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DfE urges schools to stop checking swamped free meal voucher website, as system labelled ‘farcical’

Schools are being urged not to revisit the government’s national free school meal voucher website unable to cope with...

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School staff don’t need protective equipment, new government guidance states

School staff do not require personal protective equipment, new government guidance has stated. The guidance also warns cleaning items...

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Coronavirus: Schools can only claim back if extra spend ‘threatens financial stability’

Schools will only be able to claim back for extra cash spent on covering coronavirus-issues if they are unable...

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Free school meal vouchers WILL now be available over Easter

The government has today made a U-turn on its refusal to pay for free school meal vouchers over Easter...

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Chief regulator offers ‘reassurance’ over this summer’s GCSE and A-level grades

Ofqual’s chief regulator Sally Collier has “reassured” GCSE and A-level students that the grades they get this summer will...

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Coronavirus: Schools need ‘priority access’ to testing and protective equipment

Teachers should get “priority access” to protective equipment, MPs have demanded, as staff are still waiting for further guidance...

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Williamson: ‘I’m asking schools to go to exceptional lengths in coronavirus fight’

Education secretary Gavin Williamson has written to schools today to thank them for the “incredible resilience and flexibility they...

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Coronavirus: FSM vouchers to provide ‘£3 per meal’, as caterers criticised for ‘shameful’ hampers

Pupils are set to get weekly supermarket vouchers totalling £15 to replace their free school meal entitlements under a...

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Ofqual admits teacher assessment not possible for all vocational qualifications 

Ofqual is “urgently” working out how to calculate grades for students studying vocational and technical qualifications this year, but...

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