News archive for 1st September 2020

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Gavin Williamson 'deeply sorry' to students over exam results fiasco - Metro School exams in Wales could be cancelled or delayed in 2021 - Wales Online There should be no limit on opportunities for school leavers - Telegraph Government-backed gap year schemes to be set up for students who are forced to defer - Telegraph Tests to be rolled out at schools to see how far children have fallen behind during lockdown - Telegraph Government considering benchmark tests to reveal student ‘learning gaps’ amid calls to delay summer exams - PoliticsHome Lack of after school clubs make it 'totally impossible' for parents to return to work full time - Telegraph Williamson told about flaws in A-level model two weeks before results - Guardian Dublin primary school class sent home after one pupil tests positive for coronavirus - Independent Gavin Williamson accused of leading a 'summer of chaos' - Guardian Gavin Williamson 'deeply sorry' to students over exam results chaos - Express Gavin Williamson hints at extended school days and opening on weekends for COVID catch-up - Express Scottish government announces new youth guarantee - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pay guide: Leadership and headteacher pay scales - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pay guide: teacher pay scales - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE accused of 'chaos, incompetence and confusion' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Global report: schools across Europe reopen as Covid cases grow - Guardian Dorset secondary school says pupils must wear face masks in class - HuffPost Employers encouraged to sign up for apprentice cash boost - DfE National Apprenticeship Awards 2020 open for entries - Education & Skills Funding Agency Academies Financial Handbook - Education & Skills Funding Agency More than 120 children test positive for coronavirus after schools go back in Scotland - Mirror Gavin Williamson says government 'determined' 2021 exams will go ahead - Mirror Next year's exams could be pushed back to allow pupils to catch up, says Education Secretary - PoliticsHome New high-quality T Level Professional Development offer launches - Education & Training Foundation | ETF Back to school: Diagnosis over assumption - Research Schools Network Teachers matter for metacognition - UKEdChat Pupils three months behind on learning as new term starts - Nuffield Foundation A new academic year – what will happen? - Teacher Tapp Unions raise concerns as 117 school pupils test positive for Covid-19 - Scotsman Schools failing to implement Covid safety measures - NASUWT Scotland’s universities get new Covid guidance – but is it too late? - Wonkhe Apprenticeships: incentives for employers now available - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don't doubt it – government is serious about skills - Times Educational Supplement | TES 1 in 6 parents may not send children back to school - Times Educational Supplement | TES School return 'massive milestone', says Williamson - BBC Disadvantaged children need 'long-term' catch-up support as learning gap grows - Nursery World Pandemic ‘frees’ researchers from ‘hampering’ habit of travel - Times Higher Education | THE Marcus Rashford unveils food poverty taskforce - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Labour warning over rise in children’s services referrals as schools return - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Coronavirus: Young children of working parents improved their attention during lockdown, study reveals - Nursery World Why further and higher education aren’t a zero-sum-game - FE Week Covid safety measures will hit teaching standards, research warns - SecEd Covid-19: How are colleges reopening? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cardiff University offers saliva test to all students and staff - Wales Online Revisiting the adolescent literacy practice guide - Best Evidence in Brief Peer Assisted Learning Strategies and math achievement - Best Evidence in Brief Are low-performing schools curable? - Best Evidence in Brief Covid-19: Total positive tests among pupils reaches 117 - Times Educational Supplement | TES ASCL comment on Education Secretary’s statement - ASCL Half of parents worry their kids’ social skills have suffered after missing months of school - The Sun Gavin Williamson's announcement today about schools reopening this month - The Sun Newly-qualified teacher ridiculed after posting selfie in mask with message saying ‘I’m scared and so are the students’ - The Sun University students to be taught in bubble groups but overseas arrivals will not be tested - Herald Scotland Tens of thousands absent from Scotland's school - BBC Majority of schoolchildren