Headteachers

Older pupils should return first in a phased reopening of Britain’s schools says headteachers’ union

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General Secretary of the ASCL, Geoff Barton said it is likely schools would reintroduce certain year groups in the first instance A headteacher’s union is calling for pupils in the middle of exam courses, and in the final year of primary school, to return to the classroom first as part of a phased reopening of … Read more

Headteachers beg parents to reconsider if they’re a ‘key worker’ as some threaten to SUE schools

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Parents have today been urged to keep their children at home unless ‘absolutely necessary’ as schools were threatened with litigation after rejecting applications and the row over Boris Johnson’s ‘vague’ key workers list rumbled on. Headteachers have been ‘overwhelmed’ with demand for emergency places with education experts estimating that two million pupils  – a quarter of … Read more