News archive for 25th March 2020

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‘Shameful’: Children set to miss out on free school meals amid closures, school leaders warn - Independent The impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services - UK Parliament Williamson: ‘I’m asking schools to go to exceptional lengths in coronavirus fight’ - Schools Week Coronavirus: Trainees to qualify based on progress made towards teachers’ standards - Schools Week School governance update - DfE Statement on vocational and technical qualifications in 2020 - Ofqual ESFA Update: 25 March 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Pupil premium: allocations and conditions of grant 2019 to 2020 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Consistent financial reporting framework: 2020 to 2021 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Coronavirus: School governors told to meet over Skype - Schools Week Life on the inside: 10 top tips for non-teachers faced with home schooling - Mail Coronavirus: The skills system needs more support - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: AoC calls for clarity for college sector - Times Educational Supplement | TES Hundreds of thousands of UK students call for tuition fee refunds - Guardian Committee of MPs to probe DfE’s response to coronavirus - FE Week We’re acting for vulnerable people but more is needed - Schools Week Coronavirus: Praise for hero teachers on the front line - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: MPs probe support for teachers and exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Break times and lunch times must be staggered in schools to ensure social distancing, new guidance says - Telegraph University students campaign for refund as they say remote learning should not cost £9,250-per-year - Telegraph University student faces investigation after attending party dressed as a Holocaust victim - Telegraph Coronavirus: Committee of MPs to probe DfE’s response to disease - Schools Week 'Urgent call' for army of tutors to help Scotland's children - Scotsman Coronavirus: Schools that are open ditch uniforms, offer yoga and carry out temperature checks - Independent Visa extension for students in UK confirmed - PIE News Spike in year 11 September exclusions raises off-rolling suspicions - SecEd Moderating teacher judgments in 2020 - FFT Education Datalab Association of Colleges writes second letter to Education Secretary calling for clarification during COVID-19 crisis for colleges - FE News Virtual school for families: Achieving balance - UKEdChat Coronavirus: 'I am not ashamed to admit that I am worried' - SecEd 'A defining moment' for schools: Praise for phenomenal coronavirus response - SecEd Coronavirus: Welsh government's guidance for schools - NAHT Frequently asked questions about coronavirus - NAHT Arrangements for Special General Meeting on Saturday 28 March 2020 - Voice AELP advice on providing training to furloughed apprentices - AELP School performance tables are cancelled – should university league tables be cancelled too? - HEPI Coronavirus: Teacher 3D printing visors for NHS staff - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: What lies ahead for teachers - Teacher Toolkit Why pausing the REF makes sense but axing it doesn’t - Wonkhe Coronavirus: Could NASUWT conference really go ahead? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance on vulnerable children and young people - DfE “Five year recovery period” predicted for global student mobility - PIE News Superhead says locked-down children should wear their school uniform at home - Mail Universities are failing their students during the coronavirus outbreak - Times Higher Education | THE Science policy advisers aim to learn pandemic response lessons - Times Higher Education | THE Strategise now to teach students online for the long term - Times Higher Education | THE The online student experience: more than learning online - Advance HE AoC calls for further clarification on COVID-19 issues for colleges in letter to Education Secretary - AoC | Association of Colleges Government issues new social distancing advice for preventing coronavirus spread in schools - SecEd Schools asked to donate science goggles for NHS to use as face shields - Guardian Nicola Sturgeon praises parents for keeping children at home - Scotsman Emma Hardy: 'Please don't make apprentices redundant' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Calculated grade may be possible for technical courses - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Head pleas for free school meal clarity - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: FSM vouchers to provide ‘£3 per meal’, as caterers criticised for ‘shameful’ hampers - Schools Week Coronavirus: 1% of people using childcare places - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual admits teacher assessment not possible for all vocational qualifications  - Schools Week How do we go back once restrictions are lifted? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Free school meal scam: Vile crooks take advantage of worried parents with coronavirus scam - Express Coronavirus: T-level delivery 'under review' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Ofqual admits teacher assessment not possible for all vocational qualifications - FE Week Coronavirus: 'Use national test to check GCSE grades' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Buddy scheme launches to connect the early years sector during pandemic - Nursery World Coronavirus: training providers facing huge drops in apprentice numbers - Nursery World Covid-19: 'The independent sector stands ready to help' - Times Educational Supplement | TES New DfE guidance issued on social distancing in childcare settings and schools - Nursery World Coronavirus: 'We have reached a critical point' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Now we can differentiate in exams, as well as teaching - Times Educational Supplement | TES Enlist army of tutors to help disadvantaged pupils, says education commission - Mail From Crystal-Maze-style codes to circus skills: welcome to the wacky world of 11+ school assessments - Telegraph Coronavirus: Michelin-star chefs cook free school meals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Will the Covid crisis spark a radical overhaul of schools and universities? - IOE London Blog Coronavirus: Teachers unhappy with 'vague' DfE advice - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Heads expect ‘better’ safety guidance - Schools Week New app alerts young workers about safety - Unionlearn Coronavirus: New measures to reduce numbers in schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'It's a nightmare': how coronavirus is wreaking havoc on students' exams - Guardian Coronavirus: Stagger break times for safety, says DfE - Times Educational Supplement | TES Six lessons for critical incident working - Wonkhe Struggling to focus at home? You’re not alone - Times Higher Education | THE Universities shift focus towards SDGs to prove societal value - Times Higher Education | THE Coronavirus crisis inspiring 'unprecedented' global research effort - Times Higher Education | THE OfS’ new emphasis on financial sustainability welcomed - Times Higher Education | THE Coronavirus: Joe Wicks keeps children fit with online PE classes - BBC Scotland: Pupils’ work will not be marked - Times DfE statement on the coronavirus and ITE - UCET