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Coronavirus: Committee of MPs to probe DfE’s response to disease

The response of the Department for Education to the coronavirus outbreak and the impact of the disease on schools…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: FSM vouchers to provide ‘£3 per meal’, as caterers criticised for ‘shameful’ hampers

Pupils are set to get weekly supermarket vouchers totalling £15 to replace their free school meal entitlements under a…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Ofqual admits teacher assessment not possible for all vocational qualifications 

Ofqual is “urgently” working out how to calculate grades for students studying vocational and technical qualifications this year, but…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Coronavirus: Heads expect ‘better’ safety guidance

The NAHT headteachers’ union has said it expects the government to publish “better” safety guidance for schools after vague…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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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