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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
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Government to consult on delaying 2021 exam season

The government is considering delaying the 2021 exam series until later in the summer, Gavin Williamson has revealed. The...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Williamson wants whole-class ‘bubbles’ from September

The government will look into expanding “bubbles” in schools to include whole classes so all pupils can return in...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools advised to spend £650m catch-up cash on summer activities, longer days and extra books

Schools are being advised to spend their £650 million coronavirus catch-up cash on summer programmes and longer school days,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Long-read: Will the government’s back-to-school plans actually work?

Government guidance on getting pupils back to school was updated (again) this week. School leaders say it’s another ham-fisted...

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John Dickens
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£1bn schools coronavirus ‘catch-up’ package revealed

The government will spend £1 billion on an education “catch-up plan”, with a large chunk of the cash going...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Teach First drops 120 trainees as schools halt recruitment

Teach First has dropped 120 of its trainees after failing to match all of this year’s cohort with schools....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker