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Exclusive: Reform Ofsted post Covid ‘battle’, say heads
A commission involving heads should be set up to review accountability structures in wake of pandemic, say school leaders
DfE ‘doesn’t know’ Covid crisis cost impact on schools
Government has 'utterly failed' to assess Covid cost pressures for schools, say heads after watchdog calls for clarity
School funding shifting away from the poorest, says NAO
National funding formula means majority of the most deprived schools have seen a real-terms funding cut, watchdog warns
Primary teachers face 3 months of Covid learning loss
Key stage 1 pupils have fallen back on reading and maths due to pandemic disruption, NFER and EEF research shows
Covid: Heads slam ‘cynical attempt to shift blame’
Union writes to Boris Johnson over claims schools are being 'overzealous' in their Covid measures by sending too many pupils home
Unity Howard to leave influential free schools charity
Ms Howard is replaced by Sophie Harrison-Byrne as director of the New Schools Network
Revealed: Where Covid learning loss has hit hardest
Pupils eligible for free school meals have missed more lessons than their peers, new DfE data shows
‘Divisive’ to exclude support staff from £400 payment
Paying only teachers and lecturers for extra qualifications work ‘ignores’ the input of other staff, say heads
Exclusive: 10% more headteachers in union after Covid
‘Exhausted and stressed’ headteachers turn to unions in pandemic when guidance from DfE is 'in short supply'
Many secondary restraint policies ‘risk human rights’
One in three secondary schools does not have a policy that covers the analysis of restraint incidents, research shows
Williamson: School bubbles could be ‘lifted’ for summer
Education secretary says the DfE is considering ending bubbles in schools "as part of step 4" of Covid roadmap so "all children" can take part in "summer activities."
Primary schools ‘completely forgotten’ in Covid plans
Ways of avoiding pupil isolation discussed so far ‘would not work in primaries’, say leaders
Need to know: £400 payment for teacher ‘exam’ workload
Part-time teachers in Scotland can also receive full £400 payment for work assessing pupils at the ‘discretion’ of headteachers
Williamson working to ‘relax’ school Covid measures
Education secretary speaks out after Department for Education statistics reveal one in 20 pupils were off school for Covid-related reasons on Thursday
Sir Kevan: 10,000 schools need longer days immediately
Longer school day could have included tutoring so pupils not 'pulled out of lessons' says former recovery tsar Sir Kevan Collins
‘Intensification of Islamophobia’ in Scottish schools
Inquiry finds Islamophobia in schools is ‘particularly challenging’ and children are 'often excluded' from school life
Revealed: 7 key changes ex catch-up tsar wanted to make
Sir Kevan Collins told education select committee that schools need a 10-year-plan to recover from pandemic
Use of remote Oak Academy lessons soars by up to 249%
Take-up of online lessons increases as Covid disruption forces more pupils to stay off school
Banned: Teacher who asked pupil to be his girlfriend
The teacher claimed that there was a pause between the words 'girl' and 'friend'
Catch-up effort ‘a bit feeble’, says Sir Kevan Collins
Former government education recovery tsar, who resigned over lack of funding for his catch-up plan, warns of ‘blight’ to generation of pupils
Four-fold rise in Covid school absence in a fortnight
1 in 20 pupils off 'for Covid-related reasons', with significant increase in past two weeks
85% of Scotland’s teachers to be jabbed by next term
But plans are for mitigations, such as masks, in secondaries to remain in place in Scotland at the start of next school year
‘Covid cases in schools are veering out of control’
Schools are caught in a recurring Covid nightmare – which the government seems determined to ignore, says Dan Morrow
Change isolation rules ‘now’ not autumn, urges MAT boss
Changing rules for September is too late, says leader of academy chain with 3,000 pupils isolating at home