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Coronavirus: NEU says questions remain after government scientific briefing

The National Education Union has said its questions about the safety of reopening schools have still not been addressed...

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CEO leaves trust 12 months after whistleblower probe

A trust chief executive who threatened to “deal with” a whistleblower has left his post, more than a year...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Attainment gap could widen by 75%, DfE official warns

The attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their better-off peers could widen by as much as 75 per cent...

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Freddie Whittaker
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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...

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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...

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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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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...

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Freddie Whittaker