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Partial closures ‘will continue until we have a vaccine’, says national schools commissioner

Schools having to fully and partially close and then reopen will “become a way of life” until a coronavirus vaccine…

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Freddie Whittaker
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Warning over school leaders with ‘reactivity fatigue considering early retirements’

School leaders are suffering from “reactivity fatigue” with some looking at early retirements because of the toll taken by…

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John Dickens
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Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England from September 2020

The new teacher and school leadership pay rates for 2020-21 have been confirmed by the Department for Education. In…

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Freddie Whittaker
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Letter used by PM as evidence of school ‘safety’ warned of need for ‘prompt availability of testing’

A statement by the UK’s chief medical officers referenced by Boris Johnson as evidence that schools are safe warned…

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Freddie Whittaker
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Government doing ‘level best’ to get school pupils tested, claims Johnson

The prime minister dodged questions about a lack of Covid testing available for school pupils in the House of…

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Freddie Whittaker
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Former academy CEO barred for ‘failing to act with integrity and honesty’

A former academy chief executive has been barred from running schools by the government for “failing to act with…

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John Dickens


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Government suggests schools relax phone bans to allow use of NHS Covid app

The government has suggested that schools with bans on mobile phones relax their policies in order to allow pupils…

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The Skills Network offer award-winning LMS at no cost

Last month, leading learning technology provider The Skills Network (TSN) announced that it will permanently offer its award-winning learning…

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Schools to stay open as Johnson announces tougher lockdown restrictions

Schools, colleges and universities “will stay open”, despite a ramping up of lockdown restrictions in England, Boris Johnson has…

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Freddie Whittaker
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Proportion of schools not fully open due to Covid quadruples in a week

The proportion of schools reporting that they are not fully open because of suspected or confirmed cases of Covid-19…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Starmer demands taskforce to close attainment gap

A national taskforce run by an independent body like the children’s commissioner should be set up to plan a…

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Freddie Whittaker
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Heads’ anxiety peaked before lockdown and school reopenings, finds UCL study

Anxiety among headteachers peaked after partial school closures and phased reopenings were announced, but teachers’ wellbeing stayed “largely the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker