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The watchdog found schools struggling with staff shortages, unclear Covid measures and identifying learning gaps
Leaders take extra teaching and cleaning duties as secondary absences breach 10 per cent mark
Over 336,000 pupils attended summer schools last year
Heads question guidance changes and end to free testing as Covid continues to disrupt schools
Schools still asked to 'signpost' alternative vaccination routes for pupils
New teachers will be able to progress to second-year induction even if they miss more than 30 days, with...
Children of families subject to immigration control were temporarily given access to free meals in April 2020
Absences rose more than five-fold in first full year of the pandemic
