Covid

Williamson provided wine and mince pies for DfE lockdown Xmas party

Sue Gray report finds 50 staff were invited to the 'festive drinks' - organised days in advance

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Samantha Booth
Wellbeing

New ‘extracurricular handbook’ to help schools tackle mental health

But government rejects MPs' calls for all students to undergo a mental health assessment

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Samantha Booth
Assessment

AQA to repay another £3.5m for cancelled exams

This takes its total refund to £48.5 million

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Samantha Booth
Schools

Markers locked out of Capita’s SATs webinar

The firm has apologised after teachers were left waiting for hours

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Samantha Booth
Covid, Schools

Another procurement legal row emerges as DfE ‘under stress’

At least three major outsourcing contracts from the DfE have been at the centre of legal challenges

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Samantha Booth
Tutoring

Zahawi apologises for bank holiday tutor league tables announcement

But unions still concerned about new 'accountability measure'

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Samantha Booth
Covid

Covid inquiry chair wants to investigate impact on children

The UK’s public Covid inquiry chair wants to expand her remit to investigate how children and young people were...

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Samantha Booth
Inclusion

Requests for EHCPs soar again, new data shows

Nearly 500,000 education, health and care plans now issued

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Samantha Booth
Assessment

Ofqual reveals how exams in 2023 will look

Coursework and subject content to return to pre-pandemic standards

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Samantha Booth