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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
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Schools can afford Covid reopening costs from existing budgets, DfE insists

Schools that incur extra costs during the process of reopening more widely will have to meet them from their...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Year 10 attendance reaches just 16% in first week of phased return

Just over 16 per cent of year 10 pupils were back in open secondary schools last Monday, well short...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Johnson: Schools will return in September ‘with full attendance’

Schools will reopen with “full attendance” in September, the prime minister has said, as he announced a relaxation of...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker