Wreaking havoc: Staff Covid-related absence hitting teaching and learning Increasing levels of staff absence due to Covid continue to wreak havoc in schools, with budgets at breaking point and the majority of heads warning that teaching and learning is suffering.
Diagnosing DLD: Teachers urged to #thinklanguage Thousands of UK children who have trouble learning at school or communicating with others will have an undiagnosed developmental language disorder (DLD).
Covid: Those who 'peddled lies' about 'lazy' teachers should be ashamed “I won't quickly forget, nor will I fail to remind those in power, of the false and damaging narrative some of them used.”
'Sticks in the throat': Private schools spend at least £6,800 more per-pupil The yawning chasm between private school spending per-pupil and that in the state sector is a stark reminder of the government’s failure to invest in schools.
Loneliness, sleeping problems and eating disorders drive mental health crisis Worrying levels of loneliness and sleep problems as well as rising incidence of eating disorders are feeding a wellbeing crisis that has left an estimated one in six young people with a probable mental health disorder.
Female teachers' pension pots a third smaller, analysis finds The pension pots of female teachers are almost one-third smaller than those for men, analysis has revealed.
Schools battle on alone amid 'grim' Covid absence figures Some schools are reporting up to 10 per cent staff absence due to confirmed or suspected cases of Covid-19.
Fire and rehire: Teachers call for an end to 'morally indefensible' practice Teachers are being asked to back an MP’s campaign to repeal laws allowing schools and others to fire and then rehire staff on worse pay and working conditions.
Schools and nurseries missing out on free and subsidised milk Too many primary schools and nurseries are unaware of the available programmes through which they can access free or subsidised milk for children.
Malala Yousafzai wants to hear inspiring stories from deaf pupils Global education advocate Malala Yousafzai is supporting a campaign to raise awareness about the challenges faced by children with hearing loss.
Digital counselling to CAMHS – children's commissioner focused on mental health An urgent expansion of mental health support and digital counselling, help for children struggling with school attendance and anxiety after the pandemic, and stronger safeguarding to protect young people on social media.
The school run: Campaigners call for road closures Closing roads around schools to motor traffic during drop-off and pick-up times can reduce pollution and encourage students to walk, scoot or cycle without having a significant impact on surrounding streets.
Elective home education: Time for a register? The issue of whether home educators should have to register or not has been debated for years. However, with increasing numbers of parents opting to home-school, there are now renewed calls to keep some form of record
A slap in the face doesn’t begin to describe it: Teachers voice fury over pay snub "A slap in the face doesn’t begin to describe it.” Furious teachers and school leaders have blasted the government’s plans for a pay freeze and questioned the credibility of the independent School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB).
Attainment gap: Five-point plan includes overhaul of curriculum, admissions and testing A five-point plan to overhaul England’s education system and boost our work to close the attainment gap between rich and poor has been put forward by school leaders.
Steep increase in number of children under-five living in poverty Families with at least one child aged under-five have experienced steep rises in poverty in the last seven years, with worrying implications for children's cognitive and physical development.
'We can’t afford a caretaker or a SENCO' – survey lays bare funding challenges “We can’t afford a caretaker or a SENCO” – primary school headteachers have laid bare the financial difficulties they are facing as one in four predict a deficit budget this year based on current funding levels.
Covid: Classrooms should still be used, DfE says, even if CO2 readings pass 1500ppm Schools should take action to improve ventilation if CO2 readings are “consistently higher than 1500ppm” but should still continue to use the room in question, Department for Education guidance has said.
Extremism: 'Open and frank' discussions key to preventing radicalisation Teachers view their role in tackling extremism as one of mandated reporting of pupils at risk of radicalisation rather than education.
Six in 10 children aged over 10 want Covid vaccination ?Eleven per cent of children aged 10 and over are opposed to being vaccinated compared to 62 per cent who say they want the protection of a double jab.
Back to school: Trepidation ahead of 'highly likely exponential increases' in Covid infections There is a sense of trepidation, inevitability, and anger about the “highly likely exponential increases” in Covid infection rates as schools return this week and next.
Campaigners urge UK governments to find £1.75bn for universal free school meals A third of school-aged children living in poverty in the UK – roughly one million young people – do not get free school meals (FSM).
Schools call for 'high-quality ventilation equipment' fund School leaders want to see “high-quality ventilation equipment” made available to schools where needed after welcoming the government’s £25m roll-out of CO2 monitors as a ppositive first step.
Poorest children losing out on vital early years education A majority of disadvantaged three and four-year-olds are being “locked out” of key early years education thanks to the government’s 30-hour policy.
Funding, laptops and diversity at heart of Build Back Better manifesto Significant increases to the Pupil Premium, a reduction in teachers’ timetables, provision of laptops and routers, more curriculum diversity, and a focus on careers guidance…
