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Government sets up £120m ‘Covid summer food fund’ after free meal vouchers U-turn

The government has said it will provide free school meal vouchers over the summer holidays in a significant U-turn,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Over half of laptops STILL to be delivered in just two weeks

Just under half of the 230,000 laptops being distributed to help vulnerable pupils learn at home during the coronavirus...

James Carr
James Carr
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Coronavirus: Less than two fifths of eligible primary pupils return in second week of reopening

Less than two fifths of eligible pupils had returned to open primary schools by Thursday last week, almost two...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Another 18 schools and colleges named as ‘edtech demonstrators’

The government has announced another 18 schools and colleges handed up to £150,000 each to become “edtech demonstrators”. They...

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Pressure mounts on ministers as study shows fifth of pupils do no schoolwork at home

Children not in school during the lockdown have been spending an average of 2.5 hours a day doing schoolwork,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools told they can’t claim back costs of preventative cleaning

The government’s exceptional costs reimbursement scheme must be extended to cover preventative measures as school reopen in the coronavirus...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Six things we learned from Ofqual about exams in 2020 and 2021

Exams were the focus of an education select committee hearing this week, with senior staff appearing from the exams’...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Over 1 in 10 secondary schools set to defy government’s June 15 reopening plan

More than one in ten secondary schools look set to ignore government calls to begin reopening to year 10...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Pressure on government grows for September schools plan

The government is under increasing pressure to produce a proper coronavirus plan for schools, particularly the renewed pledge to...

John Dickens
John Dickens