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26 April 2026

Tag: coronavirus

Senior staff ‘ignored our Covid fears’, say striking teachers

Teachers at a Wirral primary school are set to go on strike after claiming that senior staff repeatedly ignored health and safety concerns surrounding Covid-19. Staff at Kingsway Primary School will walk out for six days across December and January in what is believed to be the first school industrial action linked to the virus. […]

Government ‘misled’ school leaders over National Tutoring Programme cash

The government has been accused of misleading school leaders, pupils and parents after finally admitting that the £350 million for the National Tutoring Programme (NTP)  is for two years, not one. An investigation by Schools Week earlier this year showed that £140 million of the promised £350 million for the NTP to run across this […]

Deprived schools will struggle to meet Covid costs, finds NFER report

One in four schools may not be able to meet Covid-related costs despite increased funding from government, and deprived schools will be among the hardest-hit, a new report has found. Analysis by the National Foundation for Educational Research found that existing inflationary pressures, such as teacher pay rises, mean the £2.6 billion increase in school […]

Attendance league tables will be ‘relief map of pandemic’

Ranking schools in league tables based on their attendance will just become a “relief map of the pandemic”, one head has warned. The government announced this week that exam results will not be included in league tables this year. It won’t be a league table, it’ll be a relief map of the pandemic Instead, the […]

Schools told they will be ‘on call’ until Christmas eve for track and trace

Schools will “effectively be on call” until Christmas eve to help with coronavirus contact tracing, a council has warned headteachers. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council has written to headteachers in its area, claiming to have received new guidance from the Department for Education. It comes after schools were ordered not to close early for the […]

Spielman ‘not expecting’ graded inspections from January

Ofsted is not expecting to resume graded inspections in January, the chief inspector of schools has said. Speaking at the launch of the watchdog’s latest annual report, Amanda Spielman said Ofsted needed to “take account of the national situation, and we’ve always said that the timing and form of our return was under review”. I’m […]

Ofsted annual report 2019-20: 8 things we learned

Ofsted has published its latest annual report following a “year of two halves” which saw inspections halted around six months after the launch of its new inspection framework. The report highlights that the judgment profile for schools remains “broadly stable” following the introduction of the new framework, with 86 per cent rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’. […]