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Coronavirus: Schools to receive just 10 home testing kits each

Schools and colleges will receive just 10 coronavirus home testing kits each, and should only use them in “exceptional...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Boris Johnson claims exams fiasco has been ‘sorted out’

The fiasco over GCSE and A-level results this year has “finally been sorted out”, the prime minister has claimed....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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EPI: Attainment gap has stopped closing for the first time in a decade

The attainment gap between poorer pupils and their better-off peers has stopped closing for the first time in 10...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government to U-turn on masks in schools

Staff and older pupils will be expected to wear face coverings in schools in England from September following a...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE confirms U-turn over masks in schools

Pupils and staff in secondary schools in high-transmission areas will be required to wear face coverings following a U-turn...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Pressure mounts on government over face coverings in schools

The government is under growing pressure to review its guidance on the use of face coverings in schools, as...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Staff safety questions remain as PM urges parents to send children back to school

Schools must have “very clear Covid-secure measures” for all staff, England’s largest education union has warned, as the prime...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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PHE school Covid outbreaks analysis: 8 things we learned

There were 30 outbreaks of Covid-19 in schools and other educational settings in June 2020, a new study by...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Exams 2020: Heads question mock exam ‘curveball’

The government’s last-minute decision to give some pupils the chance to use mock exam grades instead of their calculated...

James Carr
James Carr