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Soaring Covid-related absences could ‘seriously damage’ exam grades, say heads

Levels of coronavirus-related pupil absences in state schools in England has more than tripled, new Government figures show. Rates of Covid-linked absences rose to 2.5% on March 17, up from 0.7% on March 3. In total, 201,600 pupils were off for ...

22 Mar 2022 at 15:55

Teachers’ leaders condemn ‘headlong rush’ to live with Covid

Teachers’ leaders have criticised the Prime Minister’s announcement on “living with Covid” in England for its lack of detailed guidance for schools, with the plans described as more of a “headlong rush” out of restrictions than a “sensibly ...

21 Feb 2022 at 18:55

Grade requirements for student loans ‘would be attack on working class learners’

Plans to consider minimum grade requirements for student loans are an “attack” on poorer pupils and “fly in the face of the levelling up agenda”, a university staff union has said. On Thursday, the Government unveiled its response to the ...

24 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Headteachers welcome buffer zones around schools to stop anti-vaccine protests

Headteachers have welcomed an amendment to a new Bill which will help councils quickly set up buffer zones around schools to stop them from being targeted by anti-vaccination protests. Home Secretary Priti Patel said in a letter to MPs ...

21 Feb 2022 at 13:55

Teachers’ leaders call for Government to repair ‘damage’ to pay

Teachers’ leaders have called on the Government to give teachers a pay rise this year, to “urgently repair the damage” to school staff salaries. In a joint statement from unions representing almost all headteachers and teachers in ...

04 Mar 2022 at 16:25

Schools being ‘thrown to the wolves’ over league table decision

Schools are being “thrown to the wolves” over a decision to publish GCSE performance tables for 2022, headteachers will warn on Friday. Speaking at the annual conference of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) in ...

11 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Schools should be ranked on exclusion rates as well as GCSE scores, say experts

Multi-academy trusts and other groups of schools should be measured on whether they exclude or off-roll vulnerable pupils, education experts have suggested. A new paper from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) suggests that ...

31 Jan 2022 at 01:28

‘GCSE creative arts subjects at risk of becoming preserve of private schools’

GCSE subjects such as drama, music and media are at risk of disappearing from state schools and being available only to children whose families who can afford to have them educated privately, a headteachers’ union has ...

24 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Heads say rising pupil absence is ‘extremely concerning’

Headteachers have said rising pupil absence rates in July are “extremely concerning”, and that the trend could mean further Covid-19 disruption to education in winter. The latest Government data, released on Tuesday, ...

12 Jul 2022 at 16:36

Labour accuses Tories of ‘failing our children’ ahead of GCSE results day

As students across the country await their GCSE results, the Conservatives have been accused of leaving a “legacy of unequal outcomes” that are holding back children and communities. Pupils will receive their grades ...

24 Aug 2022 at 23:30

Action needed to ‘stop spiral of decline’ in English literature A-level

Urgent action is needed to “stop the spiral of decline” in the popularity of English literature at A-level, a headteachers’ union has warned. It should be a “living, breathing subject which inspires and empowers ...

17 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Ofqual to review why some students still waiting for results

The exams regulator is to review why some students have been left waiting days for their results after education leaders criticised awarding organisations for leaving students in limbo. Hundreds of thousands of ...

22 Aug 2022 at 19:03

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