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Reassure parents about safety of schools if you want them to return to work, heads tell PM

The government must reassure parents it is safe for their children to return to school if it wants people...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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STA plans autumn phonics check for year 2s who missed June test

Schools will be asked to administer a phonics screening check for year 2 pupils in the autumn, after the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Proportion of schools open more widely falls as end of term nears

The proportion of schools open more widely to pupils in selected year groups has begun to fall as the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Almost all pupils were set work during partial closures, but half of year 11s and 13s missed out

Almost all pupils were given some remote learning tasks by their teachers during partial school closures, but year 11...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Council says it will back schools if they stagger return of year groups

Lancashire County Council has promised to back schools if they choose to stagger the return of year groups this...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Ofsted visits: ‘Serious issues’ may lead to ‘immediate action’

“Serious issues” identified during lighter-touch Ofsted visits in the autumn could result in “immediate action”, the watchdog has said....

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Attendance rates continue to rise as proportion of reopened schools flatlines

The proportion of schools that have reopened more widely has flatlined, but pupil attendance has continued to rise, new...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Primary art and D&T ‘missing’ from Oak’s initial 2020-21 lesson plans

Lessons in primary art, secondary relationships, sex and health education and design and technology do not feature in the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted: New ‘school visits’ will allow ‘appropriate challenge without passing judgment’

Ofsted has said its new school “visits” will allow inspectors to provide “appropriate challenge” to school leaders without “passing...

John Dickens
John Dickens