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Coronavirus: Trust launches redundancy consultations amid national crisis

An academy trust has been criticised for notifying staff their jobs were at risk during the first week of…

James Carr
James Carr
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Coronavirus: Don’t monitor staff performance, and 6 other points from joint union guidance

The National Education Union, National Association of Head Teachers and Association of School and College leaders have teamed up…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Ofsted extends complaints procedure consultation

Ofsted has extended the deadline of a consultation on plans to overhaul its complaints procedure as a result of…

James Carr
James Carr
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Coronavirus: Don’t seek further work to support GCSE and A-level grades, union tells leaders

Teachers and leaders “should not be seeking further work” from pupils to support their GCSE and A-level grades this…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: AET to spend £2m on laptops as others call for tech donations

One of England’s largest academy trusts has said it will spend £2 million on laptops to help poorer pupils…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Schools told to review child protection policies

Schools have been told to review their child protection policies and warned they may have to rely on other…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Coronavirus: Schools step up to support their suppliers

Schools across England are stepping up to save small businesses in their supply chains by speeding up payments –…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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England’s teachers can’t get no satisfaction, TALIS finds

The OECD has this week published the second volume of results from its latest teaching and learning international survey…

James Carr
James Carr
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Coronavirus: Legal challenges ‘certain’ over SEND rule changes

New emergency powers that “relax” requirements on councils to provide support for SEND pupils will “most certainly” lead to…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Coronavirus: Fears lockdown will lead to a widening inequality gap

School leaders are worried about a widening inequality gap as state schools fall behind their private counterparts in using…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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The programme making all the difference to behaviour and exclusions

As education charity The Difference prepares to expand its inclusive leadership training programme, Schools Week met members of this…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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UKSA praises DfE’s new school funding stats – but says more context is needed

The statistics watchdog has praised the Department for Education for improving its school funding statistics, but says more context…

James Carr
James Carr