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Coronavirus: Less than two fifths of eligible primary pupils return in second week of reopening

Less than two fifths of eligible pupils had returned to open primary schools by Thursday last week, almost two…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government sets up £120m ‘Covid summer food fund’ after free meal vouchers U-turn

The government has said it will provide free school meal vouchers over the summer holidays in a significant U-turn,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Over half of laptops STILL to be delivered in just two weeks

Just under half of the 230,000 laptops being distributed to help vulnerable pupils learn at home during the coronavirus…

James Carr
James Carr
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Third of pupils aren’t engaging with schoolwork, and 4 more home-learning findings

Pupils in England’s most deprived schools are less likely to engage in online learning, while school leaders believe a…

James Carr
James Carr
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How curriculum reform can help in the fight against racism

The killing of George Floyd and following protests across the world have rebooted an important national debate about how…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
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Primaries can use spare space in local secondaries to get more pupils back, but no village halls

Primary schools have been told they can use spare space in local secondary schools to get more pupils back…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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Coronavirus: Secondaries can invite pupils in all year groups to ‘face-to-face’ meetings, says DfE

Secondary schools can invite pupils from any year group to attend face-to-face meetings, as long as it is keeping…

James Carr
James Carr
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Coronavirus: Ofsted to publish paused inspection reports from next week

Ofsted will begin publishing the inspection reports that were held back because of the coronavirus pandemic from next week….

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Schools score pupils nearly a full grade higher in some subjects, study suggests

Schools are proposing results for their pupils that are nearly a full grade higher in some subjects than those…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Pressure mounts on ministers as study shows fifth of pupils do no schoolwork at home

Children not in school during the lockdown have been spending an average of 2.5 hours a day doing schoolwork,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Slump in schools’ spending for another CPD provider

A major school staff professional development provider has lost income from schools – but the drop has been offset…

James Carr
James Carr
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‘Light-touch’ assessment, pupil pods and stripped-back curriculum: DfE on remote learning

The Department for Education has published more case studies on remote education today, as pressure grows for a minimum…

John Dickens
John Dickens