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Richer trusts get richer by investing spare cash

A handful of trusts are making six-figure sums through stocks, wealth managers and other investment strategies, while most get by with no such income.

First mainstream schools set to get CO2 monitors – 4 weeks after rollout started

Mainstream secondary schools are finally set to receive CO2 monitors over the next fortnight – a month after the rollout of devices began. Schools leaders were informed by the Department for Education (DfE) today that the first set of secondary schools would receive monitors by October 15. The email, seen by Schools Week, states a […]

Zahawi vows to ‘tackle harassment head on’ following anti-vax protests

Education secretary says protests are ‘outrageous’ and warned ‘no one should be stigmatised for their decision’

£20m fine and 3 years in prison: how pressure groups are threatening schools over Covid jabs

Calls for guidance as pressure heaped on schools ahead of vaccine rollout

Speed read: ASCL’s blueprint to tackle education’s ‘entrenched injustice’

The school leaders’ union wants wide-ranging reforms, warning studies suggest rich-poor attainment gap ‘may never close’.

Covid vaccines for children: what schools need to know

The government has published guidance today on how the vaccine roll-out in schools for 12- to 15-year-olds will work. Here’s your trusty Schools Week guide on what you need to know. Schools won’t run jabs roll-out … As with normal school vaccinations, the School Age Immunisation Service (SAIS) will plan the roll-out, administer the jabs […]

Teacher survey on remote learning: 5 things we learned

Pupils in the poorest areas covered only two-thirds of the material while learning remotely as their peers in the classroom, new figures show. The gap between online and in-school learning was larger in schools with more deprived pupils than those in wealthier areas. The data was released as part of Office for National Statistics research […]

Union demands more ‘robust’ rules as sports event held amid Covid cases

Unions want stricter Covid curbs after one school with 33 cases sent pupils to a sports event while others with fewer cases limited events or sent year groups home

Long read: Schools let down by government’s hot air on ventilation

Has England been left flapping in the wind as other countries race ahead with ventilation policies for schools? Schools Week investigates… The government’s “minimal” and “negligent” approach to ventilation in England’s classrooms is failing to protect pupils, say scientists and campaigners, including a leading epidemiologist. Instead, they say, it should immediately provide air filters. The […]