News

Safeguarding: Councils braced for spike in referrals as ‘Covid lockdown cloak’ is lifted

Pastoral issues

Back to school: Schools report high attendance and positive responses from pupils, parents and staff

Whole-school issues

Student wellbeing: Teachers offered specialist support

Pastoral issues

Local lockdown guidance: Schools urged to set 'realistic expectations'

Legislation and guidance

Covid safety measures will hit teaching standards, research warns

Pedagogy

Masks: Secondary schools welcome new discretionary powers

Coronavirus

Schools offered Covid-19 mental health support in £8m government programme

Pastoral issues

GCSE learning gap stands at 22.7 months for the most persistently disadvantaged

Looked-after children

Schools face £10,000 bill for full re-opening in September

Governance and management

New report: Covid-19 catch-up funding must be weighted towards disadvantaged pupils

Narrowing the Gap

Covid-19: Vulnerable teens may "never return to education"

Safeguarding

Ofsted's September 'visits' are not 'inspection by stealth' – Amanda Spielman

Government policy