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7 school policies to solve the Covid children mental health crisis

Aspiring school leaders should be encouraged to work in alternative provision settings before stepping up so they are better…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Schools to fully close for February half-term, but staff needed for contact tracing

Schools will fully close over the February half term, the government has confirmed today, but staff will be on…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Reopening schools: Announcements coming ‘in next few days’ as minister remains tight-lipped

The government will make announcements on reopening schools “in the next few days”, the schools minister has said. However,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Promised laptops may take another 6 weeks to be delivered, new figures suggest

Poorer pupils face waiting up to six weeks for the government to provide all of the laptops it has…

James Carr
James Carr
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DfE to stop publishing Covid case data for school staff working from home

The government will stop publishing data on the number of school staff working from home because they have a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Soaring teacher workload, and 6 more findings from Ofsted’s remote learning research

Ofsted research has published a report into remote education following months of school visits and interviews with staff and parents….

James Carr
James Carr


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Invicta Academy drops top Tories’ ‘sponsor’ tag after backlash over founder’s comments

An online learning platform has stopped describing top Conservative MPs – including Gavin Williamson – as “sponsors” after a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools looking to use video lessons in teacher shortage subjects after pandemic, Ofsted study finds

School leaders believe video lessons they have created for online learning during the pandemic could be used in future…

James Carr
James Carr
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ONS: Covid death rate among secondary teachers above average, but ‘not statistically significant’

Secondary school teachers have higher rates of Covid-related deaths than the general working age population, but the differences are…

James Carr
James Carr
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Give us a ‘routemap’ to reopening schools, says education committee chair

The chair of the education select committee is calling on ministers to create a “routemap” to reopening schools, amid…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Remote education: Laptops roll-out vital, but pupils need pens and paper too

Schools are turning minibuses into mobile stationery vans to deliver basic equipment such as pens and paper to poorer…

James Carr
James Carr
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Extra uni or college year could ‘solve lost learning’ says social mobility commissioner

An extra year at university or college could solve pupils’ lost learning, a social mobility champion has suggested. Sammy…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth