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Coronavirus: How schools are stepping up to keep disadvantaged pupils fed

At a time of uncertainty and lack of clarity from the top, many school leaders have been sharing ideas...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Coronavirus: Issue food parcels or supermarket vouchers to free school meals pupils, DfE tells schools

Schools should work with catering providers or local authorities to provide food parcels or send out supermarket vouchers to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE eyes universal infant free school meals in cuts drive

The government’s universal infant free school meals programme is one of a number being considered for the axe in...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

Are police officers in schools a force for good?

Hundreds of police officers are now based in schools but we don’t know enough about the work they do,...

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Dr AMANDA HENSHALL
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Give schools more money for free meals, say caterers

The government is under pressure to increase the money it gives schools to pay for free meals for infant...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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One in three reception children aren’t ‘school ready’, warns Teach First

Nearly one in three children who start primary school in England at the age of five are not “school...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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REVEALED: The schools where the poorest pupils make most progress

The poorest pupils have made more progress than their better-off peers at just three per cent of secondary schools,...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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A deep dive into Progress 8 and disadvantage

The Department for Education released its revised GCSE results for the 2016-17 exams on January 25, and Schools Week...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

Universal Infant Free School Meals – what has the impact been so far?

Some parents and school leaders believe free lunches are having positive effects on the lives of infants and their...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor