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Covid outbreaks in schools double in a week

The number of Covid outbreaks in schools and other education settings doubled last week, new government data shows. Public...

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Home education among pupils with EHC plans up by a quarter in one year

The number of children with education, health and care plans being educated at home has risen by almost a...

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Delay ‘risky’ reforms to language GCSEs, MPs and peers tell DfE

The government should delay “risky and untested” reforms to modern foreign language GCSEs, a group of MPs and peers...

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Freddie Whittaker
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School masks rule may be reintroduced in response to ‘localised outbreaks’, DfE says

Schools in areas facing “localised outbreaks” of Covid may be asked to reintroduce masks for pupils, the Department for...

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More primary pupils off with suspected Covid, but overall attendance remains high

The number of primary school pupils absent because of a suspected Covid case increased by over 60 per cent...

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Pupil face mask rules to be lifted from May 17

Pupils will no longer wear face masks in school from next week, Boris Johnson has confirmed. The recommendation that...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Streeting: Ending child poverty must be ‘central mission’ for Labour

Coming up with a plan to end child poverty must be a “central mission” for the next Labour government,...

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Freddie Whittaker
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DfE keeps edtech demonstrator conflicts ‘action plan’ close to its chest

The government has an “action plan” to address potential conflicts of interest in its edtech demonstrator contract with United...

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DfE claims Brexit has stalled grammar schools inclusion monitoring

The government has claimed that Brexit hampered its monitoring of efforts to make grammar schools more inclusive, after admitting...

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Freddie Whittaker