News archive for 26th August 2020

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Top DfE official's exit 'proof that ministerial accountability is dead' - Guardian First pupils return to lessons in locked-down Leicester without masks - Mail Top Department for Education civil servant Jonathan Slater sacked over exams fiasco - Evening Standard There is a flaw in the government's plan for masks in schools. Children - Telegraph Second head rolls over exam fiasco as Boris Johnson fires top education civil servant - Mail Masks in schools - the new rules on where and when children need to wear face coverings - Mirror Parents vow to risk penalty or start homeschooling instead of sending children back to classrooms - Independent Ofqual hits back at statisticians as row over five-year NDA intensifies - Public Technology Barriers remain for students trying to reach UK campuses - PIE News Top Department for Education civil servant to leave position - City AM DfE revised face covering guidance - AoC responds - AoC | Association of Colleges Workplace basic skills - case studies - Learning & Work Institute Attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers widens in England - UKEdChat Face coverings in education - DfE ESFA Update: 26 August 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Susan Acland-Hood made Acting Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education - DfE 'We have to protect the whole of society': teachers on masks in schools - Guardian Boris Johnson sacks top education chief over school exams chaos & says ‘fresh leadership’ needed - The Sun ASCL letter to Sally Collier, Ofqual, 24 August 2020 - ASCL NASUWT responds to updated Government guidance on face masks in schools - NASUWT National Operation Encompass helpline - NAHT Changes to face coverings guidance - NAHT Boris Johnson and the ‘mutant algorithm’ - National Education Union Face masks in schools - National Education Union Social and emotional learning - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth The educational attainment gap has stopped closing but school policies alone cannot create the fair opportunities every child deserves - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth Schools fear 'overwhelming' requests for grading data - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA proposals ‘inadequate, lack insight and too late’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES ASCL comment on departure of Jonathan Slater - ASCL A-levels and GCSEs: Boris Johnson blames 'mutant algorithm' for exam fiasco - BBC Half of parents not supported to access childcare amid pandemic, survey shows - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Attainment gaps widens for first time in 12 years - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Is the government dodging the blame for the exam results fiasco? - New Statesman Top education civil servant out after exams fiasco as Boris Johnson demands ‘fresh official leadership’ - PoliticsHome Schools offered Covid-19 mental health support in £8m government programme - SecEd GCSE learning gap stands at 22.7 months for the most persistently disadvantaged - SecEd Myth busting our curriculum: Enabling all to achieve - BERA Boris accused of avoiding responsibility as top civil servant sacked - Metro Boris Johnson tells kids biggest threat they face is being out of school not coronavirus - The Sun Top DfE civil servant to step down after English exams fiasco - Times Higher Education | THE PM sacks top education official after exams fiasco – while Gavin Williamson keeps job - HuffPost Senior civil servant at Department for Education forced out amid exam turmoil - Financial Times Face masks in schools: what are the best coverings for children? - Guardian ESFA finds 'inconsistencies' in data on apprentices - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools that deflated own grades can’t appeal, says Ofqual - Schools Week It's a dog's breakfast for Gavin Williamson and his owner | John Crace - Guardian Councils to decide whether school pupils must wear masks in Wales - Wales Online Sturgeon pressed on overseas students testing ahead of 'biggest movement of people since lockdown' - Herald Scotland Boris Johnson U-turns on face mask rules in schools - City AM Top DfE civil servant Jonathan Slater to step down after exams row - Guardian Furious Tory MPs demand Government 'get a grip' after face masks U-turn - Mail Scottish schools are linked to more than 75 Covid cases less than two weeks after reopening - Mail Gavin Williamson faces fresh criticism after 'half-baked' face mask U-turn for schools - Evening Standard Confusion over face masks as some schools in England could relax rules within days - Guardian Top DfE official Jonathan Slater standing down - Times Educational Supplement | TES PPE: DfE must provide extra funding, say colleges - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boris Johnson blames 'mutant algorithm' for exams fiasco - Guardian Boris Johnson claims A-Level and GCSE results crisis was caused by ‘a mutant algorithm’ - PoliticsHome DfE top boss Jonathan Slater to leave - Schools Week DfE top boss Jonathan Slater to leave - FE Week What primary schools will look like when they re-open in Wales - Wales Online Information literacy must be taught throughout school - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid has lifted the curtain on endemic inequality - Times Educational Supplement | TES ASCL writes to Ofqual over ‘deflated grades’ fears - Schools Week Boris Johnson claims exams fiasco has been ‘sorted out’ - Schools Week What does new masks guidance mean for schools in England? - Guardian Gavin Williamson urged to ‘get a grip’ as he faces fresh Tory backlash over school masks u-turn - PoliticsHome Face-mask U-turn is just another burden on headteachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Explain science on school masks policy, government told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Colleges to receive home-testing kits and PPE - Times Educational Supplement | TES PM: Exam grades 'almost derailed by mutant algorithm' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Half of parents say Government has not done enough on childcare access during pandemic - Nursery World New £3.3m fund to support BAME mothers and children launched - Nursery World Coronavirus: Schools to receive just 10 home testing kits each - Schools Week We won’t shut down schools, vows Gavin Williamson after 10 government u-turns - HuffPost Coronavirus: Colleges to receive just 10 home testing kits each - FE Week What secondary schools will look like when they re-open in Wales - Wales Online Secondary heads advised to ask for masks to be worn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Older, vulnerable teachers 'need medical grade masks' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Reopening FE: Immediate safety issues must be addressed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Proposed changes to 2021 exams deemed ‘gobbledygook’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Northern Irish education is in chaos and you don't need A-levels to see who is to blame - Telegraph Education secretary defends school face masks U-turn after Tory backlash - Guardian 8 problems with the face masks policy for schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES EIS: Coronavirus had 'damaging impact' on Scottish FE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don’t exclude for not wearing masks, DfE tells schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Who needs to wear face coverings in FE - and when? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education in England: Annual report 2020 - EPI Attainment gap between poor pupils and their peers in England is widening - Guardian Infographic: EPI annual report 2020 – key findings - EPI Coronavirus: The infection hotspots in schools revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Face coverings U-turn for England’s secondary schools - BBC Parents should not face fines if their child misses school due to anxiety, experts say - Mail Boris Johnson warned his ‘levelling up’ agenda at risk as drive to close gap between rich and poor pupils stalls - PoliticsHome Education gap between rich and poor pupils stopped narrowing before pandemic hit UK, study says - Independent Masks: Secondary schools welcome new discretionary powers - SecEd How will schools reopen in the time of coronavirus? - Telegraph Coronavirus and schools: Ditch truancy fines, say doctors - BBC Alarm bells continue to ring, but where is the coordinated action? - Schools Week Primary pupils' learning gap widens for first time since 2007 - BBC The Ofqual furore: A veteran reflects - HEPI We should be thinking about fee refunds for students with disabilities – every year - Wonkhe How do we persuade students to behave themselves this coming term? - Wonkhe Attainment gap between poor and wealthy pupils widening for first time in a decade - Mirror UK school pupils will wear face masks if local area in lockdown - Mail Poor pupils are 18 months behind their classmates, report says - Mail Asthma attacks 'could surge when schools return' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Attainment gap 'will never close' if trends continue - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE subjects with biggest disadvantage gap revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Another government u-turn as English secondary school pupils will wear masks - HuffPost Poor pupils stop catching up with rich ones for the first time in a decade - The Sun ‘Journal of Trial and Error’ seeks to normalise research failure - Times Higher Education | THE Publishers’ market power ‘drives open access charges’ - Times Higher Education | THE Mask guidance on English campuses to ‘reflect’ school advice - Times Higher Education | THE Boris changes critical advice on face masks in schools just days before classrooms reopen - Express EPI: Attainment gap has stopped closing for the first time in a decade - Schools Week Coronavirus will leave disadvantaged children even further behind - Telegraph Scrap fines for school non-attendance in England, say psychiatrists - Guardian Attainment gap 'stagnant' for early years, says new research - Nursery World Secondary school pupils will wear facemasks after U‑turn - Times Coronavirus school rules: Temperature checks and no touching - Times Poor pupils are 18 months behind classmates when they take GCSEs - Times Ofqual chief Sally Collier quits over A-level results fiasco - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Parents fear school corridor masks will become mandatory for children in classroom - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Wearing masks will add to the mental strain on our pupils - Times Coronavirus in Ireland: Instigate Covid-19 tests upon demand for teachers, union urges - Times Black Caribbean pupils GCSE results worsen dramatically as rich-poor education gap widens under Tories - HuffPost