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Coronavirus: Exams regulator to set out details of process and timetable ‘next week’

Detailed information about how pupils will be assessed for this summer’s GCSEs and A-levels won’t be published until next...

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Coronavirus: Help poorer children access online learning, charity begs tech firms

Tech firms and internet providers have been asked to help poorer children get online after a survey revealed just...

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Freddie Whittaker
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‘Requires improvement’ schools less likely to improve under new framework

Schools rated ‘requires improvement’ are less likely to improve under Ofsted’s new inspection framework, new data shows. The watchdog...

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Coronavirus: Trainees to qualify based on progress made towards teachers’ standards

Trainee teachers due to qualify this year will be judged on their completed assessments and progress towards the teachers’...

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Coronavirus: School governors told to meet over Skype

School governors should adopt “alternative arrangements” for their meetings now that non-essential gatherings are banned, the government has said....

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Coronavirus: Committee of MPs to probe DfE’s response to disease

The response of the Department for Education to the coronavirus outbreak and the impact of the disease on schools...

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Coronavirus: Heads expect ‘better’ safety guidance

The NAHT headteachers’ union has said it expects the government to publish “better” safety guidance for schools after vague...

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Coronavirus: Pay suppliers ‘as normal’, government tells schools

Schools should continue to pay their suppliers “as normal” even if their service delivery is disrupted or suspended by...

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Coronavirus: Universities warned over rush to unconditional offers

The universities regulator has said it will use “any powers available” to prevent institutions from switching pupils’ offers to...

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Freddie Whittaker