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Ofsted monitoring inspections paused for week of schools’ return

Ofsted will pause its remote monitoring inspections for the week beginning March 8 to allow schools to focus on…

James Carr
James Carr
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New £302m ‘Covid recovery premium’ to be allocated based on pupil premium

The government’s new £302 million “Covid recovery premium” will be allocated to schools on the same basis as the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Lost learning study: Pupils in poorer-intake schools further behind in reading, and 4 other key findings

Pupils in schools with the poorest intakes are further behind in reading than their counterparts in schools with more…

James Carr
James Carr
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Secondary schools can start testing pupils on-site before March 8, DfE confirms

Secondary schools and colleges will be allowed to start testing pupils on-site before March 8, the Department for Education…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Lord Agnew makes Inspiration Trust comeback as he returns to trustee role

Former academies minister Lord Agnew is to rejoin the academy trust he helped found as a trustee, it has…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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DfE pledges £302m ‘recovery premium’ for schools and £200m summer schools fund for secondaries

Schools will split a £302 million “recovery premium” to support catch-up and secondaries will get £200 million to run…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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School funding chiefs at education committee: 9 things we learned

Government school funding bosses were quizzed by MPs this morning about catch-up funding, the pupil premium and school spending….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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March 8 school reopening guidance: 13 things we learned

The government has confirmed its school reopening plans, with all settings expected to reopen on March 8. Secondary schools…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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PM sets out March 8 school reopening plans

Boris Johnson has set out the government’s school reopening plans, confirming that all schools will reopen to all pupils…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Secondary schools expected to test returning pupils three times on site

Secondary schools will be expected to test returning pupils on site three times when they reopen, the government has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government to research ‘harms’ caused by Covid-19 to pupils and staff

The Department for Education is to commission research into how Covid-19 has impacted pupils and staff. The “rapid” data…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Health minister: ‘All schools’ to reopen on March 8

All schools will reopen to all pupils on March 8, a health minister has said, as Boris Johnson prepares…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker