News Government rules out relaxing SEND support rules – for now The government has tentatively ruled out relaxing SEND support requirements during the current lockdown, instead urging authorities to make… Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y News Holding back of ‘exceptionally low’ attendance data ‘frustrating’, say EPI The government has been criticised for holding back publication of “incredibly informative” data showing secondaries had as few as… James Carr 4y James Carr 4y News Edenred is back: Free school meals voucher scheme to relaunch Monday The government’s national free school meals voucher scheme will relaunch next Monday and be run by original supplier Edenred… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Mass testing to be rolled out in primaries despite accuracy warnings Mass testing will be rolled out to primary school staff next week despite experts warning the strategy will “inevitably… James Carr 4y James Carr 4y News Williamson pleads ignorance over new Covid strain ahead of Greenwich decision, despite Hancock’s warning hours earlier Education secretary Gavin Williamson has claimed he did not know about the new strain of coronavirus before ordering a… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Majority of primaries had more than a fifth of pupils attend this week, DfE stats show The majority of primary schools that opened this week had more than a fifth of children attending on Monday,… Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y News Revealed: Williamson sets out his plan for replacing exams this year Education secretary Gavin Williamson has this morning outlined his expectation for how exams will be replaced this year. In… John Dickens 4y John Dickens 4y News Ofsted inspections to be done remotely after U-turn Ofsted monitoring inspections will now take place remotely until half term, following a U-turn by the watchdog. The inspectorate… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Pupil absence due to school closures almost trebled in last week of term The number of pupils missing school due to Covid-related closures nearly trebled in the last week of the autumn… James Carr 4y James Carr 4y News Children’s minister vows ‘urgent’ action on pitiful food parcels The children’s minister has promised to “look urgently” into images posted by parents on social media revealing inadequate free… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y News DfE pledges 300,000 more laptops – but unclear when they’ll be delivered The Department for Education has pledged to provide an additional 300,000 laptops and tablets to assist poorer pupils with… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News On-site Ofsted visits ‘simply unacceptable’, say inspectors Ofsted inspectors are calling on Amanda Spielman to suspend plans to begin on-site visits during the national lockdown –… James Carr 4y James Carr 4y Newer 1 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 974 Older
