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Coronavirus: ‘Significant gap’ in advice for schools to protect BAME staff

A network representing black, Asian and minority ethnic education staff has published its own guidance to help schools prepare…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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£300m for councils to help contain local coronavirus outbreaks in schools

A new £300m funding package has been made available to local authorities to help contain coronavirus outbreaks, including in…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Johnson: Reopening schools is safe if people wash their hands and keep their distance

Prime minister Boris Johnson said he believes reopening schools is safe providing people keep washing their hands and follow…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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DfE U-turn on half-term free meal vouchers is ‘far too late’

The government’s u-turn to fund free school meal vouchers during the half-term comes “far too late” and has caused…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Rotas for primary pupils, U-turn on FSM vouchers and PPE concerns – Gibb at education committee

Ministers chose not to follow scientists’ advice on reopening schools on a rota basis as full-time education was “more…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Speed read: DfE publishes guidance for secondary schools on June 15 reopening plan

The Department for Education has published guidance for secondary schools about the return of pupils next month. It comes…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Coronavirus: Reopening on June 1 ‘may not be possible for all schools’ admits Johnson

Reopening schools to pupils in reception, year 1 and year 6 “may not be possible for all schools”, Boris…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools turn to philanthropists for laptops as wait for DfE devices continues

Schools and education charities are asking philanthropists and local businesses to provide devices for disadvantaged youngsters as the wait…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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School kitchens’ ‘nightmare’ over planning for pupils’ return

School kitchens face a planning “nightmare” for the return of pupils, with uncertainty and concern over numbers, food availability,…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Coronavirus: 2020 exam standardisation process will ignore school ‘trajectory’, Ofqual confirms

The “trajectory” of improving schools will not be taken into account when standardising GCSE and A-level results this year,…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Free London travel for kids to be suspended but ‘special arrangements’ coming for school transport

Free travel for children in London will be temporarily suspended as part of the government’s bailout deal for Transport…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Collapsed free school’s lack of records ‘hampered’ child abuse probe

A lack of records from a collapsed free school hampered an investigation into the alleged sexual abuse of a…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips