News archive for 19th June 2020

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The schools that are closing early for the summer holidays - Wales Online School support staff say it's not safe to re-open schools in Wales on June 29 - Wales Online UCL renames three facilities that honoured prominent eugenicists - Guardian Billion pound Covid catch-up plan to tackle impact of lost teaching time - DfE DfE says axed £55m year 7 catch-up premium will now come through national funding formula - Schools Week Coronavirus: All children in England 'back to school in September' - BBC Gavin Williamson needs to do more than 'work with' FE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers told to make catch-up plans by summer - Times Educational Supplement | TES England’s school catch-up package is less than £80 per pupil, says IFS - Financial Times Gavin Williamson: all children in England to return to school in September (video) - Guardian UK coronavirus: all children in England will be back at school in September, says Gavin Williamson - as it happened - Guardian England to drop class 'bubbles' and pupil caps from September - Guardian Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 19 June 2020 - Education Eye School class 'bubbles' could be increased in size to get more kids back in lessons - Mirror Williamson: 'Bubble size may expand to take full class' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government 'working with FE' on post-Covid support - Times Educational Supplement | TES Will summer schools actually work? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Year 7 catch-up premium cut following National Formula - Times Educational Supplement | TES Let’s make the most of this crisis in UK education - Financial Times Williamson wants whole-class ‘bubbles’ from September - Schools Week Education Minister promises full return to school by September (video) - Mail University College London renames two lecture theatres and a building honouring Victorian eugenicists - Mail Trust launches ‘honest and frank’ leadership review as CEO remains absent - Schools Week SNP politician labels Scottish Government blended learning plans 'absolutely unacceptable' - Herald Scotland All children in England 'will' return to school in September, education secretary says - HuffPost International Baccalaureate grades U-turn - Times Educational Supplement | TES National Tutoring Programme launched to support pupils in schools across England - Nesta Ambition welcomes £1bn government funding for coronavirus-hit schools - Ambition Institute Adult education budget: S31 grant determination letters 2020 to 2021 - DfE When will schools reopen in Scotland as lockdown measures are rolled back? - Metro Annual TRAC 2018-19: Sector summary and analysis by TRAC peer group - Office for Students Education Committee to hold session on apprenticeships and skills - UK Parliament Boris wants all pupils back in September but teachers face ‘information black hole’ - Metro Heads 'confused' over £650m DfE Covid-19 catch-up fund - Times Educational Supplement | TES Catch-up funding is great - but it's chaos again - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government unveils £350m tuition plan to help disadvantaged pupils catch up - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Young people’s trust in government damaged long-term by COVID-19 - London School of Economics | LSE ‘Staying Safe Online’ survey: what unwanted sexual images are being sent to teenagers on social media? - IOE London Blog Boris Johnson says ‘watch this space’ on lowering two-metre social distancing as he tells public to start being ‘less apprehensive’ - PoliticsHome Further PTE centres approved to deliver secure English language testing for people wanting to work, live or study in the UK - Pearson Joe Wicks got children moving – how to keep them active as lockdown ends - The Conversation Frustration at lack of consultation over DfE's £1bn catch-up programme - SecEd University College London changes names of three buildings that were named in honour of eugenicists - Telegraph ASCL responds to one billion pound catch-up plan - ASCL The government announces £1billion investment to support schools over the next two years - NAHT Index exposes growing oppression of trade unions - NASUWT NASUWT comments on Covid catch-up plan - NASUWT Scottish government tells university staff to return to campuses before publishing higher education safety guidance - UCU Additional funding for schools - National Education Union Violation of workers’ rights at seven-year high - National Education Union Voice welcomes plans for schools and childcare in Northern Ireland - Voice Coronavirus: Schools in September - National Education Union Implementing citizenship education in a post-conflict society: Lessons from Northern Ireland - BERA Voice gives cautious welcome to catch-up scheme but disappointed by exclusion of early years and post-16 - Voice As many as 2.5million more people may now qualify for free school meals - Mirror Managing transition to secondary in the Covid-19 crisis - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boris Johnson says 'watch this space' on 1-metre social distancing in schools (video) - Guardian Boris Johnson suggests two metre rule could be cut in schools as he visits pupils in Hertfordshire: 'Watch this space' - Evening Standard A minute of kindness: The teacher delivering free school meals (video) - HuffPost Nurseries in Wales can reopen from Monday - Nursery World Shadow minister calls for explanation as to why early years excluded from Government catch-up plan - Nursery World Distancing prevents 'anywhere close' to 100% attendance - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boris Johnson's education catch-up plans do not reflect reality - Guardian UK coronavirus live: Boris Johnson suggests social distancing will change after alert level cut - Guardian Schools advised to spend £650m catch-up cash on summer activities, longer days and extra books - Schools Week Schools reopening: £1bn catch-up fund for longer days and tutors - Express Boris Johnson says he wants all children back at school five days a week from September - HuffPost 6 questions about the coronavirus catch-up plan - Times Educational Supplement | TES Longer days and summer teacher support in catch-up plan - Times Educational Supplement | TES Malala Yousafzai full of 'joy and gratitude' after graduating from Oxford - Guardian Boris Johnson hints 2-metre rule may be cut in England's schools saying 'watch this space' - Mirror Nursery group owner's how-to guide for sustainable settings - Nursery World Coronavirus: Early years sector snubbed by Government in catch-up funding plan - Nursery World Further delays expected on reopening of holiday clubs - Nursery World Some schools aren't going to ask children to wear uniform - Wales Online Reopening: What has this week been like for colleges? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Blended learning is ‘worst-case scenario’ for new school year - Scotsman 'It’s a basic equality issue': home learning gap between state and private schools - Guardian Catch-up plan should not be a 'distraction' from reopening schools in September - Telegraph The 8 apprenticeship assessment concerns according to Ofqual - FE Week Malala Yousafzai celebrates graduating from Oxford, 8 years after being shot - HuffPost National Tutoring Programme: All you need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government reopening plans ‘undeliverable’ in Orkney - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Clear intention' for all pupils in England to return in September, schools minister says - Evening Standard Boris Johnson wants all pupils back in school for five days a week in September - Mail Colleges announce free summer food scheme for vulnerable 16-18s - FE Week Jason Leitch: 'Virus prevalence' could inform future decision on reducing two-metre rule - Herald Scotland Newly qualified teachers 'treated like pawns' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools must fund quarter of Covid catch-up tutor costs - Times Educational Supplement | TES Catch-up funding for English schools 'won't start until September' - Guardian SAM Learning evaluation report - FFT Education Datalab Gavin Williamson reveals plans for 30-strong class 'bubbles' to get all children back to school in September - Mail Malala Yousafzai who survived gun attack celebrates Oxford graduation with Netflix - Mirror Inside the school in Charlotte Church’s back garden - New Statesman Education sector must throw its weight behind the NTP - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE drafting September reopening 'contingency plans' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Future of golliwog mural in primary school reviewed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Labour: £1bn catch-up plan shows FE is an afterthought - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools minister drawing up 'contingency plan' for if kids can't return in September - Mirror How one college has adapted to welcome back more students - FE Week Boris Johnson unveils £1,000,000,000 plan to help kids catch up after lockdown - Metro UK coronavirus live: £1bn tutoring fund to help England's students catch up on learning - Guardian Is the £1bn catch-up more about headlines than pupils? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students estranged from their families could end up destitute this summer | Becca Bland - Guardian Catch-up scheme 'to focus on pupil premium children' - Times Educational Supplement | TES £1 billion 'Covid catch-up plan' unveiled - Times Educational Supplement | TES England won't cut 2m rule in schools until coronavirus 'under control' - Mirror ​£350m National Tutoring Programme launched to support pupils in schools across England - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Boris Johnson unveils £1bn Covid education ‘catch-up’ fund to make up for lockdown lost teaching time - PoliticsHome Catch up funding ignores two thirds of 16 to 18 year olds - AoC | Association of Colleges National Tutoring Programme launched to support pupils in schools across England - Sutton Trust Half of teachers worried about health - Times Educational Supplement | TES State schools offered £1bn ‘catch up package’ to help with time lost during lockdown - Independent Coronavirus: £1bn catch-up tutoring fund for England's pupils - BBC The LockedDown opportunity - HEPI Children desperate to return to school as ministers announce £1bn 'catch up plan' - Mirror Fears exam boards will slash GCSE and A Level grades after teachers mark them over-generously - Mail FE snubbed in ‘corrected’ DfE £1bn catch-up plans - FE Week Schools to get £1billion for catch-up classes for children who have missed lessons during lockdown - Mail £350m tutoring scheme aims to help pupils worst hit by school closures - Mail £1bn schools coronavirus ‘catch-up’ package revealed - Schools Week Goldsmiths staff ‘at breaking point’ on job losses and racism claims - Times Higher Education | THE Gender and ethnicity graduate gap outlined by new UK data - Times Higher Education | THE Schools given £1bn to help pupils catch up after lockdown - Financial Times Struggling schools will get £1bn boost to hire tutors in bid to help kids catch up on studies - The Sun English schools to get £1bn to help pupils catch up after lockdown - Guardian ‘National tutor’ scheme to help struggling pupils in England - Times Coronavirus gap year is the road to first-class degree - Times Half days and social bubbles: how schools plan to reopen - Times Scotland: Golliwog mural at primary school may be painted over - Times Scotland: Plea to protect teachers from overload on return - Times Scotland: Record number of pupils driven to school - Times Coronavirus in Ireland: School reviews put back a year due to Covid-19 - Times Extra £1bn for children to 'catch-up' on learning - Telegraph