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Coronavirus: ‘Safe travel’ guidance includes little new information for schools

The government’s promised further guidance on “safe travel” contains little new information for schools. Department for Education guidance on...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Opinion

Government promised transparency, but school leaders have been left in the dark

The response within Government to Covid-19 has been highly centralised, where decisions are conveyed but not necessarily explained. This...

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NICK BROOK
News

Key findings: how the DfE thinks schools can safely reopen

The government has this evening released guidance on how it believes schools can start to reopen safely for more...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Speed read: 6 schools findings from the government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy

The government has published its coronavirus “recovery strategy”. There’s very little by way of detail for schools, and further...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Unions: national track and trace scheme needed before schools reopen

Education unions have demanded schools can not reopen until a national coronavirus track and trace scheme is rolled out....

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Edenred’s national voucher scheme contract worth up to £234m, new documents reveal

The company running the government’s free school meal national voucher scheme was aware before its launch that as many...

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John Dickens
News

Ofqual not budging on plan for private candidates despite schools’ ‘reluctance’ to offer grades

Pleas from parents of private candidates – such as home-schooled pupils – for changes to this year’s grading system...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

£100m to buy university land for new schools, and 3 more support package measures

The government has today announced new measures aimed at stabilising university admissions this autumn and ensure “students are safeguarded...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Former national schools commissioner joins AET board

A former national schools commissioner has been appointed to the board of one of the country’s largest academy trusts....

John Dickens
John Dickens