Theme 1 news Covid School leadership supply ‘on the brink’ as headship aspiration ‘plummets’ Over half of deputy heads and middle leaders now say they don’t aspire to headship Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Covid Heads blast ministers as Covid thwarts nativities again Prime minister Boris Johnson urged schools not to cancel nativity plays this week Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Covid Schools targeted by scam NHS emails offering Omicron PCR tests The DfE is urging schools to be vigilant about fake NHS emails urging readers to order tests ‘to avoid… Tom Belger 2y Tom Belger 2y Covid DfE brings back Covid workforce fund as staff absence rises But schools will have to use their reserves first to be able to claim Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Covid Covid-related absence jumps 60% in a fortnight More than 200,000 pupils were off because of Covid on November 25 Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Covid Zahawi on school nativities: the show must go on The education secretary said ‘carry on’ with Christmas events after two years of disruption Tom Belger 2y Tom Belger 2y Covid Omicron case ‘linked’ to Essex primary school Investigations into spread of variant also taking place at Nottingham school Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Covid Omicron: What you need to know about new guidance for schools Government says changes are ‘precaution’ and ‘temporary’ measure John Dickens 2y John Dickens 2y Covid Council facing legal action over mandatory attendance rule Local authority is ‘demanding’ all children are back in the classroom Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Newer 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 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
