News archive for 5th August 2020

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Labour seeks assurances over GCSE and A-level results amid claims of unfairness in Scotland - Schools Week Labour calls for urgent reassurance over assessments in lieu of exam results - Mail Swinney under mounting pressure after exams day 'debacle' - Telegraph Face masks in schools should not be ruled out, Children’s Commissioner says - Telegraph Coronavirus face masks to become official part of school's uniform - Mirror School tracks teachers 24/7 to fight Covid - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA results: Spare a thought for older learners - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ministers reject demands from unions for face masks to be worn in schools - Mail 81% of parents worry about Covid impact on GCSE results - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE and A level 2020: Guide to subject access requests - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents left struggling as councils axe school uniform grants - The Sun Government says it cannot order schools to stay open during local lockdowns - Mail Coronavirus and the entrepreneurial university - Advance HE The Scottish government has got it badly wrong over its exam results - New Statesman UK HE must widen access to international experiences says former Universities minister - PIE News Cyber security in FE: what are the threats and how do we deal with them? - Jisc Specialist mental health teaching now available to global audience through launch of Digital Academy - Pearson Early years workforce in England is underpaid, overworked and undervalued - UKEdChat SLC urges students entering Clearing to apply for finance right away - Student Loans Company Support for working families affected by coronavirus (COVID-19) given an extra boost - DfE Impact of coronavirus on OfS Mental Health Challenge Competition - Office for Students Students support caution as universities plan return for new academic year - UCU Isle of Man NASUWT to continue industrial action - NASUWT Birth to three matters for schools: Attachment theory and readiness to learn - BERA Schools and early years settings should be the last to close down in another lockdown - EYE | Early Years Educator One in eight childcarers is paid less than £5 an hour - EYE | Early Years Educator Tax-free childcare and 30 hours eligibility extended until the end of October - EYE | Early Years Educator Remote teaching and learning during the COVID-19 disruption: experiences of ministries of education, teachers and teacher educators - UKFIET | Education and Development Forum GCSE resit students: what to expect from results day - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA results day 2020: Analysis of SQA's methodology - Times Educational Supplement | TES Early years workers 'earning £5 per hour' as low pay and long hours threaten sector - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Children’s commissioner for England: Prioritise children in future lockdown plans - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Coronavirus: Government extends Tax-Free Childcare and 30-hour childcare eligibility - Nursery World ESFA Update: 5 August 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Voice comment on Social Mobility Commission report - Voice Labour's Jon Ashworth defies own party to demand face masks in schools in u-turn - Express Early years are overworked and underappreciated - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA results: 'Scottish education failed in three ways' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools could be closed again in local lockdowns, Business Secretary admits - The Sun Fears mount over schools reopening as 'Professor Lockdown' Neil Ferguson warns coronavirus R rate could rise by 50% - Mail Schools reopening in England risks sharp rise in Covid cases, says expert - Guardian 'We pay their wages!' Radio host calls on Minister to sack teachers refusing to go back - Express Schools reopening: Teachers unions blasted by Digby Jones over COVID complaints - 'Shame!' - Express Schools 'on top of' Covid-19 safety, say most parents - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents to get 30 hours free childcare until October even if their income has dropped due to coronavirus - The Sun Aberdeen in lockdown – but schools will open next week - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools reopening in September: Ministers confirm return but experts issue warning - Express Summer school clubs are for letting off steam, not tightening the valve - Telegraph Reopening schools could push coronavirus R number up by 0.5, former SAGE expert warns - Mirror Older schoolkids may be forced to wear masks to class in future - The Sun Pubs & leisure centres may have to shut to reopen schools as ‘teens could transmit coronavirus as much as adults’ - The Sun Shamima Begum school brings in ‘robust’ measures to spot radicalisation in pupils - Evening Standard Making poetry optional in GCSE English literature is out of tune with the times - Guardian Parents who've been shielding face fines for not sending their children to school - Mirror SQA results: 'Sense of injustice on whole other level' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exams 2021: All the AS and A-level changes, subject by subject - Schools Week Fears teachers will be 'overwhelmed' by SQA exam appeals after 'large-scale injustice' - Herald Scotland Opening schools could see R rate rise to 1.5 – and ‘rapid growth of coronavirus’ - The Sun Pupils in local lockdown areas ‘will be returning to school in September’, insists Gibb - Schools Week Neil Ferguson predicts R number rise if secondary schools fully reopen - Guardian Lockdown will need to be 'tightened' if schools are fully reopened, says Neil Ferguson - HuffPost 'Real risk' that secondary openings cause Covid spike - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gibb: Science says no masks needed for teens in schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES No commitment to putting schools before pubs, from DfE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools will reopen for kids in Northern lockdown areas in September, minister says - The Sun Boris Johnson told to shut pubs if that's what it takes to keep schools open - Mirror BBC Three to work with young people on sitcom about pupil referral units - Guardian Stability of the early years workforce in England - Social Mobility Commission Scotland: Ditch the car when schools reopen next week - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools and nurseries should be last to close in future coronavirus lockdowns, says Children's Commissioner - PoliticsHome Report: The stability of the early years workforce in England - Social Mobility Commission Hundreds of additional school improvement projects get green light - DfE Why are SQA results askew? - Wonkhe How to sustain authentic learning in challenging times - Wonkhe Coronavirus risk assessments need to cover mental as well as physical health - Wonkhe Keeping England's schools open 'must take priority' in second wave of Covid-19 - Guardian Students face a tough financial lesson in UK - Financial Times SNP risk electoral damage after exams fiasco - Scotsman Schools must be kept open ahead of pubs in future lockdowns, children’s watchdog declares - The Sun Schools 'must come before pubs and restaurants in future' - BBC Early-years workers quit 'underpaid and undervalued' jobs - BBC Schools should be 'the last places to be locked down' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid tests for all teachers ‘essential’ for safety - Times Educational Supplement | TES Help nursery staff to become primary heads, DfE told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools must stay open ahead of pubs and shops, Children's Commissioner says - Mail Schools should be ‘first to open, last to close’ in future lockdowns, says children’s commissioner - Schools Week European universities hope for share of €700 billion rescue pot - Times Higher Education | THE LSE warns over ‘threatening’ emails sent to administrators - Times Higher Education | THE Coming out of lockdown? Campus security never put down our keys - Times Higher Education | THE Scientists support plea to shut pubs, not schools - Financial Times Coronavirus: Experts warn lack of test and tracing will force schools to shut their gates - Mirror Unstable workforce risks negative impact on pre-school education - report - Mail Schools must come before pubs and shops in coronavirus lockdown planning - Mail Kick Starter or non-starter? - FE News One in eight childcare workers paid less than £5 an hour, report exposes - HuffPost Coronavirus: Close pubs before schools if infections rise, ministers told - Times School reopenings: Lessons to be learnt from experience overseas - Times Bright pupils could miss top A-level grades - Times Universities must offer students a new deal | Alice Thomson - Times Pupils who avoid poetry will lose out in the long run - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: 100,000 appeals looming after exam body gives out lower grades - Times Scottish Qualifications Authority has failed children in every way | Lindsay Paterson - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Exam system favoured rich at expense of the poor - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: No exam for Scots to improve their grades - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: School exam results: Can pupils appeal and will they get into university? - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: High-flying student went from ‘a predicted A to an F’ in exam results - Times The Times view on the changing of exam marks by the Scottish Qualifications Authority: Failing Grades - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: University facing £15m black hole asks staff to consider career break - Times