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Schools looking to use video lessons in teacher shortage subjects after pandemic, Ofsted study finds

School leaders believe video lessons they have created for online learning during the pandemic could be used in future...

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ONS: Covid death rate among secondary teachers above average, but ‘not statistically significant’

Secondary school teachers have higher rates of Covid-related deaths than the general working age population, but the differences are...

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James Carr
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Remote education: Laptops roll-out vital, but pupils need pens and paper too

Schools are turning minibuses into mobile stationery vans to deliver basic equipment such as pens and paper to poorer...

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James Carr
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Regulator: ONS should have ‘elaborated on limitations’ of controversial teacher Covid analysis

The UK’s statistics regulator has advised the Office for National Statistics (ONS) it should have been clearer about the...

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AET chief executive Julian Drinkall to step down

The chief executive of one of the country’s largest academy trusts is set to step down at the end...

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James Carr
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Covid disruption leaves over half of £5.8m free sanitary products budget unclaimed

Disruption brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has been blamed for more than half of the £5.8 million budget...

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James Carr
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‘Compressed’ exams and early results day: Post-qualification admissions proposals revealed

Exam dates could be brought forward or ‘compressed’ to allow for extra time to process university applications under new...

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James Carr
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Ofsted receives 13,000 emails praising schools (but just 260 complaints)

Ofsted received fifty times more reports from parents praising schools’ remote education offer than those complaining about it after...

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James Carr
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‘The benefit-risk balance is unclear’: Government pauses daily Covid contact testing in schools

The rollout of daily Covid contact testing in schools has been paused amid fears over higher rates of transmission...

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James Carr