News archive for 22nd March 2020

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Key worker parents told to keep children at home to prevent schools being overrun - The Sun Private schools may offer parents partial refunds and freeze fees - Mail ID checks at the school gate: teachers may ask to see key workers' papers - Mail Parents are threatening schools with legal action for refusing to allow their child a place amid 'key workers' row - Telegraph Schools tell employers: don't put profit over people with key worker lists - Guardian Unions begging parents to 'play fair' and not send their children to school - Mail Scotland's schools told to stop pupils attending to finish coursework - Guardian Coronavirus school closure confusion: Britons puzzled over who are ‘key workers’ - Express Large trusts outspend council counterparts on staff development - Schools Week Schools have a new purpose. Here’s how we could fulfil it. - Schools Week COVID-19: school closures - DfE Are schools putting pupils' needs first when dealing with behaviour issues? - The Educator Coronavirus: School attendance - National Education Union Coronavirus: please complete our survey so that we can help the government understand the facts on the ground - NAHT Coronavirus: an update from NAHT president Judy Shaw - NAHT Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance on vulnerable children and young people - DfE Podcast 77: Teaching a Canadian curriculum - Teacher Toolkit Covid-19: Pupils must not go to school for coursework - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Who's to come to school in Scotland? What councils say - Times Educational Supplement | TES University World News - UK and Global edition - 22/03/2020 - University World News Tony Parsons: We cannot let coronavirus steal the future of one million schoolchildren whose exams have been cancelled - The Sun Coronavirus: Private schools' plea to parents over fees - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Closures risk 'spike' in child sex abuse - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Ofsted won’t judge on 2020 exam grades - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Schools ‘struggle’ with key workers' pleas - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'We give the kids elbow bumps': a headteacher’s coronavirus diary - Guardian Coronavirus: Dismay grows over numbers in schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why everyone in college is accountable for GCSE resits - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted watch: UTC climbs out of ‘inadequate’ - FE Week Where to find online lessons when home schooling starts on Monday - Times Coronavirus: My teachers know they’ll get sick - Times Jobs and degree courses at risk as universities face financial meltdown - Times The first term at cyber-school is beginning - Times