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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
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Large trusts outspend council counterparts on staff development

Large academy trusts are spending almost 75 per cent more on staff development at secondary schools than local authorities,…

James Carr
James Carr
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UTC turns the tables and comes to the aid of a MAT

A north-west England university technical college has become the latest of its type to move towards joining a multi-academy…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Much Agnew about nothing? No savings possible at one in 10 schools

Lord Agnew’s cost-cutters failed to identify savings at more than one in ten schools they visited, new figures show….

James Carr
James Carr
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DfE reveals how it will provide grades for pupils this summer

The government has confirmed it will use teacher assessments to provide calculated grades for pupils this year. The aim…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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School raids science cupboards to send goggles and rubber gloves to in-need hospital

A school is raiding its science cupboards and sending anything of use to its local hospital to help battle…

James Carr
James Carr
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Coronavirus: Government will move staff to keep ‘majority’ of special schools open

The government wants to keep the “majority” of special schools open amid the coronavirus crisis, and will move staff…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Coronavirus: DfE will bus vulnerable and key worker pupils to other schools if theirs can’t stay open

It will be “impossible” for some schools to remain open for vulnerable pupils and children of key workers, the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Governors: New Ofsted inspections ‘rushed’ and reports ‘patronising’

Ofsted’s new framework is diminishing the role of governance in schools, patronising staff and leading to rushed inspections, a…

John Dickens
John Dickens