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Councils seize initiative to give Covid-19 vaccine to special school staff

Thousands of special school staff are being offered the Covid-19 vaccine as councils include them in the priority roll-out...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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DfE confirms schools can reclaim lost cash after Covid testing funding change

Schools that could lose thousands of pounds because of a change in the way funding for Covid testing is...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE knew about new strain before issuing Greenwich direction, admits top civil servant

The Department for Education knew about the highly infectious new Covid-19 variant before ordering Greenwich council to rescind its...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ministers favour priority for exam year groups if full March 8 school reopening not possible

The government wants to see exam year groups prioritised for return if a full school reopening on March 8...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Real-terms boost from extra school funding wiped out by Covid

Per-pupil funding actually fell in real terms this year after changes to prices as a result of the Covid-19...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Johnson hopes to begin reopening schools from March 8 if vaccine target met

The government hopes to begin reopening schools from March 8 if its target for the first phase of vaccinations...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Reopening schools: Announcements coming ‘in next few days’ as minister remains tight-lipped

The government will make announcements on reopening schools “in the next few days”, the schools minister has said. However,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE to stop publishing Covid case data for school staff working from home

The government will stop publishing data on the number of school staff working from home because they have a...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Invicta Academy drops top Tories’ ‘sponsor’ tag after backlash over founder’s comments

An online learning platform has stopped describing top Conservative MPs – including Gavin Williamson – as “sponsors” after a...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker