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Fake Covid jab consent form could ‘cost lives’, government warns

A bogus Covid vaccine consent form sent to headteachers which warns the jab could cause blindness, deafness and miscarriages could ‘cost lives’, the government has warned. Unions are appealing for those behind the hoax letters to stop circulation over concerns they can only “create confusion”. Schools across England have received emails containing a fake ‘consent […]

Government urged to prioritise teachers amid fuel crisis

Union warns fuel shortage will cause ‘serious difficulties’ for education provision

Zahawi vows to ‘tackle harassment head on’ following anti-vax protests

Education secretary says protests are ‘outrageous’ and warned ‘no one should be stigmatised for their decision’

£20m fine and 3 years in prison: how pressure groups are threatening schools over Covid jabs

Calls for guidance as pressure heaped on schools ahead of vaccine rollout

Schools ‘prioritised’ food parcels over remote learning, and 4 other things we learned from Ofsted

Schools’ focus on making food parcels and visiting disadvantaged pupils in the first lockdown may have affected their “capacity” to provide remote education, Amanda Spielman has said. The Ofsted chief inspector appeared at an event held by the Institute for Government (IfG) think tank this morning, where she was quizzed on how schools would tackle […]

DfE launches cyber security scorecard for schools

Schools will be able to access a new cyber security tool for free from tomorrow which measures the robustness of their online security measures – before a full rollout in January. The tool comes after the education sector was subjected to a number of high-profile cyber attacks during the pandemic which resulted in lost financial […]

Ofsted expansion hangs in spending review balance

Questions over pledge from 2019 to extend inspections

Oak academy’s end-of-year report: 8 things we learned

Oak National Academy’s new annual report provides insight into its impact over the last academic year and plans for the future. Oak now has more than 10,000 curriculum-sequenced lessons, has over 40,000 resources and pupils have taken part in 130 million lessons. At its peak, 934,000 teachers and pupils taught and learnt on one day […]

‘Abhorrent’: The schools caught up in the anti-vax crossfire

Police increase presence at targeted schools as councils demand extra powers to deal with protests