Knowledge and expertise around school improvement have become “commodities to be sold rather than insight to be shared” according to the School Improvement Commission.
Government scientists are to consider the impact on infection rates of ventilation in schools and the system of pupil bubbles.
Footballer Marcus Rashford has vowed to continue to lead the campaign to end child food poverty after forcing the government to back down over its refusal to fund free meals during school holidays.
Schools are still working out the best approaches for remote education, including the appropriate use of “live teaching” and how to align the in-school curriculum with learning from home. Pete ...
More than 17,500 people have signed a petition calling for the government to reimburse schools for the costs of Covid-19 safety measures.
Schools are facing up to losing out on millions of pounds in income traditionally raised by PTAs to buy resources, equipment, school trips and more.
Ofsted has updated its autumn guidance for schools to confirm that its “visits” during the second national lockdown will take place remotely.
The second half of the autumn term is set to be “even more difficult” for schools after a notable fall in pupil attendance due to Covid-19. It comes as anger at the DfE's Covid-19 response grows, ...
School leaders and teachers have urged Boris Johnson to “swallow his pride” and back down over his refusal to provide free school meals (FSM) during school holidays.
One in six children aged five to 16 now have a probable mental health disorder, the NHS has confirmed.
Teachers are calling for a two-week October half-term to act as a circuit-breaker against the rising coronavirus infection rate.
A petition urging an expansion of free school meals (FSM) to every child whose family is on Universal Credit as well as to cover school holiday periods has reached more than 300,000 signatures.
Safeguarding leads in schools are on alert for disclosures of online sexual abuse after a surge in reported incidents following the Covid-19 lockdown.
Since the beginning of term, schools have spent an average of more than £8,000 implementing Covid-19 safety measures, and yet there is little prospect of these costs being reimbursed.
Misinformation about Covid-19, often peddled on social media, is causing “confusion and parental anxiety” and hampering schools’ efforts to fully re-open this term.
Teachers have raised their concerns that colleagues, pupils and parents are not consistently respecting social distancing measures in and around school.
A Covid map for schools has been launched allowing headteachers to see at a glance what the infection rate is in their area, the local trend & the latest local restrictions or lockdown information.
Teachers have called for more detailed contingency plans for potential local lockdowns, including clarity about the infection rate thresholds at which school closures could or should be triggered.
Overloaded teachers have called for more resources, including more teaching staff, to ensure remote learning provision is sustainable in the months ahead.
Schools are facing up to a “long, hard winter” ahead as Covid-19 testing delays and rising infection rates have already seen a spike in the numbers of pupils being sent home.
A county lines safeguarding alert has been issued to schools after a worrying spike in referrals nationally.
Schools and ministers must make it a priority to retain the influx of new trainee teachers that has come as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and recession.
Some schools are failing to implement consistent Covid-19 safety measures, including social distancing and enhanced cleaning, while on-going delays to track and trace are putting school leaders in ...
Reducing air pollution around UK schools could halve the number of children with lung function so poor it affects their everyday lives, researchers have concluded.
There was an 18 per cent fall in the number of referrals to children’s social care services at the height of the Covid-19 lockdown, government figures have revealed.