News Coronavirus: Social distancing in schools ‘very difficult’, says government medical adviser Social distancing of young pupils in schools “would be very difficult”, the government’s deputy chief medical officer has said…. Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News ‘There’s still challenges’ – Williamson grilled over FSM voucher scheme The government still faces “some challenges” over its national free school meals voucher system, the education secretary has admitted,… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Coronavirus: Majority of free laptops won’t be delivered until June The first batch of free laptops and tablets for disadvantaged and vulnerable pupils won’t arrive until the end of… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Coronavirus: Williamson expects ‘phased’ return to schools The education secretary has said he expects schools to reopen “in a phased manner”. Giving evidence to the Parliamentary… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive DfE letting ‘families suffer’ by ignoring help on national free meal voucher scheme The government has been lambasted for allowing families to “suffer” by an edtech firm whose offer to help deliver… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News Competition watchdog warns private schools over fee-fixing collusion during coronavirus outbreak The competition watchdog has warned private schools against colluding over price fixing during the coronavirus outbreak, a leaked letter… Schools Week Reporter 6y Schools Week Reporter 6y News How to take part: the Schools Week Big Schools Quiz Fed up of lockdown? Fancy getting that brain back into gear? Want to nerd out with some other education… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News Coronavirus: Oak National Academy delivers 2m lessons in first week The government-backed Oak National Academy delivered two million lessons in its first week of operation. Schools Week revealed earlier… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Coronavirus: School attendance doubles after Easter holidays The proportion of pupils attending schools doubled in the week after the Easter holidays, updated figures from the Department… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Coronavirus: Routine inspections not likely before summer, says Spielman Ofsted is unlikely to resume routine inspections of schools this academic year, Amanda Spielman has told MPs. The chief… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive DfE spent £50k trying to hide academy chief vetting failure The Department for Education spent almost £50,000 attempting to keep secret its failure to properly vet a businessman it… James Carr 6y James Carr 6y News Primary place bulge sees more children miss out The number of children offered a place at their preferred primary school this September has fallen in most areas… James Carr 6y James Carr 6y Newer 1 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 1,030 Older