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Low-income parents eligible for £500 support payment if schools tell children to self-isolate

Hard-up parents and carers whose children are told to self-isolate by their school will be eligible for the government’s…

James Carr
James Carr
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Surge in ‘devastating’ ransomware attacks cripples schools

Schools were forced to delay pupils’ return to the classroom, suspend Covid testing and cancel parents evening after hackers…

James Carr
James Carr
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DfE tells schools study leave ‘may not be applicable’

Schools are being given the freedom to choose whether or not to implement a period of independent study leave…

James Carr
James Carr
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GCSEs and A-levels 2021: 8 things you need to know from grades guidance

The Joint Council for Qualifications has finally confirmed what schools need to do to award GCSE and A-level grades…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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GCSEs and A-levels 2021: Key dates revealed

Exam boards have today published guidance for how schools are expected to award grades this summer. The guidance includes…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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£79m for another music hubs extension, but national plan ‘on hold’

The government has committed £79 million to extend its music education hubs scheme for another year, while its national…

James Carr
James Carr


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GCSEs and A-levels 2021: Exam board grading guidance published

The Joint Council for Qualifications has published its guidance for schools on grading for this summer’s GCSEs and A-levels….

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Schools in minister’s own constituency £130k worse-off under pupil premium change

Schools in Nick Gibb’s own constituency face being £130,000 worse off under his department’s controversial change to how it…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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Oxbridge cuts offers to avoid another grade inflation admissions bulge

Oxbridge colleges have been forced to reduce the number of offers made this year by as much as 15…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Everyone’s Invited: Rape culture website stops naming schools amid fears they take ‘disproportionate’ blame

The Everyone’s Invited campaign, which urges young sexual abuse survivors to share their stories on its website has stopped…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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PHE: Nearly half of Covid outbreaks in education settings

Almost half of all suspected outbreaks of Covid recorded last week occurred in education settings, a Public Health England…

James Carr
James Carr
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DfE officials grilled over Covid-19 response, 7 things we learned

Senior officials from the Department for Education were grilled by MPs this morning about the government’s response to the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker