News Leaders forced to cap places as school attendance rises Primaries are being forced to cap pupil places amid soaring school attendance rates as the Covid crisis takes its… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Exclusive Williamson won’t commit to delivering laptops before schools reopen Schools will be able to order the remaining 300,000 promised laptops from next week – but the education secretary… James Carr 4y James Carr 4y News DfE names 21 free schools approved in wave 14 Twenty-one more free schools have been approved under wave 14 of the programme, which is again dominated by multi-academy… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News ‘Missed opportunity’ to save cash on £452m free school meals national voucher scheme The government has been accused of being “surprisingly unconcerned” about whether Edenred, its £425 million free school meals voucher… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y News Revealed: The 50 school rebuilding projects selected to split £1bn capital cash The government has named the first 50 school rebuilding projects that will benefit from £1 billion in capital cash… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Sir Kevan Collins appointed ‘education recovery’ tsar Sir Kevan Collins has been appointed as the government’s “education recovery commissioner”. Downing Street said in a press release… John Dickens 4y John Dickens 4y News PM warns reopening schools faster could force Covid recovery ‘into reverse’ Boris Johnson has said it is “much better” to stick to the “prudent and cautious” approach to reopening schools… John Dickens 4y John Dickens 4y News Teacher grades to be used after Pearson cancels IGCSE exams Pearson is cancelling exams for its international GCSEs and A-level series and instead using teacher assessed grades. The board… Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y News Majority of pupils with EHCPs left without health or social care support in lockdown, says report Health and social care support was not provided to more than half of pupils with special needs who were… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y News Covid testing: DfE confirms arrangements for extra school funding The Department for Education has set out how it will allocate funding to schools to pay for Covid testing… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Ventilation moved up the priority list, and 5 more updates to DfE Covid-19 guidance An important Covid-19 guidance document for schools has been updated today to place more importance on ventilation and strengthen… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Exclusive ‘Too slow’: More delays as lost learning expert group ‘refocused’ An expert group promised by ministers to provide solutions to uneven lost learning across the country is now being… Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Newer 1 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 974 Older
