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Schools will get discounted updates to keep Windows 10 running

Microsoft will no longer provide free software updates for the operating system after October 14

Provide apprenticeship careers talks or face legal action, schools told

Consultation launched on new duty to give pupils six opportunities to hear from further education providers

Post-Covid Ofsted ratings lift in secondary schools

Leaders say secondaries could have benefited from having more time and capacity to develop their curriculum

Pupil face mask rules to be lifted from May 17

Pupils will no longer wear face masks in school from next week, Boris Johnson has confirmed. The recommendation that masks be worn in secondary classrooms and by students in communal areas will be lifted from May 17. However, the rule that staff and other adults wear face coverings in situations where social distancing is not […]

Speed read: DfE publishes guidance for secondary schools on June 15 reopening plan

The Department for Education has published guidance for secondary schools about the return of pupils next month. It comes after the prime minister, Boris Johnson, confirmed the government was pushing back the date it expects secondaries to start to provide face-to-face support for year 10 and 12 pupils, from June 1 to June 15. Here’s […]

More pupils miss out on first choice of secondary school

Half the councils expecting the biggest rise in demand for secondary school places have offered fewer pupils their first choice of school, Schools Week analysis shows. It comes as a pupil population bulge moves out of primary and into secondary schools, leaving one council at least 400 places short. More than 600,000 pupils were last […]