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Rashford nets another U-turn as ministers pledge ‘winter grants’ and extend holiday hunger scheme

A programme that provides free activities and food during the summer holidays will be extended nationwide and cover both...

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Private suppliers tout ‘rapid’ Covid tests to schools for £450 a box

Headteachers are being urged to check the legality of Covid tests from private suppliers after new “rapid” antigen tests...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Settling Durand dispute could hit ‘services for vulnerable children’

A London council has told of the “keenly felt human cost” of having to meet a seven-figure compensation demand...

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Freddie Whittaker
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SEND pupils told schools ‘can’t accommodate them’, claims Spielman

Schools have been telling parents they can’t accommodate pupils with special educational needs and disabilities during the coronavirus pandemic,...

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Freddie Whittaker
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GCSEs 2021: Teachers CAN use one-off tests for MFL speaking

Teachers will not be prevented from using “one-off assessment opportunities” to test pupils spoken language in GCSE modern foreign...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Face coverings mandatory in communal areas of all secondary schools

The wearing of face coverings will become mandatory in communal areas of all secondary schools from Monday. Following the...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: The 32 providers selected to deliver the National Tutoring Programme

Thirty-two providers, most of them commercial businesses, have been selected to deliver the government’s National Tutoring Programme in its...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Fewer than 1 in 5 teachers support calls for full school lockdowns

Fewer than one in five teachers want schools to close, but over two in five think rotas should be...

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Schools to remain open during second national lockdown, PM confirms

Schools in England will remain open during the month-long national lockdown due to begin on Thursday, Boris Johnson has...

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Freddie Whittaker