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Exam board furloughs some examiners and offers £250 goodwill payment to others

An exam board is furloughing some of its examiners, but offering others a £250 one-off “goodwill” payment instead. Cambridge...

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Private candidates allowed to transfer exam centres amid concerns of missing out on grades

Private candidates such as youngsters who are permanently home-schooled will now be allowed to transfer to another exam centre...

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Competition watchdog warns private schools over fee-fixing collusion during coronavirus outbreak

The competition watchdog has warned private schools against colluding over price fixing during the coronavirus outbreak, a leaked letter...

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Coronavirus: DfE cancels academies’ May budget forecast

Academies will no longer have to submit next month’s budget forecast return, after the government cancelled the collection because...

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Former superhead may be stripped of knighthood

The government’s forfeiture committee is investigating whether to strip a former superhead of his knighthood. It comes after it...

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Coronavirus: Teachers say a special ‘thank you’ to NHS heroes

Teachers have joined the hundreds of thousands of people volunteering to help the NHS to say “thank you” to...

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Coronavirus: Be ‘flexible’ on resignations to avoid recruitment blockage, schools told

Schools should be “flexible” over staff resignation dates to ensure there’s not a “deficit of teachers” unable to move...

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Coronavirus: Teachers warned against live-streaming lessons

Teachers have been warned against using live-stream technology to run classes from home, but one school running lessons virtually...

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Coronavirus: Schools use labs to make equipment for medics

Schools are making use of their science and design labs to produce protective equipment for medics amid pleas hospitals...

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