Theme 1 news Covid Council facing legal action over mandatory attendance rule Local authority is ‘demanding’ all children are back in the classroom Samantha Booth 6mo Samantha Booth 6mo Covid Covid: Secondary schools to test returning pupils on-site in January Schools have just a few days to order test kits after sudden government announcement Freddie Whittaker 6mo Freddie Whittaker 6mo Covid Exclusive Classroom carbon dioxide levels up to three times above watchdog guidelines Some school leaders say CO2 monitors provided by DfE are having no impact James Carr 6mo James Carr 6mo Covid DfE appoints just 5 attendance advisers (after years of council cuts) DfE says tens of organisations will benefit from expert advice James Carr 6mo James Carr 6mo Covid Covid taking bigger toll on school staff wellbeing, study finds This year 62% of school staff said the pandemic contributed to poor mental health, up from 33% in 2020 James Carr 6mo James Carr 6mo Covid Anti-vaxxers who threaten schools and pupils ‘will be arrested’ – Zahawi Education secretary says protesters ‘should not be going anywhere near a school’ Freddie Whittaker 6mo Freddie Whittaker 6mo Covid DfE to provide 1,000 air cleaning units for AP and special schools Unions said all schools should receive air cleaning units based on need, rather than only ones that could afford… Tom Belger 6mo Tom Belger 6mo Covid Kevan Collins: Government ‘abdicating responsibility’ to lead recovery The former recovery tsar also said tech could spark the biggest learning transformation since the Victorian era Tom Belger 6mo Tom Belger 6mo Covid Covid absence halves after half term, but 130,000 pupils still off DfE data suggests Covid absence fell to 1.6 per cent last week Freddie Whittaker 6mo Freddie Whittaker 6mo Newer 1 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 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 9mo James Carr 9mo 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 11mo Tom Belger 11mo
