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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
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Speed read: Five things schools need to know about plans for an autumn exam series

The exams regulator Ofqual has launched a consultation on how a new autumn exam series should work.  Summer exams…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Coronavirus: 8 things we learned from SAGE’s advice to ministers on schools

The government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) has finally published the advice it provided to ministers over plans…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Revealed: the school leaders advising DfE on coronavirus plans

Guidance for how primary schools can reopen safely was published by the Department for Education last week.  The guidance…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Coronavirus: Scientists told ministers a rota system could help curb transmission in schools

The government told schools not to use rota systems for the return of pupils despite scientific advice that it…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Criticism of home-learning ‘unhelpful’, says Spielman

Ofsted’s chief inspector has said it is “profoundly disappointing” to see commentators trying to “polarise” the back-to-school debate by…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Long read: How are schools preparing to reopen?

Many school leaders regard the government’s guidance on reopening schools as vague at best. So what are their plans…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Calls to end BBC’s lockdown lessons will hit poor hardest

The BBC is under pressure to axe access to its home-learning lessons – used by millions of children during…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Coronavirus: June 1 ‘too early’ for schools to reopen, says group of scientists

June 1 is “too early” for schools to reopen, a former government chief scientific adviser has said. Sir David…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker