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Covid catch-up strategy not ‘integrated’ enough, and 6 other things we learned at education committee

Ministers’ catch-up strategy is not “integrated” enough, and “long-term” reform is needed to help pupils in the wake of…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Data reveals huge variation in spring term school attendance across England

Attendance in schools has varied hugely across England this term, new data shows, with rates in the week before…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Laptops: DfE on track to meet distribution target as over 1.2 million devices now sent

The Department for Education is on track to meet its target of delivering most of the 1.3 million laptops…

James Carr
James Carr
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National funding formula: DfE proposes changes to ‘sparsity factor’ for small remote schools

Hundreds more small remote schools could be eligible for extra cash under government proposals to change the national funding…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School attendance rises to over 18% after half term

School attendance rose to over 18 per cent in the week after half term, with an increase in secondary…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Don’t hand out Covid testing kits to pupils’ families, DfE tells schools

Schools should not distribute Covid testing kits to members of their pupils’ households, the Department for Education has said,…

James Carr
James Carr


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DfE cuts early career framework funding rates

The government has cut funding rates for the national rollout of its early career framework (ECF), claiming this year’s…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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DfE’s Covid-19 helpline goes down days before schools reopen

The Department for Education’s Covid-19 helpline is unable to take any calls from school leaders due to technical issues…

James Carr
James Carr
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National reference test 2021 pushed back to summer term

This year’s national reference test will take place between April 19 and May 21, after it was pushed back…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Williamson: Government ‘looking at’ how to get more schools into multi-academy trusts

The government wants to see “far more schools” in multi-academy trusts by 2025, and is “actively looking at how…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Oak Academy mulls use of quiz results to contribute to learning loss research

The Oak National Academy is looking at how it can use millions of quiz results from pupils to help…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Q&A: ‘We need a long-term plan for education in England’

Next week, the Foundation for Education Development will bring together politicians, school leaders and policy wonks as it hosts…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker