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Oak academy chief urges teachers to go ‘super Blue Peter’ to stop pupils turning to TikTok

The Oak National Academy has revealed the struggle to keep pupils learning at home engaged and not watching “the...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Renewed calls for mandatory sprinklers after schools destroyed

Fire chiefs are again calling for sprinklers to be made mandatory for new and refurbished schools after two devastating...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

No free laptops for schools with fewer than 15 self-isolating pupils

A school that is limiting attendance by operating a rota model or that has fewer than 15 children self-isolating...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Outstanding schools set for Ofsted inspections next year – but may face 6-year wait

Outstanding schools are set to be inspected again when Ofsted inspections resume next year – but it will now...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

MPs to look at ‘more active’ inspection role in new home education inquiry

MPs have launched an inquiry into home learning which will include looking at the role inspections should play in...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Catch-up funding could be nearly ‘wiped out’ by Covid safety costs, warns ASCL

Funding for pupil catch-up support could be nearly “wiped out” by the costs schools face in making their sites...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

NFER finds Covid effect could eradicate most teacher shortfalls, but heads urge caution

Teacher recruitment shortfalls in most subjects look set to be eradicated because of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report...

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Schools Week Reporter
News

HSE spot check call handlers are not health and safety experts

Spot checkers calling to review schools’ covid procedures are not health and safety experts. Schools Week understands this has...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Opinion

What school leaders need to know about HSE spot checks

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published an Education eBulletin on 4 September announcing its intention that, alongside businesses,...

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HAYLEY DUNN