News ‘Big four’ telecoms firms won’t zero-rate remote education websites Telecoms companies have poured cold water on calls for them to “zero-rate” remote education websites, citing technical issues around… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Union anger as schools face long wait for plan B after exams cancelled Ministers have been accused of a “dereliction of duty” as schools face a near two-month wait for the government’s… Samantha Booth 5y Samantha Booth 5y News Calls for Williamson’s resignation amid chaos and confusion of partial school closures Headteachers across England were left scrambling to implement last-minute partial school closures this week after a chaotic series of… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News DfE removes ‘highly misleading’ Covid testing guidance The Department for Education has removed a “highly misleading” letter that had been sent to schools for them to… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Partial school closures guidance: What you need to know The Department for Education has finally updated its main Covid guidance document to include details of how leaders should… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News DfE reveals new remote learning expectations for Covid lockdown 3 The Department for Education has published its expectations for remote learning after warning schools who fail to meet the… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Government to increase remote education expectation and demand video lessons The government will increase the number of hours of remote education schools have to provide and introduce an expectation… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News 750k laptops target by next week doesn’t include new devices (as PM promised) The government has set a target of delivering an extra 140,000 laptops by the end of next week –… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News New Ofsted monitoring inspections will go ahead this term Ofsted’s new “supportive” monitoring inspections are set to go ahead despite the partial closure of schools, it has been… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Gavin Williamson update on spring partial closures: What did we learn? The education secretary has given more information about the government’s contingency plans for schools, after it was announced that… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News SATs scrapped in 2021, Williamson confirms SATs will be cancelled this year following the decision to partially close schools, the education secretary has said. Gavin… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Schools failing to meet remote ed expectations should be reported to Ofsted, says Williamson Parents who feel their child’s school isn’t providing “suitable” remote education should report them to Ofsted, the education secretary… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y Newer 1 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 988 Older