadsheets for the following constituencies (1/n):

#CNW Cork North-West https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AWdn7Kwoy-RzIXpoUWUtB100KPO5NzZGzrqDZmZ3GiY/htmlview

#CSC Cork South-Central https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OdqU09Kr53RO7zlaZYeisMAO2kAVv-mpXwm1ajJpL1o/htmlview#gid=1709040152

#DBS Dublin Bay South https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rOUJqRxIWrIbljWRGP72cb8r8wx_2QsiU8E811EbXbQ/htmlview#gid=1709040152

#DFE Dublin Fingal East https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GYWJTAFDk1iIy-jNrkGqfbVtaT3rF1TK3kK-68tmNVA/htmlview#gid=1709040152

#DFW Dublin Fingal West https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sEAyqLEq7INIl_XVy_aek1TO25DQZwy9G3vxeKMtteM/htmlview

#DMW Dublin Mid-West https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vC204XScrEdFzffE6s8p9LYn34c55njw6JkbwGv4E_4/htmlview#gid=1709040152

#DNW Dublin North-West https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CbwGW-oczxDvz5Xuk-2qsIrTMRbu1u6lQddfKGFVwxY/htmlview#gid=1709040152

#DSW Dublin South-West https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EU51VEzw1PyEKK6wJKFbp7FYfvLz56lnh59lMoFTGSQ/htmlview#gid=1709040152

@clickhere Dublin Fingal West going further east than #dfe is another poor naming choice

@TechCrunch Apple peeve: hey, Tim Cook, what if Apple designed their stuff for repairability instead of obsolescence? #DesignForTheEnvironment #DFE #CradleToCradle

Overseas schools given ‘British’ accreditation despite anti-equality curriculum | Private schools | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/26/overseas-schools-given-british-accreditation-despite-anti-equality-curriculum

#OverseasSchools
#BritishSchoolsOverseas
#PrivateSchools
#AntiEquality
#Homophobia
#BSO
#DFE
#EqualityAct2010
#AssociationOfBritishSchoolsOverseas
#UAE
#BrightonCollege
#Harrow
#Thailand
#Transphobia
#Gibb
#CouncilOfBritishInternationalSchools
#Agnew
#CranleighUK

Esther McVey the Minister for Common Sense, has hit opposition to her new rule to ban rainbow lanyards in the civil service. 🏳️‍🌈 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/culture-war-rainbow-lanyard-ban-estger-mcvey-b2544061.html

The DfE has declared it will not follow the new guidance as it was not consulted, and their civil servents are now flooding the system with requests for the colourful lanyards.

#UKGovt #DfE #McVey #CultureWar

Pupils in England ‘facing worst exam results in decades’ after Covid closures | Exams | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/apr/24/pupils-in-england-facing-worst-exam-results-in-decades-after-covid-closures-says-study

#Exams
#ExamResults
#Covid
#GCSEs
#DFE
#AcademicCatchUp

Migrant cleaners’ strike threat as they demand equal rights to white government colleagues | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/migrant-cleaners-government-strike-discrimination-b2528192.html

#MigrantWorkers
#Racism
#Cleaners
#Black
#White
#POC
#DeptOfEducation
#Pay
#2TierSystem
#SanctuaryBuildings
#Union
#TermsAndConditions
#TermsAndConditionsOfEmployment
#UnitedVoicesOfTheWorldUnion
#DFE
#ISSUKLimited
#ISS
#UVW
#ISSUKAndI
#GovernmentPropertyAgency
#GPA

Just seen a #DfE post on the Birdsite with someone claiming 'it's clear there's a stigma around #apprenticeships' (and goes on to explain why they're actually a good thing)

I'm left wondering, 'if that is actually the case, how come there are already so many more people who want to train through an #apprenticeship than there are vacancies for #apprentices?'

Special needs responsibilities were heaped on councils as funding shrank
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/special-needs-responsibilities-were-heaped-on-councils-as-funding-shrank/ar-BB1itDl7?cvid=1f190fac50cb431281feaa0561026d49&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=7

#SEN
#SpecialEducationalNeeds
#LocalCouncil
#FundingCuts
#SpecialSchools
#EHCPs
#SEND
#DFE
#LGA
#LocalGov
#LocalGovernmentAssociation

Is it just me or is this a major scandal and waste of money the DfE seems remarkably relaxed about?
The Harlow school alone is £26 million to demolish and replace, one of five around the country. And that before you start looking at other departments. Yet there appears to be no word of pursuing the directors for what feels a bit like fraud.
DfE reviewing all Caledonian Modular work over safety fears | Construction News
#Educaton #GovermentFailure #DfE #Construction
https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/dfe-reviewing-all-caledonian-modular-work-over-safety-fears-24-08-2023/#:~:text=They%20said%20there%20were%20%E2%80%9Cnumerous,they%20were%20safe%20to%20occupy.

