News

DfE pledges £302m ‘recovery premium’ for schools and £200m summer schools fund for secondaries

Schools will split a £302 million “recovery premium” to support catch-up and secondaries will get £200 million to run...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

School funding chiefs at education committee: 9 things we learned

Government school funding bosses were quizzed by MPs this morning about catch-up funding, the pupil premium and school spending....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

March 8 school reopening guidance: 13 things we learned

The government has confirmed its school reopening plans, with all settings expected to reopen on March 8. Secondary schools...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

PM sets out March 8 school reopening plans

Boris Johnson has set out the government’s school reopening plans, confirming that all schools will reopen to all pupils...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Secondary schools expected to test returning pupils three times on site

Secondary schools will be expected to test returning pupils on site three times when they reopen, the government has...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Government to research ‘harms’ caused by Covid-19 to pupils and staff

The Department for Education is to commission research into how Covid-19 has impacted pupils and staff. The “rapid” data...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Health minister: ‘All schools’ to reopen on March 8

All schools will reopen to all pupils on March 8, a health minister has said, as Boris Johnson prepares...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Unions ‘increasingly concerned’ government will order full school reopening on March 8

Unions have urged the government to phase the return of pupils to education settings, amid concerns ministers will opt...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

Why we shouldn’t rush to scrap GCSEs in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic

We need a debate about the future of education post-Covid-19, but that shouldn’t mean a rush to abolish things...

Freddie Whittaker
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