Furious parents have said pupils should be allowed back to school now amid fears for the wellbeing of their children after the Government scrapped its target of getting all primary school pupils back in the classroom before the summer holidays. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson made the announcement amid warnings the two metre social distancing rule … Read more
Up to 20,000 pupils and teachers across England will receive coronavirus testing to monitor the spread of the disease as schools reopen, the Health Secretary has said, as the Government is set to update the country on its wider schools strategy. With approval from parents and guardians, children will be tested to see whether they … Read more
The Prince of Wales has praised teachers and schools for ‘going above and beyond for their pupils’ during the coronavirus lockdown in a video message. Prince Charles, 71, also paid tribute to parents who have had to homeschool their children without laptops or access to the internet. Speaking from his Birkhall residence in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, … Read more
GCSE and A-Level pupils face being given the wrong grades due to teachers manually inputting thousands of scores into AQA exam board’s online system that is ‘ripe for human error’. Concerns have been raised about its ‘grade entry portal’, in which marks have to be put in one-by-one. AQA’s method has left school staff horrified … Read more
Ties, blazers, hats and bags are to be left at home and parents have been told to refrain from ‘nattering’ at the gates as schools prepare to unlock their doors tomorrow. The measures – which could include asking pupils to wear PE kit in to avoid using the changing rooms – are designed to ensure … Read more
Revealed: Only a fifth of state-school pupils work for 20 hours a week during lockdown lessons – in a stark contrast to 63 per cent of privately educated pupils Just 19 per cent of local authority school pupils work at least 20 hours a week This compares to more than 60 per cent of children … Read more
Thousands of severely disabled children are being barred from returning to school because head teachers insist they cannot guarantee pupils’ safety against coronavirus. Desperate parents of these children have been ordered not to bring them back to the classroom when many mainstream schools start reopening this week. The majority of Britain’s schools for children with mental … Read more
School’s IN for summer? Ex-Ofsted boss says end-of-term holiday should be scrapped to help pupils catch up and prevent a ‘lost generation’ Michael Wilshaw says it is a ‘great tragedy’ that youngsters are missing school Suggested teachers hold extra classes at the weekend and during holidays Called for schools to begin reopening, according to PM’s … Read more
Reopening schools across Europe has not caused a spike in coronavirus cases. Evidence from 22 EU states that have restored classes suggests little or no risk to pupils, teachers or families. The revelation piles pressure on unions resisting plans to send younger children back from June 1. The National Education Union yesterday even claimed it … Read more
Fury as primary school shares bizarre social distancing ‘plan’ with children as young as four ‘put in ”bubbles” in the playground, allocated timeslots for toilet breaks and given NO help from teachers if they fall or wet themselves’ Holywell Village First School in Northumberland revealed social distancing plans School advised that children would have to … Read more