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Schools turn to philanthropists for laptops as wait for DfE devices continues

Schools and education charities are asking philanthropists and local businesses to provide devices for disadvantaged youngsters as the wait...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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School kitchens’ ‘nightmare’ over planning for pupils’ return

School kitchens face a planning “nightmare” for the return of pupils, with uncertainty and concern over numbers, food availability,...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Coronavirus: 2020 exam standardisation process will ignore school ‘trajectory’, Ofqual confirms

The “trajectory” of improving schools will not be taken into account when standardising GCSE and A-level results this year,...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Coronavirus: 8 things we learned from SAGE’s advice to ministers on schools

The government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) has finally published the advice it provided to ministers over plans...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Speed read: Five things schools need to know about plans for an autumn exam series

The exams regulator Ofqual has launched a consultation on how a new autumn exam series should work.  Summer exams...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Coronavirus: Scientists told ministers a rota system could help curb transmission in schools

The government told schools not to use rota systems for the return of pupils despite scientific advice that it...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Long read: How are schools preparing to reopen?

Many school leaders regard the government’s guidance on reopening schools as vague at best. So what are their plans...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Revealed: the school leaders advising DfE on coronavirus plans

Guidance for how primary schools can reopen safely was published by the Department for Education last week.  The guidance...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Calls to end BBC’s lockdown lessons will hit poor hardest

The BBC is under pressure to axe access to its home-learning lessons – used by millions of children during...

John Dickens
John Dickens