News archive for 28th August 2020

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Secondary schools in England could use attendance 'rota system' - Guardian UK parents rush to buy uniforms as schools reopen next week - Mail The ultimate back to school mask guide - Mail How to keep staff and students safe? I have no idea - Times Educational Supplement | TES Proportion of BAME teachers barely changes in a decade - Times Educational Supplement | TES Steve Besley's Education Eye - Policy News for the week ending 28 August 2020 - Education Eye Joint unions call for grading inquiry - National Education Union Review into exam results downgrading in Wales is announced - Wales Online Back to school in Covid times: what can pupils in England expect? - Guardian Welsh Government face coverings announcement - National Education Union Heads and teachers call for 'urgent' grades inquiry - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual's days could be numbered, says Halfon - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools reopening: Staggered starts, masks and year group ‘bubbles’ – how the new term will look - The Sun Time for a 'Nightingale moment' for England's children, says watchdog - Guardian All possible measures to be taken before schools and colleges close - DfE Government’s ‘lost learning’ catchup plan not enough to close attainment gap say 71 per cent of teachers - IPPR Exams 2020: Education unions call for ‘urgent’ inquiry into grades fiasco - Schools Week Announcing the nominees for the Sutton Trust alumni awards 2020 - Sutton Trust Five evidence-based strategies to support high-quality teaching for pupils with SEND - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF A collegial and collaborative approach to blended learning - Jisc Education unions make joint call for inquiry into grading fiasco - ASCL Schools are ready, but the government needs to work harder on addressing our remaining concerns - NAHT How coronavirus highlights the everyday challenges of people with learning disabilities - The Conversation Warming up the room: Icebreakers and cold-calling to increase participation - Learning Scientists Education unions make joint call for inquiry into grading fiasco - NASUWT A business is born every two hours at UK universities - Universities UK Planning for a full return to school in September - NAHT The government publishes education action cards - NAHT Coronavirus and summer 2020 exams: general qualifications updates - NAHT NAHT Cymru: advice on face coverings in schools - NAHT In the news 28 August 2020 - UCU Clinical placement funding for medical and dental students - Russell Group Girls can get free tampons and sanitary pads at school – but just 60% have signed up - The Sun BTEC results: All but 'tiny percentage' receive grades - Times Educational Supplement | TES Face masks are just a distraction from what matters - Times Educational Supplement | TES After seven weeks my son still doesn't know if his IB score will be amended - we're so angry - Telegraph Ofqual to face grilling by MPs over exams fiasco - Schools Week Schools cry foul over missing BTEC results - Schools Week MSPs warned about 'real concerns' over financial future of Scottish education and social care - Herald Scotland Colleges and schools cry foul over missing vocational results - FE Week Ofqual to face grilling by MPs over exams fiasco - FE Week Reopening schools: how different countries are tackling Covid dilemma - Guardian Heads call for cancellation and shortening of SQA exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Chaos as parents queue for hours outside shops for school uniforms in last-minute panic - Mirror Pupils at Cardiff secondary schools will be asked to wear masks - Wales Online DfE fails to hit laptops target before schools reopen - Times Educational Supplement | TES National home learning plans 'not good enough' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: how masks reduce the risk of transmission - Times Educational Supplement | TES Former Ofqual chief to miss grade grilling - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Levelling up’ the UK starts with schools - Financial Times College students and staff in Wales will have to wear masks - Wales Online Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak - DfE How schools can plan for tier 2 local restrictions - DfE Call for schools to receive Covid home-testing kits - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government and teachers’ realities are increasingly worlds apart - Schools Week Huge response to SQA consultation on 2021 exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Mental health: Weight stigma has no place in sports, exercise and health - HEPI How we are timetabling secondary teaching in September - Times Educational Supplement | TES How teachers really feel about schools reopening - HuffPost Scottish exams authority paid £140k to private firms to remark grades - Scotsman Lurching from crisis to crisis, Johnson will soon run out of people to blame | Gaby Hinsliff - Guardian Private schools 'lifted' from Covid gloom - Times Educational Supplement | TES Menopause added to school curriculum for the first time - BBC Who gets squeezed out when places are restricted? - Wonkhe 97% of head teachers say they are all set to welcome pupils back full-time when term begins - Mail Heads tell pupils and parents: 'We are ready for you' - BBC 97% of schools plan for all pupils to return full-time - Times Educational Supplement | TES Let us decide when SEND pupils go back, say 90% parents - Times Educational Supplement | TES Support needed in school for pupils with sight loss - Times Educational Supplement | TES 97 per cent of schools will reopen full-time for all pupils at start of term next week - The Sun Teachers fear 'vulnerability gap' for pupils bereaved during coronavirus pandemic - Mirror Headteachers say schools are ready to reopen despite Tory chaos but want to know Plan B - Mirror English universities lobby for bailout after A-levels fiasco - Times Higher Education | THE Up to 97% of primary schools set to reopen for new term – survey - Guardian Facemasks in schools: Head teachers demand clear guidance - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Thousands of tests find just 50 cases after opening of schools - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Storm over pupils left out in rain - Times All the things which are changing as schools and colleges open doors again - Express