Covid Consider ‘combining classes’ to keep pupils in school, DfE tells leaders New guidance urges ‘flexible’ use of all staff to ‘ensure settings remain open’ amid Omicron disruption John Dickens 4y John Dickens 4y Covid DfE recommends masks in secondary classes as Omicron surges Ministers will also provide 7,000 more air-cleaning unit and Ofsted won’t ask serving leaders to carry out inspections Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Schools New year’s honours 2022: Who got what in the schools community 56 people with links to England’s schools have been recognised Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Covid Covid vaccine recommended for vulnerable 5 to 11-year-olds JCVI recommendation comes after a paediatric formulation of the Pfizer vaccine was approved for children Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Academies Academy trusts get £21m in non-repayable bailouts The Academies Enterprise Trust received £2 million, one of more than 80 trusts bailed out in a single year Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Academies Trusts rack up £3bn surplus, and 6 more academy sector accounts findings The report reveals rising reserves, more spending rule breaches and more trusts under scrutiny over high pay Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Covid DBS ‘ready’ for supply teacher drive as DfE pledges to release own staff Eligible civil servants not working on Covid will be released for supply teaching Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Covid Exclusive Masks back in class at Oasis schools as other trusts weigh similar move Oasis said other academy trusts were also considering going beyond DfE guidance to tackle Omicron Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Covid Covid savings fuel record turnaround in maintained school finances Lower energy and exam costs saved schools millions during lockdowns Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Teacher pay Zahawi asks STRB for two-year pay plan to help achieve £30k salary pledge Education secretary tells pay review body he wants a ‘significant uplift’ to starting salaries Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Covid DfE worried own catch-up plan ‘insufficient’ to fix learning loss Official documents reveal DfE predicted earlier this year its recovery efforts could fail Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Academies DfE lets Harris and Oasis off the hook for £9.4m academy sponsor contributions The government has written off cash owed as collection efforts have been ‘exhausted’ Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Newer 1 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 1,015 Older