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Coronavirus: Children’s minister claims relaxing SEND support rules ‘strikes right balance’

New emergency powers that “relax” requirements on councils to provide support for SEND pupils “strike the right balance in…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Coronavirus: Pay suppliers ‘as normal’, government tells schools

Schools should continue to pay their suppliers “as normal” even if their service delivery is disrupted or suspended by…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: No change for schools as country enters lockdown

Schools will continue to open for vulnerable and key workers’ children, the government has confirmed, after the U.K. was…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Coronavirus: Universities warned over rush to unconditional offers

The universities regulator has said it will use “any powers available” to prevent institutions from switching pupils’ offers to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: How schools have dealt with day one of mass closures

Schools saw a “manageable” number of pupils arrive at their doors today as they begin to adjust to a…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Coronavirus: Ofsted pauses publication of inspection reports

Ofsted has paused the publication of all inspection reports during the coronavirus crisis and promised that it will have…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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Coronavirus: Trust CEO calls for pandemic relief fund and pledges 20% of pay

The leader of an academy trust is calling on the government to set up a voluntary relief fund to…

James Carr
James Carr
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Primary school headteacher dies after having coronavirus symptoms

Tributes have been paid to an “incredible” primary school headteacher who died after being diagnosed with coronavirus. Wendy Jacobs,…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Coronavirus: NEU demands virus testing for all school staff

Britain’s largest teaching union has demanded coronavirus testing of all staff working in schools. The National Education Union has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Leaders slam ‘irresponsible’ Pets at Home ‘key workers’ letter

Pets at Home has been branded the “worst type of irresponsible” by education leaders after distributing a letter for…

James Carr
James Carr
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Coronavirus: Schools and LAs should ‘work together’, and 5 other key points from the latest DfE guidance

Further guidance on temporary closures during the coronavirus outbreak has been provided to schools. The update provides advice to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Williamson school visits reversing ‘obsession’ with academies

The education secretary is reversing the ‘ideological obsession’ of his predecessors by visiting a wider range of schools –…

James Carr
James Carr