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Coronavirus: Aldi joins national free school meal voucher scheme

The supermarket chain Aldi has joined the government’s national free school meals voucher scheme. Vicky Ford, the children’s minister,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: School attendance around 1%, finds DfE analysis

Around 1 per cent of pupils are attending school under the coronavirus lockdown, new data from the Department for…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Struggling academies offered help from resource management advisers

Academies in financial difficulty as a result of the coronavirus pandemic may be offered help from the government’s cost-cutting…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Union policy expert joins CST as deputy CEO

A union policy expert has been appointed deputy chief executive of academy trust sector body the Confederation of School…

James Carr
James Carr
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DfE halts ‘all but essential’ data collections, and urges trusts to do same

The government has paused “all but the most essential data collections” to “help reduce the burden” on schools and…

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John Dickens
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Met to review schools police scheme after judicial review threat

The Metropolitan Police will review its Safer Schools Officers scheme across London following concerns it has “disproportionately negative consequences”…

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James Carr


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Coronavirus: Schools paying out thousands for cancelled PGL trips

Schools are paying out thousands of pounds to parents in order to cover the costs of cancelled trips as…

James Carr
James Carr
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Coronavirus: Schools will get ‘proper notice’ before they reopen, says Williamson

Schools will get “proper notice” before they reopen so they are “able to prepare” for the return of pupils,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: DfE to provide free laptops for disadvantaged year 10s

The government will provide free laptops and tablets for disadvantaged year 10s and other vulnerable pupils to help them…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE publishes furlough rules for schools

State schools that have private income streams such as catering, sports facilities lettings or boarding provision, can furlough these…

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John Dickens
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Coronavirus: Thousands of pupils with ‘no recourse to public funds’ to get free school meals

Children usually denied free school meals because of their parents’ immigration status have been granted temporary eligibility during the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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MPs to investigate underperformance of poor white pupils

The education select committee is to investigate the underachievement of white pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. It will form the…

John Dickens
John Dickens