Theme 1 news 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 2y Samantha Booth 2y 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 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Covid Covid legacy will ‘damage prospects of a generation’, warn MPs Committee warns pandemic will ‘entrench disadvantage’ without further intervention from government Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y Covid Vaccine taskforce book for schools could prove a long shot ‘We’ve forgotten vaccines, we take them for granted’ Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y Covid Investigation ‘Don’t call us ghost children’: The vulnerable families who fear school return Push to get children back to the classroom leaves families with severe health conditions feeling their needs are not… Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Covid How Covid hit poorer pupils harder: 6 COSMO study key findings The pandemic has “severely widened existing inequalities” between poorer pupils and their better-off peers, a report on the impact… Donna Ferguson 3y Donna Ferguson 3y Covid Trust blames not balancing books on lack of DfE Covid cash An expert said standalone academies faced particular challenges, but Covid boosted rather than worsened many schools’ finances Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Covid Covid funding data reveals £124m summer schools underspend Breakdown published by DfE shows schools received almost £300m in Covid grants Schools Week Reporter 3y Schools Week Reporter 3y Covid School attendance hits five-month low, workforce absence soars Nearly one in 10 secondary school teachers were off last week, DfE estimates Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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
