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Coronavirus: Nearly one in six secondaries not fully open, DfE data suggests

Around 1,500 schools have now been forced to partially close, with as many as one in six secondary schools…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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23 trusts submitted financial returns late

The government has named and shamed 23 academy trusts that were late in submitting financial returns in the last…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE introduces intelligence gathering to monitor exclusions ‘in real time’

The government is switching to monitoring changes in the use of exclusions and other disciplinary measures “in real time”,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Cancel culture’, gender stereotypes and ‘extreme political stances’: What new DfE guidance says about RSE

New guidance on the teaching of relationships and sex education has been published by the Department for Education. The…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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RSCs will ignore trusts’ 2020 results data and ‘pseudo Progress 8’ scores

Regional schools commissioners will ignore academy trusts’ own data on their 2020 results and “pseudo Progress 8” scores provided…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Shadow education secretary apologises after calling Covid-19 a ‘good crisis’

Shadow education secretary Kate Green has apologised after calling the Covid-19 pandemic a “good crisis” which Labour should not…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Grenfell rules forced us to dip into revenue, says trust

An academy trust says it had no choice but to break finance rules and use £530,000 of revenue funds…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Government ‘flying blind’ over Covid tests for pupils

Schools have been placed in an “impossibly difficult position” as the government restricts Covid tests to those with “classic…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Cyber attacks, hacks and legal threats: Academy data breaches revealed

An academy trust was left facing legal action after sending student assessment reports to the wrong parents. The incident…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Council encourages schools to contact test and trace teams first rather than DfE hotline

A council is urging schools to ignore new protocols for contacting the government’s national coronavirus helpline to report positive…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Catch-up funding could be nearly ‘wiped out’ by Covid safety costs, warns ASCL

Funding for pupil catch-up support could be nearly “wiped out” by the costs schools face in making their sites…

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Schools Week Reporter
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Ministers ‘knew all along’ free school meal vouchers would cover Easter

Ministers have been accused of knowing “all along” they would extend the national voucher scheme into the Easter holidays….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker