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Schools need to know 2021 exam plans before summer, says Ofqual chief

Schools need to know what’s happening with next year’s exams “before the summer break ideally”, the head of the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Accreditation scheme to regulate growing online schools market gets green light

An accreditation scheme for online schools has been rubber stamped, with the government saying the coronavirus pandemic “provides further…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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MPs question £3m spent on UTC membership body

An influential cross-party group of MPs has raised concerns over the value for money offered by the membership body…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Williamson ‘asleep on the job’ over coronavirus catch-up plans

The education secretary Gavin Williamson has been accused of being “asleep on the job” over his inability to explain…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Williamson insists government is ‘working towards bringing all pupils back in September’

Education secretary Gavin Williamson had insisted exams will go ahead next year – adding the government is still “working…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Just 52% of primary schools reopened to more pupils last week, DfE data shows

Just over half of of primary schools reopened to more pupils last week, official government figures show. Attendance data…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Coronavirus: Teachers and pupils to be tested in new ‘surveillance study’

Teachers and pupils across England will receive new coronavirus testing to “assess and monitor” the spread of the disease…

James Carr
James Carr
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Trust threatens legal action after academies minister terminates school’s funding

A trust has threatened legal action after the academies minister ruled an ‘inadequate’ school must be handed to a…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Ministers to drop ambition to see all primary pupils back before summer – reports

The government is to drop its ambition to see all pupils return to primary school before the summer, according…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE to measure school staff happiness under new wellbeing charter

The government has committed to monitoring how happy school staff are, and will publish findings alongside a new wellbeing…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Coronavirus: QTS extension for trainees who haven’t made ‘adequate progress’

A “small minority” of trainee teachers who have fallen behind due to the coronavirus pandemic will have until December…

James Carr
James Carr
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New parent and pupil panel to aid Covid-19 policymaking

The government is setting up a new online panel of 5,000 pupils and parents who will complete fortnightly surveys…

John Dickens
John Dickens