News

Covid workforce funds: Schools with ‘particularly high’ costs may have claims reviewed

Schools attempting to claim “particularly high” costs through the government’s new Covid workforce fund may have their claims “reviewed”....

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Teachers report rise in non-Covid persistent absence

Three in ten teachers have reported a surge in non-Covid-related persistent absences, with the problem more acute in the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Hypnotherapist helps to overcome teacher stress

Teachers at an east London primary have teamed up with a sports hypnotherapist who improves “mental toughness” in elite...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Covid: School attendance falls again after brief boost

School attendance has declined again following two weeks of improvement – with nearly 50,000 more children off last week...

James Carr
James Carr
News

Attendance gap between local authority areas has widened, new data shows

Attendance in state secondary schools still varies massively across England, according to the first regional data published by the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Pupils 6 months behind and teachers ‘physically fatigued’ – Ofsted’s final ‘visits’ analysis

Ofsted has identified six months’ learning loss in some pupils, a “wide variability” in numbers returning to school and...

James Carr
James Carr
News

Williamson orders Greenwich council to withdraw early closure request

A London council which urged schools in its area to move to online learning this week has been ordered...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Government ‘will consider’ using legal powers to keep Greenwich schools open

A minister has said the government “will consider” using its powers under emergency Coronavirus legislation to keep Greenwich schools...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

What does the latest attendance data tell us about the scale of the Covid problem?

The government must make better data available and provide more catch-up funding to stop pupils falling further behind, writes...

Freddie Whittaker
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