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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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Coronavirus: No change for schools as country enters lockdown

Schools will continue to open for vulnerable and key workers’ children, the government has confirmed, after the U.K. was...

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Coronavirus: Ofsted pauses publication of inspection reports

Ofsted has paused the publication of all inspection reports during the coronavirus crisis and promised that it will have...

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DfE reveals how it will provide grades for pupils this summer

The government has confirmed it will use teacher assessments to provide calculated grades for pupils this year. The aim...

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Governors: New Ofsted inspections ‘rushed’ and reports ‘patronising’

Ofsted’s new framework is diminishing the role of governance in schools, patronising staff and leading to rushed inspections, a...

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T-level assessment organisations call for 12 month delay

The awarding bodies designing the first three T-levels have called on the government to delay their rollout by a...

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