Theme 1 news Covid, Ofsted Schools ‘prioritised’ food parcels over remote learning, and 4 other things we learned from Ofsted Schools’ focus on making food parcels and visiting disadvantaged pupils in the first lockdown may have affected their “capacity”… James Carr 3y James Carr 3y Covid Government to scrap power to force school closures Ministers publish Covid autumn and winter plan Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Covid Exclusive £20m fine and 3 years in prison: how pressure groups are threatening schools over Covid jabs Calls for guidance as pressure heaped on schools ahead of vaccine rollout James Carr 3y James Carr 3y Covid Long read Long read: Schools let down by government’s hot air on ventilation Has England been left flapping in the wind as other countries race ahead with ventilation policies for schools? Schools… James Carr 3y James Carr 3y 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 Covid: Government ‘allowing mass infection of children’, scientists warn Scientists have warned the government’s back to school plans are “reckless” and allow the “mass infection of children”. An… James Carr 3y James Carr 3y Covid Teachers not at increased risk of severe Covid, study finds Teachers and their households were not at an increased risk of experiencing severe Covid or being hospitalised from the… James Carr 3y James Carr 3y Covid Schools face ‘knife edge’ as scientists warn of ‘exponential’ Covid surge A warning by government scientific advisers that schools will likely see “exponential” increases in Covid when they reopen has… Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Covid Covid: School attendance data collection to go weekly from October Schools will be asked to submit Covid-19 attendance data to the government on a weekly rather than daily basis… James Carr 3y James Carr 3y Newer 1 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