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Government to research ‘harms’ caused by Covid-19 to pupils and staff

The Department for Education is to commission research into how Covid-19 has impacted pupils and staff. The “rapid” data…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Health minister: ‘All schools’ to reopen on March 8

All schools will reopen to all pupils on March 8, a health minister has said, as Boris Johnson prepares…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Unions ‘increasingly concerned’ government will order full school reopening on March 8

Unions have urged the government to phase the return of pupils to education settings, amid concerns ministers will opt…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Exams 2021: 300,000 students could face ‘unfair’ grading, warn disability groups

Hundreds of thousands of pupils could face “unfair” exams grading this summer if their accessibility needs are not properly…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Cambridge International cancels iGCSE exams and moves to teacher assessment

Cambridge International is moving to teacher assessment for its iGCSE qualifications in the UK, the exam board has announced….

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Primary-aged children had second highest Covid-19 rates in early February, REACT study finds

Primary school aged children had the second highest levels of Covid-19 infection in early February, according to the latest…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


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England outspends Wales and Northern Ireland on catch-up, but funding is ‘poorly-targeted’

England has committed the second highest amount of funding for pupil catch-up schemes out of the four nations in…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Unions reject teacher pay freeze and call on STRB to defy government

Four education unions representing hundreds of thousands of teachers and leaders have rejected the government’s pay freeze for 2021,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Pupils in children’s homes less likely to attend best schools, warns Ofsted

Pupils who live in children’s homes are less likely to attend the best schools, Ofsted research has found. They…

James Carr
James Carr
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Just 6,400 teachers eligible for a pay rise in 2021, and 5 other things we learned from the government’s STRB evidence

Only around 6,400 unqualified teachers will be eligible for a pay rise this year, the government has predicted. The…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Schools should be prepared for ‘challenge’ after £95k exit payment cap revoked

Schools should be “prepared for challenge” from former staff who had their exit payments capped after a government U-turn…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Children’s commissioner to warn of over-focus on school improvement in critical last speech

Ministers should commit to making children “better-off” rather than talking about increasing numbers attending ‘good’ or better schools, the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker