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We fear next summer’s exams, say lockdown heads

School leaders in lockdown areas say their pupils should not be penalised in exams, with year 10s at one…

James Carr
James Carr
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Revealed: What Ofqual’s explosive board minutes tell us about the exams fiasco

The ill-fated exams “triple lock” policy that sparked a chain of events culminating in pupils instead being awarded their…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Williamson met with Ofqual day before results day – despite claims of ignorance

Gavin Williamson met with Ofqual to ‘talk about results’ twice in the two days prior to the controversial A-level…

James Carr
James Carr
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Consider allowing pupils to wear additional clothing indoors, DfE tells schools

Schools should consider allowing pupils to wear “additional, suitable indoor items of clothing” during the winter as classrooms get…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Gibb ‘misspoke’ when he said all schools were in ‘tier 1’

The schools minister “misspoke” when he told MPs yesterday that all schools are at tier one of the government’s…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Nick Gibb at education committee: 7 things we learned

Schools minister Nick Gibb has suggested some grade inflation will be allowed again next year to cater for lockdown…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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DfE’s revamped attendance stats reveal nearly half of secondary schools have pupils self-isolating

Around half of all state-funded secondary schools have pupils self-isolating, with 409,000 pupils not attending school for covid related…

James Carr
James Carr
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Autumn resits will have ‘generosity’ of 2020 grades

Exams regulator Ofqual has today confirmed that pupils resitting qualifications this Autumn will be handed the same “generosity” in…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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£500k to boost flexible working and drive staff retention

The government is looking for eight schools to share almost £500,000 as part of a programme to boost flexible…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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What schools in lockdown areas need to know

The government this week announced its new local lockdown system. The rolling out of a new triple tier system…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Wes Streeting appointed shadow schools minister

A former president of the National Union of Students has been appointed as the shadow schools minister. Wes Streeting,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School budgets ‘on a knife edge’ due to soaring supply staff costs

Schools are “on a knife edge” as the mounting costs of supply staff parachuted in to replace isolating teachers…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips