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Hancock on further school delays: ‘I’ve learnt not to rule anything out’

Health secretary Matt Hancock this morning refused to rule out further delays to reopening schools after Christmas following large...

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DfE pledges another 440k laptops by Easter

The government has bought a further 440,000 laptops to distribute to schools, it has been announced today. It will...

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John Dickens
News

Mass testing in schools: Everything you need to know

The government has this week announced mass testing in schools from January 4. The announcement – in the last...

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John Dickens
Opinion

Time and again school leaders have risen to the Covid challenge – but at what cost?

There is no doubt as we enter the final turbulent days of 2020 that the parameters that underpin our...

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SIR DAVID CARTER
Opinion

Ministers chose confrontation over collaboration when our communities needed them most

When the government issued Royal Greenwich with the threat of legal action on Monday night, I was completely shocked....

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CLLR DANNY THORPE
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Ofqual chief suggests traffic light rating system for differential lost learning

Teacher ratings of students’ lost learning could be issued alongside grades next year to help level up the playing...

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John Dickens
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Ofsted’s new ‘supportive’ inspections: everything you need to know

Ofsted has today published an operational note for how its new “supportive” monitoring inspections will look. As we reported...

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John Dickens
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Exams and accountability in 2021: The proposals in full

The government has finally announced today its plans for next year’s exams, when Ofsted will resume and other outstanding...

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John Dickens
News

‘Too many parents had to wait too long’: NAO probe exposes free meal voucher failures

Parents were left waiting “too long” for financial support under the government’s national free school meal voucher scheme, according...

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John Dickens