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Longer days and early appointments on cards as schools gear up for ‘mammoth’ Covid testing effort

School leaders are exploring staggered starts and extended days to ease the “mammoth logistical task” of mass Covid testing...

James Carr
James Carr
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Secondary schools can start testing pupils on-site before March 8, DfE confirms

Secondary schools and colleges will be allowed to start testing pupils on-site before March 8, the Department for Education...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Covid testing: DfE confirms arrangements for extra school funding

The Department for Education has set out how it will allocate funding to schools to pay for Covid testing...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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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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Army ‘on standby’ to provide testing support – but most won’t be on-site

Armed forces personnel will be “on standby” to provide “in-person support” with mass testing of pupils next term, but...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Covid-19: Mass testing planned in London, Kent and Essex secondaries

The government is rolling out mass coronavirus testing in secondary schools in the worst-affected areas of London, Kent and...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Covid-19 winter plan: What does it mean for schools?

Education settings will be among those to trial regular Covid-19 testing as an alternative to self-isolation for those who...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Teachers fifth on priority list for testing, but no place for school pupils

Teachers with Covid-19 symptoms will be fifth on the government’s priority list for testing, it has been announced. But...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker