News archive for 8th April 2020

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Kate Middleton and Prince William thank teachers looking after children of key workers in first virtual visit - The Sun Kate and William give surprise video call with key workers' children at school - Mirror Westminster School in row over fee refunds to parents while furloughing staff - Telegraph Coronavirus (COVID-19): school and college performance measures - DfE The risk protection arrangement (RPA) for schools - DfE ESFA senior staff moves - Education & Skills Funding Agency ESFA Update: 8 April 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Coronavirus: Anger at ‘broken’ meals voucher scheme - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus 'taking key NHS staff away from vulnerable children' - Nursery World Coronavirus: Too early to say when schools will reopen, says government science adviser - Schools Week Coronavirus: Don't judge teachers on 2020 assessment results, DfE tells schools - Schools Week Coronavirus: School data moratorium guidance published - Times Educational Supplement | TES UK schools will not reopen straight after Easter, officials say - Guardian Coronavirus: Allow conditional ITT offers, DfE urged - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: 'Premature' to say when schools will open - Times Educational Supplement | TES ERC president quits after coronavirus row - Times Higher Education | THE Online teaching provides ‘same outcomes as in-person courses’ - Times Higher Education | THE Why delaying term starts until January is a bad idea - Times Higher Education | THE Coronavirus: Was it the right decision to close schools? - Teacher Toolkit "Callous" London college slammed for cutting staff hours and pay to zero in middle of coronavirus crisis - UCU Ethical Leadership and the Head of Centre sign-off - ASCL NASUWT comments on Northern Ireland pay and workload agreement for teachers - NASUWT Athena SWAN bronze award for UCLAN - MillionPlus Sellafield Ltd apprentice recruitment - GOV.UK UK’s elite private schools reject upfront fee cuts - Financial Times International students call tuition payment “painful” - PIE News Unprecedented demand for children’s coronavirus information book - Primary Times Ofsted should delay inspections until 2021 - AoC | Association of Colleges AoC and Federation of Awarding Bodies announce joint principles - AoC | Association of Colleges Young offenders eligible for temporary release to ease spread of Covid-19 - CYPN | Children & Young People Now NCS cancels summer programme amid pandemic - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Covid-19 and the sector’s workforce - Wonkhe Coronavirus: Special schools could 'draft in' teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Schools face 'dry kitty' in lockdown - Times Educational Supplement | TES The importance of the wider context: How an ecological approach can assist in understanding ICT take-up - BERA The challenge of keeping our students socially distant in school - JohnTomsett David Ross Education Trust unveils new CEO - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19 and training providers: all you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools could re-open ‘after Easter’ but lockdown set to last until at least May - The Sun UK school closures could end after Easter holidays, a senior minister has claimed - Express MBA set to be removed from level 7 senior leader apprenticeship - FE Week Most schools open for key worker children have no pupils attending - Mail International school boss Stuart Burns appointed new David Ross Education Trust CEO - Schools Week AoC urges colleges to pay exam fees in joint statement with FAB - FE Week When will schools reopen? Will they open after Easter? - Express Heads overhaul homeschool timetables to give pupils breaks during coronavirus lockdown - Evening Standard Coronavirus: GCSE grades will be fair, say heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Heads seek ‘urgent clarification’ over staffing and free meals costs - Schools Week Covid-19: Why exam boards must look after their markers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: 'Teamship is key to support college staff' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Thousands of new childminders at risk of closure without Government support - Nursery World Data: A silver lining - CEM | Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring Update on the progress of senior leader review - IfATE Director of apprenticeships to leave ESFA - FE Week Schools 'could re-open after Easter holidays' if lockdown continues to work - Mirror Primary school places 2020 - the nerve wracking wait will soon be over - The Sun Ofsted 'should delay all inspections until 2021' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: IB cancels Middle Years Programme exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Adversity alone doesn’t build character, but teachers can - Schools Week AoC calls on Ofsted to delay inspections until 2021 - FE Week Fewer than half of university applicants believe predicted grades are accurate - Mail Coronavirus: Uptake of school places for vulnerable ‘very low’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Crisis and change for higher education: some reflections from history and the First World War - HEPI Coronavirus: The impossibility of home-schooling a nation - BBC Coronavirus: Teacher recruitment ‘down 50 to 60 per cent’ - Schools Week Coronavirus: Mental health of young during the crisis ‘should be monitored’ - Times