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Coronavirus: DfE to provide free laptops for disadvantaged year 10s

The government will provide free laptops and tablets for disadvantaged year 10s and other vulnerable pupils to help them...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Thousands of pupils with ‘no recourse to public funds’ to get free school meals

Children usually denied free school meals because of their parents’ immigration status have been granted temporary eligibility during the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Coronavirus: Schools paying out thousands for cancelled PGL trips

Schools are paying out thousands of pounds to parents in order to cover the costs of cancelled trips as...

James Carr
James Carr
News

Coronavirus: DfE cancels academies’ May budget forecast

Academies will no longer have to submit next month’s budget forecast return, after the government cancelled the collection because...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Coronavirus: Teachers join forces to create online curriculum hub

Teachers from across the country have recorded lessons that will be shared for free on a new online curriculum...

James Carr
James Carr
News

Coronavirus: DfE confirms August results days, abandoning ‘end of July’ deadline

GCSE and A-level results days will be in August this year, the government has announced, seemingly abandoning an aim...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Coronavirus: DfE relaxes rules around admissions appeals

The Department for Education is planning to relax regulations governing school admissions appeals so they are no longer required...

James Carr
James Carr
Opinion

A seven-step plan to reopen schools

Despite the inexorable tragedy of the daily death toll and the awful misery that COVID-19 brings, the sacrifices of our...

John Dickens
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Coronavirus: PM urged to publish evidence on increased risks of reopening schools

The National Education Union has written to Boris Johnson demanding clarity on school and colleges reopening amid “unhelpful speculation”...

James Carr
James Carr