MPs hit out at ‘shocking’ lack of detail on the crumbling concrete crisis in schools | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/mps-hit-out-at-shocking-lack-of-detail-on-the-crumbling-concrete%E2%80%93crisis-in-schools

#RAAC
#Schools
#MPs
#PublicAccountsCommittee
#DFE
#NationalEducationUnion
#NationalAssociationOfHeadTeachers

#UKRI have caved. Most alarming of all in the response is UKRI's review of advisory body appointments. #DfE already monitor social media of teachers critical of govt policy, & govt has blocked govt-critical scientists from speaking in their expert capacities at govt events https://www.ukri.org/news/response-to-the-open-letter-from-the-secretary-of-state/

“Is this a good use of the DfE’s limited time and resources? No. There are huge challenges facing schools that desperately need addressing.”

No it bloody isn't, obviously.

UK government behaving like the Stasi.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/21/uk-government-keeping-files-on-teaching-assistants-and-librarians-internet-activity

#Teaching #DfE #England

"... the DfE [earlier] tried to cancel a conference because two of its speakers, early-years experts Ruth Swailes & Aaron Bradbury, had previously been critical of govt policy. Now it has emerged that the department made similar threats in order to stop another expert...

"Dr Mine Conkbayir, an award-winning early-childhood author and consultant... the DfE had threatened to withdraw funding for the conference if she spoke."

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/21/uk-government-keeping-files-on-teaching-assistants-and-librarians-internet-activity

#UK #government #censorship #DfE #education

Portable flexi-jobs apprenticeship pilot flops.

Providers hit less than 1% of their target with just 2 months to go.

Flexi-Job, 'Portable' apprenticeships, T=Levels - So much investment, time and effort for providers and colleges to set these schemes up, market them to employers and learners, and it all seems to be for very little return.

If the government insists on putting these programmes together, their approach needs to change. Proper, localised, data-driven pilots with clear success criteria. A launch strategy with DfE marketing baked in to raise awareness.

And funding. Fund them properly.

Rant ends....

#apprenticeships #flexijob #dfe #education #esfa

https://feweek.co.uk/governments-flexible-apprenticeships-targets-being-totally-missed/

In case you were wondering how things have got so bad in the UK, our Government is terrified of hearing negative opinions and spies on those who have them

Will this change in Spring with a new government?

#UKPOL #DFE

‘It felt like a dictatorship’: UK teaching experts hit out at government bid to cancel them | Department for Education | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/30/it-felt-like-a-dictatorship-uk-teaching-experts-hit-out-at-government-bid-to-cancel-them

#Teaching
#TeachingExperts
#CriticsOfGov
#DFE
#Cancel

Revealed: #UK government keeping files on #education critics’ #SocialMedia activity

An #Observer investigation finds #DfE tried to cancel conference with ‘unsuitable’ speakers – and experts who criticised state #EducationPolicy had online posts monitored

• ‘It felt like a #dictatorship’: UK #teaching experts hit out at government attempt to #cancel them
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/30/revealed-uk-government-keeping-files-on-education-critics-social-media-activity
#ToryPoliciesInAction #CancelCulture #StateSurveilance #Education #dissent

More than half of dilapidated English schools were refused rebuilding money | Schools | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/05/more-than-half-of-dilapidated-english-schools-were-refused-rebuilding-money

#SchoolBuildings
#SchoolMaintenance
#SchoolSafety
#SchoolRebuilding
#Funding
#DFE
#Neglect
#RAAC
#Keegan
#DowningStreet

School suspensions rise sharply among disadvantaged children in England | Schools | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/13/school-suspensions-rise-sharply-among-disadvantaged-children-in-england

#SchoolSuspensions
#SchoolExclusions
#Disadvantaged
#England
#DisadvantageGap
#WhosLosingLearning
#DFE
#Poverty
#ChildrenWithSocialWorkers
#SEN
#Black
#GRT
#NASUWT
#Racism
#NFER

What, a school revamp once every 440 years isn’t enough? | David Mitchell | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/10/what-a-school-revamp-once-every-440-years-isnt-enough

#SchoolSafety
#SchoolBuildings
#SchoolMaintenance
#Sunak
#Keegan
#DFE
#Schools

Solomon Hughes Fragmented education sector, crumbling schools | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/fragmented-education-sector-crumbling-schools

#Education
#Schools
#SchoolSafety
#RAAC
#Keegan
#MultiAcademyTrusts
#MATs
#Responsiblity
#Gibb
#DFE
#NationalAuditOffice
#NAO

More than half of dilapidated English schools were refused rebuilding money | Schools | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/05/more-than-half-of-dilapidated-english-schools-were-refused-rebuilding-money

#SchoolSafety
#SchoolBuildings
#SchoolRebuilding
#SchoolMaintenance
#DFE

Dozens of school buildings 'at risk of collapse' and may need evacuating at short notice, DfE warns schools | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/dozens-school-buildings-risk-collapse-and-may-need-evacuating-short-notice-dfe-warns-schools

#DFE
#SchoolSafety
#SchoolBuildings
#ReinforcedAutoclavedAeratedConcret
#RAAC
#NEU
#Phillipson
#Keegan