News archive for 21st April 2020

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Impact of lockdown on education system is far greater than ministers anticipated, new figures show - Telegraph Year 10 and 12 pupils may have to re-sit a year of school, former chief inspector says - Telegraph Number of children attending school plummets amid lockdown measures - Mail Coronavirus GCSEs: 'Repeat the year,' says Wilshaw - Times Educational Supplement | TES Just 5% of vulnerable children were in school in England last week - Guardian Just one in 100 children eligible to go to school during coronavirus lockdown are turning up for lessons - The Sun The dilemma about Wales' new curriculum and why teachers want to delay it - Wales Online Older pupils ‘should be first’ when England’s schools reopen - Guardian AELP turns to lawyers after minister claims apprenticeship providers ineligible for supplier relief - FE Week Aldi joins Free School Meal voucher scheme - DfE Letter to academy trust accounting officers: April 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Durham v-c moves to clarify plans for online learning - Times Higher Education | THE Learning from home: Green shoots? - Sutton Trust Coronavirus: Teachers issue list of five conditions before they'll return to school - Mirror Coronavirus: Pupils set to take GCSE and A Level exams next year 'should repeat the year' - Mirror The impact of coronavirus on education - The Educator AELP responds to Gillian Keegan’s letter of 17 April 2020 to all MPs on apprenticeships and AEB - AELP Homeless people need more than housing – and universities can help - Wonkhe Coronavirus GCSEs: Year 10s 'won't be disadvantaged' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents call for children to retake school year - Times Educational Supplement | TES Edge report concludes that FE has opportunity to redefine itself and negotiate a new government funding deal to secure its future - Edge Foundation Coronavirus (COVID-19): attendance in education and early years settings - DfE Remote education during coronavirus (COVID-19) - DfE Honour key workers who have lost their lives to Coronavirus on Workers' Memorial Day - NASUWT Labour backs campaign to reverse childcare furlough decision - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus outbreak - DfE Teachers may refuse to go back to schools without face masks - The Sun Coronavirus: Aldi joins national free school meal voucher scheme - Schools Week Parents still warn of glitches after record three million children log on to BBC Bitesize - Mail Amanda Barclay's special needs school closes due to pandemic - Guardian Pupils begin studying at home – a challenge for them, parents and teachers - Guardian Coronavirus: School attendance around 1%, finds DfE analysis - Schools Week Headteachers urge government to fix UK free school meals website - Financial Times Pupils won't return to school until after summer holidays - Express Imperial College London warns staff about possible pay cuts - Mail Coronavirus: Pupils set to take GCSE and A Level exams next year 'should repeat the year' - Mirror Coronavirus: Gavin Williamson set to face legal challenge amid claims children are being denied right to education during lockdown - Independent NASUWT boss: My five conditions for schools to reopen - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus lockdown: 80% fall in teachers in school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish pupils risk being punished for schools’ past failures - Scotsman Financial support for providers 'may not be fair' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Minister tells MPs over 1,000 apprenticeship providers will not be given any supplier relief - FE Week The months ahead: What must education look like? - SecEd Coronavirus: DfE relaxes academy checks - Times Educational Supplement | TES Some clarification but question marks still surround furloughing scheme - Schools Week Teachers need to show some courage and get back into the classroom - Telegraph Government's plans to give poorer pupils free laptops do not go far enough - Mail Virtual work experience to help students beat coronavirus lockdown - Evening Standard Coronavirus: Struggling academies offered help from resource management advisers - Schools Week Furlough changes 'will cost early years sector £170 million' - Nursery World 'Schools won't open until at least summer break', says John Swinney - Scotsman There is a chance to create a better world but it will require collective effort, reflection and remembrance of lessons from this crisis - IOE London Blog Coronavirus: Grade system is fair, insists Swinney - Times Educational Supplement | TES TUC Education produce coronavirus e-learning organising guide - Unionlearn Scotland's schools to remain shut until 'at least' summer holidays - Telegraph No rush to reopen Scottish schools, says Swinney - Times Educational Supplement | TES Union policy expert joins CST as deputy CEO - Schools Week Pupils could be stuck at home indefinitely as union issues ultimatum - Express With exams cancelled this year, it is time to scrap GCSEs altogether - Telegraph Schools give emergency food to families with nothing to eat - BBC Teach pupils to spot fake news, says Daniel Willingham - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teach pupils to spot fake news, says Daniel Willingham - Times Educational Supplement | TES Navigating the aspiration trap: white working-class students and widening access to higher education - HEPI Edge Foundation publishes plan for future of FE - AoC | Association of Colleges Coronavirus is teaching the UK it's wrong to deride the practical professions | Liz Lightfoot - Guardian Don't turn your home into school ... Lego prof of play on lockdown learning - Guardian 'We are risking our lives': support grows to cancel student nurses' debt - Guardian What needs to happen for schools to reopen? - Telegraph Coronavirus: universities face a harsh lesson - Financial Times Is that enough disruption for you? - Wonkhe Teacher unions set out list of pre-conditions before teachers go back to school coronavirus lockdown - Mail The government must invest in the FE workforce - Times Educational Supplement | TES College funding: Report calls for new direction for FE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ministers are pushing for schools to reopen in June so pupils can return to classrooms - Mail School's in for summer! - Mail FE needs an independent pay panel, says report - FE Week Young people anxious over coronavirus impact on education, Snapchat says - Mail Why I haven’t joined the UK’s coronavirus ‘scientific reserve’ - Times Higher Education | THE Mum, I am really scared . . . Crisis as coronavirus causes surge in child anxiety - Times Coronavirus: School travel firm PGL rules out refunds for cancelled trips - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Estimated grades can change based on school’s record - Times Coronavirus in Ireland: Exam uncertainty causing stress, student leader says - Times