Theme 1 news Covid Covid savings fuel record turnaround in maintained school finances Lower energy and exam costs saved schools millions during lockdowns Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Covid DfE worried own catch-up plan ‘insufficient’ to fix learning loss Official documents reveal DfE predicted earlier this year its recovery efforts could fail Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Covid DfE looks to ex-teachers to fill Covid staffing gaps Leaders also asked to ‘use their own networks to encourage sign-up’ Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Covid Fines for school absence plummet by 86 per cent The government wants councils and schools to ramp up enforcement Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Covid DfE extends Covid workforce fund until Feb half-term The scheme was reintroduced last month amid rising rates James Carr 4y James Carr 4y Covid £10m catch-up schemes to help schools with most learning loss Three regions set to benefit from extra maths and literacy cash Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Covid Covid: Staff absence up by 20% as term draws to a close More than 230,000 pupils were off due to Covid on December 9 James Carr 4y James Carr 4y Covid Second jabs planned in schools from January 10 Every school will receive second-dose sessions by half-term, even as more than half 12-15-year-olds remain unvaccinated Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Covid DfE launches ‘marketplace’ for schools to buy Covid air purifiers It would cost schools at least £5,900 to fund one unit in every classroom Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Newer 1 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 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 4y James Carr 4y 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 4y Tom Belger 4y
