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‘Don’t go back’ advice for shielders will be updated next week

School staff who are shielding because they are clinically extremely vulnerable are still being advised not to go to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Some assessment could be moved to earlier in 2021, suggests heads’ union

Some assessment in 2021 should be moved to earlier in the year rather than delay exams, a leadership union...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools to keep copyright of Oak’s online lessons

Schools will own the copyright of lessons produced for Oak National Academy under its £4.3 million government-funded expansion next...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Catholic schools demand government support as transport costs soar

The national body representing Catholic schools is lobbying the government for help with school transport, warning that charges could...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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All quiet on FSM voucher ‘safety mechanisms’

There is no evidence that the national free school meals voucher scheme has built-in safety mechanisms that stop the...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Revealed: How whole year-group bubbles could work

Top academy bosses have suggested “bubbles” of full year groups may be the only way to get all secondary...

James Carr
James Carr
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DfE finally reveals details of Covid summer food fund

Details of the government’s Covid summer food fund have finally been released, over a week after the scheme was...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Reception baseline assessment introduction delayed to 2021

Schools will not have to set the new reception baseline assessment this autumn, after the government delayed its statutory...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Secondary schools swell to accommodate baby bulge as pressure on primaries fades

The number of pupils in England’s secondary schools has grown for the fifth year in a row, as a...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker