News archive for 25th August 2020

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Millions of kids must wear face masks at school next week after Gavin Williamson makes screeching U-turn - The Sun Face coverings U-turn for England’s secondary schools - BBC Williamson: Ofqual needs changing to be effective again - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government U-turns on face masks in schools - and says it's up to teachers - Mirror Masks to be mandatory for English senior schools in lockdown areas - Financial Times DfE: Face masks should be worn in high-risk colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES U-turn: Masks 'should be' worn in high-risk secondaries - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE confirms U-turn over masks in colleges - FE Week Face masks to be worn in schools after Government U-turn - Telegraph DfE confirms U-turn over masks in schools - Schools Week Boris Johnson drops advice against face mask use in English schools - Guardian Ofsted statement on new Ofqual board committee - Ofsted Update on face coverings in schools - DfE Ofqual announces interim leadership arrangements - Ofqual Council policies on children wearing face coverings on school transport - Wales Online Scottish parents' group warns Nicola Sturgeon of 'slippery slope' over face masks for pupils - Telegraph Zoom socials and specialist tech: starting uni online as a disabled student - Guardian The Guardian view on wearing masks in schools: listen to the WHO - Guardian Colleges welcome Ofqual leadership change - Times Educational Supplement | TES New Ofqual chief Glenys Stacey: All you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus UK: New school rules put pupils in age 'bubbles' - Mail Coronavirus: Government considering ‘rota system’ for secondary schools hit by local lockdowns - Independent Labour demand Gavin Williamson be 'held responsible for exam fiasco' after Ofqual chief Sally Collier quits - PoliticsHome It’s adults who are the real school snowflakes | Alice Thomson - Times Warning that Spielman will hit Ofqual's teacher cred - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exams regulator boss Sally Collier quits after GCSE and A-level chaos - The Sun 'I'm happy to be fined': parents on the return to school - Guardian Why face masks in schools could be Boris Johnson's next u-turn - HuffPost The grading fiasco has not finished unravelling - Schools Week Head of England’s exams regulator quits after A-level turmoil - Financial Times Boris Johnson signals there could be a U-turn on face masks in schools - Mail More than 10,000 Scots pupils off school last Friday for coronavirus-related reasons, according to government data - Scotsman Deaf children and social wellbeing: The evolution of the special school for the deaf - BERA Ofqual chief regulator Sally Collier quits in wake of A-Level and GCSE grades chaos - Mail Ofqual interim arrangements - AoC responds - AoC | Association of Colleges Ofqual exam chief Sally Collier quits in wake of A Level and GCSE results U-turn - Evening Standard Ofqual gave £49,000 contract to Dominic Cummings ally's firm ahead of A-levels fiasco - Mirror Schools in England prepare to defy official advice on face masks - Guardian Scotland to publish Covid-related school absence rates - Times Educational Supplement | TES Exams row: BTec students begin receiving revised grades - Guardian Past 6 months 'a national disaster for education' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual Chief Sally Collier quits over A-level grading fiasco - HuffPost NEU comment on resignation of Sally Collier, Chief Regulator of Ofqual - National Education Union Should children in England wear face masks in schools? - Guardian ASCL comment on departure of Sally Collier - ASCL Boris Johnson under pressure to review secondary school mask ruling - Financial Times Boost early years pay and conditions to improve support for most disadvantaged, Sutton Trust urges - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Poverty in the pandemic: The impact of coronavirus on low-income families and children - ERSA New £3.3m fund to support babies from BAME and disadvantaged backgrounds - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Ofqual chief Sally Collier quits after A-level results fiasco - PoliticsHome Using GCSE average point score as a measure of A-Level prior attainment - FFT Education Datalab Ofqual head Sally Collier resigns over exams fiasco - Guardian How you spent summer 2020 and what the happen when schools return? - Teacher Tapp Pressure grows for masks in England's schools - BBC NASUWT responds to masks confirmation for Scottish secondary pupils - NASUWT The grades u-turn caused a ripple effect throughout education – it could be catastrophic for unis - Universities UK ASCL comment on face coverings - ASCL Help shape the future of funding for apprenticeships - IfATE Clearing 2020: applicant choice isn’t affected by market incentives - Wonkhe IfATE launches second consultation for new apprenticeship funding model - FE Week Sally Collier to be replaced by Dame Glenys Stacey as Ofqual chief regulator - FE Week Creating a more transparent apprenticeship funding approach - FE Week One reason A-level results were lower than expected - Times Educational Supplement | TES Stock up on face masks for poor pupils, schools told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boris Johnson signals U-turn on masks in schools after demands for review by head teachers and unions - Telegraph Ofqual questioned on summer exam results - UK Parliament £8m programme to boost pupil and teacher wellbeing - DfE Sally Collier to be replaced by Dame Glenys Stacey as Ofqual chief