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Ex-teachers can apply from today to fill Covid staff gaps

Retired teachers and those working in other professions urged to return to the classroom to plug Covid absence gaps

Schools need workforce plan to prevent closures, says Labour

Exclusive: Shadow schools minister writes to DfE urging a ramping up of Covid protection for schools next term amid soaring cases

More than 1 in 20 primary pupils have Covid

New data leads to calls from unions for more measures to prevent disruption to education

Scottish teacher pay offer is rejected

Latest pay offer in long-running saga described as an 'insult' to teachers

New Covid safety guidance for Scottish schools

Guidance includes details on controversial plan for exemption from self-isolation for some school staff

Round-up: Daily Covid tests, ECF and metacognition

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Covid catch-up efforts may be ‘inadequate’, admits DfE

Failing to ensure pupils recover from learning lost during the pandemic described as 'very likely' in government risk report

ITT: Accreditation deadline extended for providers facing Ofsted

Exclusive: Deadline for the first round of accreditations will be pushed back for those being inspected by Ofsted in the new year

Omicron: Trust heads to close classrooms, DfE told

Chartered College of Teaching boss Dame Alison Peacock warns securing new wave of supply teachers will take weeks

£10m boost for catch-up in North and Midlands

EEF Research Schools Network to lead on catch-up programmes in areas hit hardest by learning loss during Covid pandemic

Hundreds of schools join legal action over SIMS contract

ESS owner ParentPay says five months' notice is 'not unreasonable'

How many pupils have the free devices they were pledged?

SNP manifesto promised every pupil their own laptop or device and a free internet connection

School staff off for Covid reasons hits a high for this term

Over 2,000 Scottish teachers were off for Covid reasons on Tuesday – the highest number this term

Zahawi urges ex-teachers to ‘sign-up’ amid Covid absences

Shadow ministers and leaders' union say the advice may be too late as situation is "critical"

Omicron: School workforce fund extended as cases rise

The DfE announcement comes as concerns over further disruption to teaching and learning in January continues

School staff more likely to catch Covid than other workers

Teacher concern as new ONS data shows educators 37 per cent more likely to catch coronavirus than other workers

Schools plan for remote teaching as Covid cases soar

Large trusts and school leaders reveal their contingency plans if forced to deliver remote teaching next term

How to improve Covid testing uptake in schools

The advice comes in new research that also reveals around a third of parents and pupils report not carrying out regular Covid-19 tests

Pupil absence a ‘stubborn concern’, Ofsted warns

Chief inspector Amanda Spielman says 'we must do all we can' to make sure children are in classrooms

RICs: what do they offer?

New report looks at three years of Regional Improvement Collaboratives in Scotland and suggests that the pandemic may have helped prove their worth

Ofsted concern over pandemic impact on Year 7 pupils

Ofsted inspections found Year 7s were particularly hard hit in terms of being ready for secondary school

5 Christmas class activities that don’t involve films

If you can resist the pull of Hollywood, there are other ways to keep pupils engaged at the end of term, says teacher Alan Gillespie

Third of heads fear new teachers will quit over ECF

Workload warning over framework designed improve retention of early career teachers

Teachers urged to get booster during holidays

NHS boss urges school staff to get third Covid vaccine before returning next term