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Covid ‘outbreak management plans’: What DfE wants schools to do

The Department for Education has published an updated Covid-19 contingency framework for schools, setting out what measures may be…

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Catering giant’s menu leaves a sour taste in some schools

The catering giant Chartwells has lost school food contracts worth up to £19 million since its lockdown parcels sparked…

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Struggling schools need ‘support, not public tellings-off’

An academy trust given a termination warning notice for one of its schools has called the procedure “demotivating” and…

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RSC’s push to get communities on board not matched by academy guidance

The Department for Education has quietly removed the need for schools to be “answerable” to communities and parents from…

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Tom Belger
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Exams regulator calls in Test and Trace firm Sitel to manage public enquiry phone lines

Exams regulator Ofqual is paying £225,000 to an outsourcing company used in the government’s much-criticised Test and Trace system…

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WJEC grades portal goes down as exam board scrambles to fix issues

Exam board WJEC Eduqas has been forced to temporarily take down its portal for submitting teacher assessed grades just…

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Williamson’s policy adviser set to be new Ofqual boss

A former academy trust boss and policy adviser to Gavin Williamson has been put forward to be the new…

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Cottages on Durand boarding school site listed for sale as dispute over proceeds drags on

A dispute over proceeds from the sale of a failed state boarding school is dragging on four years after…

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Freddie Whittaker
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An inset day on sexual abuse ‘won’t cut it’, says Spielman

Amanda Spielman has warned schools that a one-off safeguarding inset day alone “won’t cut it” as the sector looks…

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‘Time is running out’: Exams fiasco data promised by Ofqual to ‘rebuild trust’ delayed

The publication of data from last year’s grading fiasco, promised by Ofqual to “rebuild trust in exams”, has been…

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DfE officials plan schools white paper to deliver Williamson’s ‘vision’ for schools

Gavin Williamson has pledged to set out a “broader vision” for the school system later this year, with officials…

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Schools Week Reporter