Theme 1 news Covid Exclusive DfE Covid lockdown party may have gone on past 1am Staff swiped out of Sanctuary Buildings 34 times after 10am on night of party, 8 times after 1am Samantha Booth 6mo Samantha Booth 6mo Covid Exclusive Long Covid teachers join forces to sue ministers About 85 teachers in the UK have expressed an interest in joining the action Lucas Cumiskey 7mo Lucas Cumiskey 7mo Covid Williamson ‘considered resigning’ over ‘panic’ Jan 2021 school closures Former ed sec tells Covid inquiry he did not have ‘complete autonomy’ over closure decisions, and claims his advice… Freddie Whittaker 12mo Freddie Whittaker 12mo Covid Covid: ‘Williamson threw schools under the bus’ Inquiry hears former education secretary opposed face masks in schools to avoid ‘surrender’ to unions Amy Walker 1y Amy Walker 1y Covid Williamson opposed masks in schools because he didn’t want to ‘surrender’ to unions Evidence to the Covid-inquiry claims the former education secretary ‘didn’t want to give an inch’ to the education unions… Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth 1y Covid Sixth-form loses employment tribunal over Covid shortcomings Employment tribunal judge backs English teacher’s indirect age discrimination claim against London sixth form Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth 1y Covid Teacher sickness absence soars in wake of pandemic More than 3.2 million working days were missed due to illness last year Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Covid Covid legacy will ‘damage prospects of a generation’, warn MPs Committee warns pandemic will ‘entrench disadvantage’ without further intervention from government Amy Walker 1y Amy Walker 1y Covid Vaccine taskforce book for schools could prove a long shot ‘We’ve forgotten vaccines, we take them for granted’ Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y 1 2 3 4 5 6 18 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 3y James Carr 3y 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 3y Tom Belger 3y