News Exclusive Coronavirus: Heads can refuse to reopen schools if they don’t think it’s safe, say leadership unions Headteachers can refuse to reopen their schools to more pupils if they don’t believe they can do so safely,… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News ‘Confusing’, ‘frustrating’ and ‘unfair’ – heads respond to Boris Johnson’s schools announcement The prime minister’s announcement that schools may begin to reopen on June 1 has been labelled as “confusing”, “frustrating”… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News What does an inspectorate do when it can’t inspect? Six weeks after lockdown and the sudden end of inspections, and five weeks after Ofsted mooted a mass redeployment… JL Dutaut 5y JL Dutaut 5y News Coronavirus: We believe primaries could reopen to some pupils on June 1, says Johnson The government believes it “may be in a position” to begin the phased reopening of schools on June 1,… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Unions: national track and trace scheme needed before schools reopen Education unions have demanded schools can not reopen until a national coronavirus track and trace scheme is rolled out…. John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Exclusive Adonis updates register of interests after he blasts schools over remote learning A Labour peer who accused schools of failing to provide online learning has updated his register of interests after… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Long read: Are schools ready for the return of pupils? Prime minister Boris Johnson is set to reveal his “comprehensive” plan for how schools will reopen. What do we… Schools Week Reporter 5y Schools Week Reporter 5y News Exclusive Charities in talks with ministers over tuition pilot Four charities are in talks with ministers about a pilot scheme that could see one-to-one tuition delivered to thousands… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News DfE reports 10% rise in number of EHC plans The number of pupils with education, health and care plans increased by 10 per cent in the past year,… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Exclusive Edenred’s national voucher scheme contract worth up to £234m, new documents reveal The company running the government’s free school meal national voucher scheme was aware before its launch that as many… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Coronavirus: DfE seeks more online education resources to promote The Department for Education has launched a consultation process to identify more online education resources that it can promote… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News EPI: Suspend Ofsted inspections until 2021 and launch retired teacher volunteer scheme Suspending Ofsted inspections until next year and asking retired teachers to volunteer would help disadvantaged pupils “catch up” when… Schools Week Reporter 6y Schools Week Reporter 6y Newer 1 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 1,006 Older