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DfE ‘can’t prevent’ schools buying half-term meal vouchers

The government’s refusal to roll out the free meal voucher scheme over the May half-term break is meaningless because...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Liverpool council defies government reopening plans – vowing children won’t return until June 15 ‘at very earliest’

Liverpool City Council has defied government calls for pupils to return to classrooms from June 1, saying children will not...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Ministers accused of ‘abdicating responsibility’ over schools reopening plan

Ministers have been accused of “abdicating responsibility and handing it to heads” over their contentious plans for some pupils...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Borrow teachers from other schools or use TAs to address shortages, schools told

Schools should use teachers from other schools or “experienced” teaching assistants if they don’t have enough staff to teach...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Cabinet minister promises to ‘comfort’ unions as tensions grow over schools plan

A cabinet minister has said the government will work with unions to provide “as much comfort as we possibly...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Unions urge government to ‘step back’ from June 1 school reopening plan

Unions representing hundreds of thousands of school teachers, leaders and support staff have called on the government to “step...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: 8 things we learned from Gavin Williamson on plans to reopen schools

Gavin Williamson has defended plans to begin the phased reopening of schools on June 1, hitting out at the...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: School attendance rate climbs to 2.4%

The proportion of pupils attending school rose to 2.4 per cent in the middle of last week, new figures...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Largest heads’ union says it wasn’t consulted over June 1 return plan

The country’s largest headteachers’ union was not consulted on the government’s proposal to allow certain year groups to return...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker