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Trust threatens legal action after academies minister terminates school’s funding

A trust has threatened legal action after the academies minister ruled an ‘inadequate’ school must be handed to a...

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DfE to measure school staff happiness under new wellbeing charter

The government has committed to monitoring how happy school staff are, and will publish findings alongside a new wellbeing...

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New parent and pupil panel to aid Covid-19 policymaking

The government is setting up a new online panel of 5,000 pupils and parents who will complete fortnightly surveys...

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Back-to-school decisions are ‘hard balancing act’, chief medical officer admits

The chief medical officer has said it’s “understandable” that parents are “thinking very hard” about whether they should send...

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Summer schools, home-learning expectations and Ofsted – how experts think pupils can catch up

The education select committee heard from social mobility experts today on how pupils can catch-up as part of its...

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Boris Johnson’s former prep school to close over ‘coronavirus impact’

A 180-year-old preparatory school attended by prime minister Boris Johnson will close due to the “impact of coronavirus”. Ashdown...

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How prepared are schools to reopen? 5 NFER survey findings

Schools leaders believe half of parents will keep their children at home, face opening with 25 per cent fewer...

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DfE to tackle ‘fake news’ with its own rapid rebuttal unit

The Department for Education is setting up its own “rapid rebuttal unit” to tackle so-called “fake news” in the...

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Schools WILL reopen on June 1, prime minister confirms

Schools will reopen on Monday, prime minister Boris Johnson has confirmed today. Speaking at the daily coronavirus briefing this...

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