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Ofqual chair Roger Taylor to stand down

The chair of exams regulator Ofqual is to stand down at the end of the year. Roger Taylor, who…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Children’s commissioner candidate grilled over exclusions at her academy trust

Dame Rachel de Souza has claimed her experience of “putting right” issues with off-rolling, exclusions and SEND support in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Attendance gap between local authority areas has widened, new data shows

Attendance in state secondary schools still varies massively across England, according to the first regional data published by the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Covid: School attendance falls again after brief boost

School attendance has declined again following two weeks of improvement – with nearly 50,000 more children off last week…

James Carr
James Carr
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Rapid Covid-19 tests to be rolled out in all secondary schools from January

Rapid-result coronavirus tests will be rolled out to all secondary schools and colleges across England from January, the government…

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Schools Week Reporter
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Greenwich backs down over school closures after legal threat leaves ‘no choice’

A London council which asked its schools to switch to online learning for the final week of term has…

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Snow days melt into the mists of time

Most people can remember listening to the radio or checking their school’s website to see if snow had shut…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Pupils 6 months behind and teachers ‘physically fatigued’ – Ofsted’s final ‘visits’ analysis

Ofsted has identified six months’ learning loss in some pupils, a “wide variability” in numbers returning to school and…

James Carr
James Carr
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Williamson orders Greenwich council to withdraw early closure request

A London council which urged schools in its area to move to online learning this week has been ordered…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government ‘will consider’ using legal powers to keep Greenwich schools open

A minister has said the government “will consider” using its powers under emergency Coronavirus legislation to keep Greenwich schools…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Exams can’t be moved online in the ‘immediate future’, concludes Ofqual study

Large-scale standardised tests can’t be moved online in the “immediate future”, Ofqual has said, after a review found inconsistencies…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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