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Coronavirus: School staff who live with at-risk people should stay home ‘where possible’

School staff who live with people most at-risk from coronavirus should work from home “where possible”, the Department for…

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Departing DRET boss set to become new Astrea CEO

The departing chief executive of one of the country’s biggest academy chains is going back to her family roots…

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James Carr
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Former superhead suing for £200k over claims ‘excessive workload’ damaged his health

An ex-headteacher who helped turnaround failing schools is suing for more than £200,000 over claims an “excessive workload”, exacerbated…

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Coronavirus: Pupils won’t get free school meal vouchers during Easter holidays

A national voucher scheme aimed at keeping the poorest children fed during school closures will not run throughout the…

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Coronavirus: DfE confirms plans for £15-a-week free school meal vouchers

Six national supermarket chains have signed up to the government’s new national voucher scheme for free school meals. However…

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Freddie Whittaker
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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 –…

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Freddie Whittaker