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Coronavirus: Schools step up to support their suppliers

Schools across England are stepping up to save small businesses in their supply chains by speeding up payments –...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Schools told to review child protection policies

Schools have been told to review their child protection policies and warned they may have to rely on other...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Legal challenges ‘certain’ over SEND rule changes

New emergency powers that “relax” requirements on councils to provide support for SEND pupils will “most certainly” lead to...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Coronavirus: Fears lockdown will lead to a widening inequality gap

School leaders are worried about a widening inequality gap as state schools fall behind their private counterparts in using...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Schools halt redundancy plans amid coronavirus outbreak

Schools are halting redundancy plans as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause unprecedented disruption across the nation. Harris Federation...

James Carr
James Carr
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Coronavirus: Help poorer children access online learning, charity begs tech firms

Tech firms and internet providers have been asked to help poorer children get online after a survey revealed just...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Trainees to qualify based on progress made towards teachers’ standards

Trainee teachers due to qualify this year will be judged on their completed assessments and progress towards the teachers’...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: School governors told to meet over Skype

School governors should adopt “alternative arrangements” for their meetings now that non-essential gatherings are banned, the government has said....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: FSM vouchers to provide ‘£3 per meal’, as caterers criticised for ‘shameful’ hampers

Pupils are set to get weekly supermarket vouchers totalling £15 to replace their free school meal entitlements under a...

John Dickens
John Dickens