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Summer schools could be seen as ‘punishment’ for disadvantaged pupils, heads warn

Summer schools could be a “bad bet” and may be seen as “punishment” by poor pupils, heads have warned…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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ONS figures reveal 65 COVID-related deaths in education workforce

At least 65 education sector workers with COVID-19 have died, new statistics show. Data published today by the Office…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Key findings: how the DfE thinks schools can safely reopen

The government has this evening released guidance on how it believes schools can start to reopen safely for more…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Coronavirus: Tests for pupils with symptoms, no PPE needed and classes of 15

Pupils eligible to return to school on June 1 will have “access” to coronavirus testing, the Department for Education…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Speed read: 6 schools findings from the government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy

The government has published its coronavirus “recovery strategy”. There’s very little by way of detail for schools, and further…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Coronavirus: Government wants all primary school pupils back before summer

The government wants all primary school pupils to return to school for a month before the summer “if feasible”….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Vulnerable pupils falling through the cracks in AP ‘cold spots’

Data collection and tracking of how pupils are performing in alternative provision must be improved, a new report has…

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Schools Week Reporter
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Coronavirus: Heads can refuse to reopen schools if they don’t think it’s safe, say leadership unions

Headteachers can refuse to reopen their schools to more pupils if they don’t believe they can do so safely,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Confusing’, ‘frustrating’ and ‘unfair’ – heads respond to Boris Johnson’s schools announcement

The prime minister’s announcement that schools may begin to reopen on June 1 has been labelled as “confusing”, “frustrating”…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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What does an inspectorate do when it can’t inspect?

Six weeks after lockdown and the sudden end of inspections, and five weeks after Ofsted mooted a mass redeployment…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
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Coronavirus: We believe primaries could reopen to some pupils on June 1, says Johnson

The government believes it “may be in a position” to begin the phased reopening of schools on June 1,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Unions: national track and trace scheme needed before schools reopen

Education unions have demanded schools can not reopen until a national coronavirus track and trace scheme is rolled out….

John Dickens
John Dickens