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Coronavirus: Be ‘flexible’ on resignations to avoid recruitment blockage, schools told

Schools should be “flexible” over staff resignation dates to ensure there’s not a “deficit of teachers” unable to move…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Coronavirus: Teachers warned against live-streaming lessons

Teachers have been warned against using live-stream technology to run classes from home, but one school running lessons virtually…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Coronavirus: Schools and councils step up to feed pupils over Easter

Schools, councils and academy trusts are delving into their own finances to make sure poorer pupils stuck at home…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Set year 11s work on post-16 courses from June, sector leader urges

Schools should set year 11s work based on post-16 courses to ensure they are “meaningfully engaged in learning” and…

James Carr
James Carr
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Chief regulator offers ‘reassurance’ over this summer’s GCSE and A-level grades

Ofqual’s chief regulator Sally Collier has “reassured” GCSE and A-level students that the grades they get this summer will…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Coronavirus: An explainer on how grades will be awarded this summer

Ofqual has revealed how pupils will be assessed for GCSE and A-level qualifications this summer, following the cancellation of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Coronavirus: Schools will rank GCSE and A-level pupils within grades

Schools will rank their GCSE and A-level pupils within each grade under a new system of assessment drawn up…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Emails reveal Ofsted permitted use of its logo by private company

Ofsted did give permission to a private firm that sells curriculum packages to schools for thousands of pounds to…

James Carr
James Carr
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Coronavirus: GCSE analysis gives ‘confidence’ to teacher assessment plan

An analysis showing the vast majority of predicted GCSE grades are within one grade of being correct will “give…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Schools use labs to make equipment for medics

Schools are making use of their science and design labs to produce protective equipment for medics amid pleas hospitals…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Coronavirus: Cumbria school becomes a hospital in two hours

A Cumbrian school has been converted into a makeshift hospital in just two hours, in what is thought to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Schools need ‘priority access’ to testing and protective equipment

Teachers should get “priority access” to protective equipment, MPs have demanded, as staff are still waiting for further guidance…

John Dickens
John Dickens