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‘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
Jess Staufenberg
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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
Freddie Whittaker
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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
John Dickens
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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
John Dickens
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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
Samantha Booth
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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
Jess Staufenberg


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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
Freddie Whittaker
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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
Freddie Whittaker
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‘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
Samantha Booth
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30% fewer DfE laptops delivered last week as rollout slows

The government’s delivery of laptops to England’s poorest pupils has slowed for a third week running – with 30…

James Carr
James Carr
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School attendance rises to 15%, highest level recorded this term

School attendance rose to 15 per cent last week, the highest level recorded so far this term, new data…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted confirms remote inspections extended until March 8

Ofsted has confirmed that in-person routine inspections will not be returning until March 8 at the earliest. The schools…

James Carr
James Carr