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Schools want ed tech demonstrator scheme to keep going

Schools are joining together to ensure that the “legacy” of the rerouted EdTech Demonstrators scheme stretches beyond the pandemic....

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Snow days melt into the mists of time

Most people can remember listening to the radio or checking their school’s website to see if snow had shut...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Williamson told education committee to keep exam meeting details secret

A Parliamentary committee was asked to keep details of meetings about this summer’s exams fiasco secret in return for...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Logistics fears as announcement on further mass-testing in schools ‘imminent’

A government announcement on the further rollout of mass Coronavirus testing in schools across England is “imminent”, Schools Week...

James Carr
James Carr
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Schools defy council leader’s request to close

A London council has asked all schools in its borough to close and move to online learning following an...

James Carr
James Carr
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School PE kit policy is saving time and space

A pandemic policy for children to arrive and stay in their sports kit on the days they have PE...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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The new school day (and it’s not as you’ve known it)

Headteachers say that Covid-driven changes to the traditional school day – such as staggered break times and longer lessons...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Mass testing in London, Essex and Kent schools: Everything you need to know

The government has given more details on how its mass testing programme in London, Essex and Kent secondary schools...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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No tablet? Use your phone and a couple of cans for interview, says Cambridge uni

A Russell Group university has told students unable to access a tablet for its online admissions interview to instead...

James Carr
James Carr