Guidance
The latest news, analysis and best-practice advice when it comes to official education guidance coming from the government, inspectorates and governing bodies
Wednesday
9th Mar 2022
Exclusive: Oak to become new UK online academy quango
The government is to hand a new UK-wide online curriculum contract to the remote learning provider, 91¶¶Òõ understands
‘Rationalise’ school data systems to cut absence, says commissioner
Dame Rachel de Souza publishes her interim report investigating attendance data collection across the school system
Thursday
3rd Mar 2022
DfE under fire over catch-up target confusion amid NTP ‘challenges’
Schools minister admits to ‘challenges’ and that the government ‘needs to keep doing better’ over its flagship Covid catch-up programme
The end of Covid rules: 3 key legal issues for schools
Lawyers explain what the end of the legal requirement to self-isolate means for schools when pupils or staff test positive or show Covid symptoms
Friday
25th Feb 2022
Covid: Schools can turn away pupils with symptoms
New DfE guidance for parents says schools can refuse to accept students with Covid symptoms
91¶¶Òõ essentials: Ukraine, Covid and bad management
Your roundup of 91¶¶Òõ’ most popular news and features articles from the past week
In times of conflict, let teachers do what they do best
Teachers don’t need the DfE’s new guidance on impartiality to talk to pupils about the invasion of Ukraine – they have discussions about sensitive topics every day, says Helen Amass