Guidance

The latest news, analysis and best-practice advice when it comes to official education guidance coming from the government, inspectorates and governing bodies

Thursday

10th Feb 2022

Energy bills force schools into staff cuts ‘gamble’
As school leaders warn that soaring energy bills could result in job losses, the education secretary does not commit to providing extra funding
Schools face 'gamble' over staff cuts as energy costs spiral 150%

Wednesday

9th Feb 2022

Scrapping self-isolation ‘won’t stop school disruption’
Heads’ leader warns that government rule change won’t prevent large numbers of staff and pupils being unwell enough with Covid to miss school
91¶¶Òõ essentials: High Covid pupil absence, face masks in schools, the Early Career Framework, GCSEs and academies
Zahawi ‘strongly’ urges heads to use NTP
Education secretary writes to headteachers as a senior MP suggested the government should break its contract with Randstad
Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi has written to heads urging them to use the National Tutoring Programme.

Monday

7th Feb 2022

Anxiety fuelling school absence, heads tell Ofsted
New Ofsted research reveals the reasons that headteachers cited for lower-than-normal school attendance last term
An Ofsted survey has found that Covid and anxiety have been the main drivers for higher than normal absence last term

Friday

4th Feb 2022

91¶¶Òõ essentials: Long Covid, levelling up and mobile phones
A round-up of 91¶¶Òõ’ most popular news and features articles from the past week
91¶¶Òõ essentials: Long Covid in schools, levelling up and mobile phones
‘Rape culture’ teacher advice hotline launched
Government-backed advice service set up to help school staff who ‘lack confidence’ in tackling a rise in sex abuse among pupils

Thursday

3rd Feb 2022

Behaviour: DfE rows back on mobile phone crackdown
The government is calling on heads to ‘mitigate’ the risks of students bringing phones into schools in revised behaviour guidance published today

Friday

28th Jan 2022

91¶¶Òõ essentials: Mask confusion, behaviour and teacher stress
A round-up of 91¶¶Òõ’ most popular news and features articles from the past week
91¶¶Òõ essentials: High Covid pupil absence in schools, face mask confusion, the Early Career Framework, GCSEs and academies
Physics teacher shortage needs ‘urgent’ action, DfE told
The Institute of Physics deputy chief executive said attracting engineering graduates into teaching is key in addressing the recruitment crisis in the subject
Schools told to keep masks as Covid cases surge
Public health directors in areas across the country want schools to retain masks because of high local Covid rates
Local public health directors in some areas have called for masks to remain in communal areas of schools.

Thursday

27th Jan 2022

A 10-step guide to using air-cleaning units
The government has come under fire for not supplying enough schools with air-cleaning units to help them fight Covid. But how much difference do these devices make? Here experts explain how they can be very effective
Covid, Ventilation

Wednesday

26th Jan 2022

Schools risk teaching about ‘world that won’t exist’
Most teachers say that climate change is not ‘meaningfully’ embedded in the curriculum, as a student-led bill on climate change gets second reading in Commons