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23 trusts submitted financial returns late

The government has named and shamed 23 academy trusts that were late in submitting financial returns in the last...

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DfE introduces intelligence gathering to monitor exclusions ‘in real time’

The government is switching to monitoring changes in the use of exclusions and other disciplinary measures “in real time”,...

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‘Cancel culture’, gender stereotypes and ‘extreme political stances’: What new DfE guidance says about RSE

New guidance on the teaching of relationships and sex education has been published by the Department for Education. The...

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RSCs will ignore trusts’ 2020 results data and ‘pseudo Progress 8’ scores

Regional schools commissioners will ignore academy trusts’ own data on their 2020 results and “pseudo Progress 8” scores provided...

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Shadow education secretary apologises after calling Covid-19 a ‘good crisis’

Shadow education secretary Kate Green has apologised after calling the Covid-19 pandemic a “good crisis” which Labour should not...

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Ministers ‘knew all along’ free school meal vouchers would cover Easter

Ministers have been accused of knowing “all along” they would extend the national voucher scheme into the Easter holidays....

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Spielman: Not ‘realistic’ to expect schools to provide ‘full’ online teaching

It is not “sensible or realistic” to expect schools to provide a “full on-screen taught programme” for all absent...

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Partial closures ‘will continue until we have a vaccine’, says national schools commissioner

Schools having to fully and partially close and then reopen will “become a way of life” until a coronavirus vaccine...

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Letter used by PM as evidence of school ‘safety’ warned of need for ‘prompt availability of testing’

A statement by the UK’s chief medical officers referenced by Boris Johnson as evidence that schools are safe warned...

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Freddie Whittaker