News archive for 5th May 2020

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Blanket reopening of schools next month would be 'far too risky', says Dominic Raab - Mail Coronavirus will spark a youth unemployment crisis that ‘could top one million’ - The Sun Scots pupils to mix school and home learning under radical education plan - Scotsman Case studies: remote education practice for schools during coronavirus (COVID-19) - DfE Teachers 'could refuse to return to work if they think it's unsafe amid Covid-19' - Mirror Schools in UK can't reopen all at once in case of second peak, Dominic Raab says - Evening Standard UK coronavirus: Raab says it would not be safe to reopen all schools; official death toll rises to 29,427 - Guardian Opening all schools would lead to risk of second coronavirus spike - Mail Raab: 'Risk' of second spike from opening all schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Whisper it, but it's OK not to miss classroom life - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government social mobility tzar Dame Martina Milburn resigns - Schools Week Ofsted: coronavirus (COVID-19) rolling update - Ofsted Letter from Dame Martina Milburn to the Prime Minister - Social Mobility Commission Critical workers who can access schools or educational settings - DfE Collapsed private school attended by Sarah Ferguson 'demands parents pay £3,900 summer term fees' - Mail Coronavirus (COVID-19): attendance in education and early years settings - DfE Eligibility for government childcare offers protected - DfE Ofqual publishes initial decisions on GCSE and A level grading proposals for 2020 - Ofqual Full-time enrolment of 14 to 16 year olds in further education and sixth-form colleges - Education & Skills Funding Agency Chair of Social Mobility Commission resigns - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE lacks 'sufficient grip' on SEND provision - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scottish schools may not reopen until August, Sturgeon suggests - Guardian Ofsted releases reports for inspections pre-Covid – but only the positive ones - FE Week Parents will not lose 30-hour or Tax-Free Childcare eligibility during Covid-19 outbreak - Nursery World Childcare sector on 'brink of collapse' as quarter of providers fear closure - CYPN | Children & Young People Now The children's centres supporting families online during Covid-19 crisis - CYPN | Children & Young People Now NAHT coronavirus survey findings - NAHT Teacher unions urge caution over timetable for re-opening schools - SecEd Lack of internet leaving child asylum-seekers ‘completely isolated’ - Public Technology Securing the student interest in Covid-19 will require tough choices - Wonkhe From crisis to creativity: how Covid-19 could change HE governance - Wonkhe Risk management, planning, and audit are at the centre of the sector’s Covid-19 response - Wonkhe The strategic imperative: planning for a post-Covid future - Wonkhe The role of and potential of EdTech and teachers during lock down - Nesta Teacher identity in a performative age: Coming to research through autoethnography - BERA 83% of heads say inability to implement social distancing would prevent pupils’ return - Schools Week Coronavirus prompts major changes in parents’ sense of responsibility for children’s education - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth ‘Traveller crime’ documentary was racist – Now it’s up to schools to pick up the pieces - CfEY | Centre for Education & Youth How will all our children and young people re-engage with school? - ASCL Leading the school response to the covid-19 pandemic - NAHT Government support package could ‘negatively impact’ English sector - Times Higher Education | THE Edge Future Learning Project Based Learning resource - Edge Foundation Regulatory notice 1: Access and participation plan guidance - Office for Students Appointment of our new Chair - Villiers Park Educational Trust Trade unions warn against premature reopening of schools in UK and Ireland - NASUWT Unions warn against premature reopening of schools - National Education Union NEU Covid 19 survey - National Education Union Key workers will still get 30 hours of free childcare even if they work fewer hours in coronavirus outbreak - The Sun New guidance on refunds applies to students, says CMA - PIE News International applicants determined to study abroad - PIE News Teacher trade unions warn reopening schools on June 1 risks second coronavirus wave - PoliticsHome AoC calls for 'September promise' from Education Secretary as 100,000 young people may struggle to enter the labour market after COVID19 - AoC | Association of Colleges Students are concerned about uncertainty they face - Times Educational Supplement | TES Major MAT was 'on brink of being broken up' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Edinburgh nursery projects in doubt as construction company in administration - Herald Scotland Nicola Sturgeon suggests Scottish schools will not reopen until August - Telegraph University of Edinburgh staff face furlough or salary freeze - Mail End the reading war - research shows phonics works - Times Educational Supplement | TES It’s ‘too dangerous to reopen schools as bugs like coronavirus prey on kids’, experts warn - The Sun School openings, teacher and pupil attendance all up - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nearly a quarter of teachers are having to stay home - Times Educational Supplement | TES Headteachers fear schools won’t be safe to open in June after lockdown lifted - The Sun When will it be safe to send children back to school? Headteacher's warning - Express Schools to reopen in phased approach when the time is right, says Williamson - Mail Drillosophy: why UK rappers are teaching Plato in lockdown - Guardian Minister faces questions on coronavirus and children - live - Wales Online Coronavirus: Teaching unions warn against premature reopening of schools - Nursery World Coronavirus: Teaching unions warn against premature reopening of schools - Nursery World Coronavirus: Group of major providers calls for delayed school start for young children - Nursery World Free recording: Latest FE sector response and requirements to coronavirus - FE Week Coronavirus: ‘Very real risk’ of spike if schools open too early, say teaching unions - Schools Week Nurseries consider legal action over rejected insurance claims - Nursery World The home schooling quagmire: it’s about more than laptops - IOE London Blog Sturgeon reveals who could return to school first - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don't reopen schools too early, urge 1m teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Teachers warn of early school return 'spike' - BBC Coronavirus in Scotland: Schools not set to fully re-open “in the foreseeable future” - Herald Scotland Don’t give up—you can still homeschool like a boss (even when you feel like a total failure) - Telegraph Year 10 and below will get GCSE grades, Ofqual confirms - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools may lack staff to reopen more fully, warn heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Early years closures would be a disaster for society - Times Educational Supplement | TES In praise of further education colleges: empowering students who have been written off - The Conversation Could Covid-19 help level the attainment playing field? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofqual not budging on plan for private candidates despite schools’ ‘reluctance’ to offer grades - Schools Week Headteachers say low staff numbers and lack of PPE could make it hard to reopen - Mail Jisc and LYRASIS help US universities and research organisations gather new usage insights - Jisc Call for cash payments instead of free meals - Times Educational Supplement | TES Devon members saved by union support start producing PPE for NHS - Unionlearn 'The human stuff matters': heads call for a kinder school system post Covid-19 - Guardian To stop poor students giving up on university, we must offer them places now | David Latchman - Guardian Covid-19 has made universities' financial forecasts redundant. Good luck to us all | Jonathan Wolff - Guardian ESFA reveal calculations for the furloughed apprentice wage top-up - FE Week The Horsham Schools Partnership - an alternative to the MAT model bringing life back to small rural schools - Schools Week Could schools reopen sooner than we think? - Express Reality of lockdown for school staff: 5 key findings - Times Educational Supplement | TES Saying thank you takes courage - Wonkhe Why the new student number cap is unworkable - HEPI Apprenticeship starts falling off a cliff - AELP Coronavirus UK: Will fines for school non-attendance stop? - Mail EU lawmakers call for online exam proctoring privacy probe - Times Higher Education | THE One in four childcare providers fear permanent closure amid virus lockdown - Nursery World Coronavirus finally allows universities to prove their worth - Times Higher Education | THE We risk a generation on the scrap heap unless we send kids back to school now - The Sun Schools say government must tell them whether to fine parents who refuse to return children to class after lockdown - Telegraph One in four childcare providers fear permanent closure amid Covid-19 - Mail More than half of employers stop recruiting apprentices - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: ‘The nursery I run may not survive’ - BBC Oxford ignores call to censor ‘ism’ texts - Times Coronavirus: Scottish students ‘should pay for tuition at university’ - Times