regulator - Schools Week UCU Scotland calls for face coverings to be mandatory indoors on university campuses - UCU Coronavirus: Gavin Williamson frowns upon 'school gates gossip' - Mail Boris Johnson says he could change face masks advice in schools but insists pupils are 'safe' to return - PoliticsHome Parents fear it will take children three weeks to catch up once schools return - Express Ofqual chief Sally Collier standing down - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nicola Sturgeon 'causing confusion' as face coverings to be used in high schools and buses - Herald Scotland Government to U-turn on masks in colleges - FE Week England set to U-turn on masks in schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Full attendance to take 'a few weeks', says Williamson - Times Educational Supplement | TES Plans for 'tiered approach' to lockdown school openings - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pressure grows to allow masks in England's schools - BBC Government to U-turn on masks in schools - Schools Week High school pupils in Scotland to wear face coverings from 31 August - BBC Covid-19: Boris Johnson admits school face mask advice might change - Guardian Sector views sought ahead of new workforce strategy - Nursery World Why we must stop union trouble-makers from blocking our children’s safe return to classrooms - The Sun BTec students begin receiving revised grades - BBC New rules explained as government makes it compulsory for pupils at schools in Scotland to wear face coverings - Scotsman Towards an anti-racist curriculum: Step 1. Reading - Headguruteacher Coronavirus in Scotland: Children with colds do not need Covid-19 tests, insists Nicola Sturgeon - Times DfE does not rule out rota openings for secondaries - Times Educational Supplement | TES Colleges reopening: 'Prepare for a bumpy ride' - Times Educational Supplement | TES MPs to question Ofqual over results 'errors' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Five ways to model healthy relationships and support wellbeing - Schools Week Pressure mounts on government over face coverings in schools - Schools Week Boris Johnson facing revolt from teachers over failure to back masks in schools - Mirror Teachers at major MAT to wear masks when schools open - Times Educational Supplement | TES No review of face mask rules in English schools, says minister - Guardian School return placing 'heavy demand' on Covid testing - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSEs: CCEA to close the book on English literature novel study - BBC Justine Greening says exams fiasco could be Boris Johnson’s Black Wednesday - PoliticsHome Coronavirus: What are the rules for face masks or face coverings? - BBC BTEC students to finally receive their revised grades - Metro Scottish secondary pupils to wear face coverings in corridors from next week - Guardian Face coverings required in Scottish schools from Monday - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools would be the last premises to shut in local lockdowns, minister says - HuffPost Coronavirus: First schools in England set to reopen - BBC Coronavirus: Scotland to make face coverings compulsory in secondary schools - Independent What happens if a teacher tests positive for Covid-19? - Times Educational Supplement | TES BTec students to begin receiving revised results after delay ‘chaos’ - Independent Call to look again at masks in schools policy - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tackling the persistent challenges around the early years workforce - Sutton Trust Generations of talent being lost through lack of investment in early years workforce - Sutton Trust Headteachers tell Gavin Williamson they feel ‘let down’ and ‘isolated’ ahead of back-to-school push - PoliticsHome Children won't be forced to wear face masks in England’s classrooms - Express Finding a new path: Building affective online learning spaces for creative writing and arts practice - BERA What does the ‘new normal’ mean for social and emotional learning? - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth Coronavirus: Headteachers call for review of rules on mask-wearing in schools - Independent Justine Greening: exams crisis could be Boris Johnson's Black Wednesday - Guardian This exams fiasco gives the lie to Boris Johnson's 'levelling up' agenda | Justine Greening - Guardian Social and emotional learning could be at risk just when it’s most needed - Schools Week Union seeks regular Covid testing for staff in schools - Herald Scotland HE & ME: Higher education and Chronic Fatigue - HEPI Maybe the next restructuring regime should be more radical - Wonkhe 'Fragile' back-to-school plans could force students home within days - HuffPost 'Dramatic' drop in early years teacher trainees - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teaching apprenticeship system 'fractured', says report - Times Educational Supplement | TES Headteachers will not fine parents who keep their kids off school from next week, teaching unions say - The Sun The ‘grievance studies’ hoaxers are back, but should we listen? - Times Higher Education | THE Generations of talent being lost through lack of investment in early years workforce - Nursery World Coronavirus: rota plan for schools in local lockdown - Times Coronavirus: demand for home-schooling courses rises - Times Coronavirus: Scotland’s facemask rule for pupils fails to sway Downing Street - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Test centres swamped by pupils with ‘sniffles’ - Times Ireland: Teachers warn of school profiling in Leaving Certificate predictions - Times Coronavirus: Fears remain as Northern Irish pupils go back to class - Times