Theme 1 news Covid ‘I’m trying to protect young people’: Heads ignore PM call to drop face masks from classroom Many schools persisting with masks despite guidance change James Carr 22h James Carr 22h Covid All schools and trusts offered improvement help to tackle Covid woes The trust and school improvement offer, including support from NLEs, is no longer limited to RI schools Tom Belger 23h Tom Belger 23h Covid Face masks in classrooms ditched from tomorrow Rules on coverings in communal areas will end on Thursday next week Freddie Whittaker 2d Freddie Whittaker 2d Covid Schools fear closures amid Covid testing kit delays 8% of schools reported having staff unable to attend due to a lack of Covid tests James Carr 1w James Carr 1w Covid Exclusive Edenred out as DfE sets up school meal voucher plan B Edtech firm win ‘contingency scheme’ contract Samantha Booth 1w Samantha Booth 1w Covid State schools in deprived areas hit hardest by staff absence Schools report using non-teaching staff to cover lessons and almost one in 10 combine classes as Omicron disruption continues Freddie Whittaker 1w Freddie Whittaker 1w Covid DfE to pay 100% of breakfast clubs costs until August in partial U-turn Government delays plan to make schools pay 25% of breakfast costs and expands eligibility ‘in light of Covid’ Freddie Whittaker 1w Freddie Whittaker 1w Covid DfE says over 550 ex-teachers answered Covid call to arms But no figures on how many have actually rejoined classrooms missing tens of thousands of teachers Freddie Whittaker 1w Freddie Whittaker 1w Covid Schools cut music and PE, and 7 other findings from DfE recovery research Report looks at how schools coped with the impact of Covid in 2020-21 Freddie Whittaker 1w Freddie Whittaker 1w 1 2 3 4 5 6 11 Older Must Read Covid Exclusive DfE threatened with legal action over ‘unlawful’ Covid attendance rules The government is being threatened with legal action if it fails to update attendance guidance for vulnerable children and… James Carr 5mo James Carr 5mo Covid Academy trusts’ cash stash rises to £3bn despite pandemic pressures Academy trusts boosted their reserves and surpluses last year despite the upheaval of Covid, official figures show. New Department… Tom Belger 7mo Tom Belger 7mo