in England and Wales return to classes for first time in six months today - Mail Don't assume teaching will be the same as before Covid - Times Educational Supplement | TES No change in college ownership needed, says Collab - Times Educational Supplement | TES Joy, tears and coronavirus controls: children return to school across England - Guardian Millions of children finally back to school today as pics show inside new Covid-secure classrooms - The Sun School reopening and flu season mean surge in Covid-19 patients, says WHO Europe director - Mail Interview - Dr Sara Bonetti, Education Policy Institute - Nursery World Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: 23 March to 27 August 2020 - DfE Growing calls for 'rapid' Covid-19 testing in schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents face £120 fines for not sending their kids back to school from today - The Sun Marcus Rashford calls for free school meals expansion - Times Educational Supplement | TES Thank you, teachers – you matter, now more than ever - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students can get bigger loans after coronavirus - even if they're studying at home - Mirror One in six parents 'seriously considering' keeping their children out of school, poll reveals - Telegraph London heads pledge that they’ll make sure students catch up after months at home - Evening Standard UK ministers warn GCSE and A-level exams could be delayed next year - Financial Times Student Loans Company calls on students in Wales to prepare for payment - Student Loans Company Scottish teachers expect to contract coronavirus - Times Educational Supplement | TES School return: Parents fear children will not fit in after months away from classrooms - Express Coronavirus: return to school – teachers told to clamp down on unruly pupils - Express Pupils return to school across England and Wales as Jeremy Hunt backs call for 'rapid testing' in classrooms - Evening Standard Decision 'very soon' on whether to delay 2021 exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Parents who don't send children to school to be fined as 'last resort' - Metro Unions call for hiatus on absence fines as 40% of schools are set to welcome back pupils - Evening Standard Britain needs to do its homework on school openings - Financial Times GCSE and A-level exams could be delayed in 2021, says Gavin Williamson - Independent Coronavirus: Sector tries to stay positive with uncertain times ahead - Nursery World ‘Generous’ funding increases should cover £216m Covid costs, says Gibb - Schools Week Gap between rich and poor pupils has almost doubled since lockdown - Metro Decision due 'very soon' on delaying GCSEs and A-levels - Guardian Marcus Rashford launches new taskforce to help millions more kids going hungry in UK - Mirror Schools will 'not necessarily' close if a pupil tests positive for coronavirus, Nick Gibb says - Evening Standard Back to school: Expert advice on how to help kids readjust to routine - Evening Standard Lockdown's legacy on UK's poorest children: Richer pupils 46% further ahead than worse-off peers - Mail Majority of schoolchildren in England and Wales return to classes for first time in six months today - Mail As universities scramble to protect their own interests, inequalities will magnify | Jonathan Wolff - Guardian GCSE and A-level students to face exam delay next summer to give pupils more time to study during coronavirus pandemic - The Sun Millions of children finally back to school today – but parents will face fines if they keep them home - The Sun GCSE science grades will be hit by Covid, say teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lessons from summer school to take into September - Times Educational Supplement | TES SQA appeals system still 'not fit for purpose' as students blocked from appealing - Scotsman Gavin Williamson: GCSE and A-level exams could be delayed next year - Mail Pupils start returning to schools in England - DfE Education in England is in a mess – but who will lead us out of it? | Fiona Millar - Guardian GCSEs and A-levels could be delayed for pupils returning to school today - Metro Learning gap between rich and poor students 'grows by 46%' after lockdown - HuffPost How pupil characteristics interact to influence education outcomes - FFT Education Datalab Report highlights challenges facing schools and pupils in September 2020 - NFER English is now a Modern Foreign Language for boys; Physics is a foreign language for girls too: Grades aside, what do this year’s A level entry trends tell us? - HEPI BERA awards over £50,000 of funding for COVID-19 research - BERA September will be better than April – but not for everyone - Wonkhe Children are at a greater risk from measles than Covid says Britain's most senior paediatrician - Mail Marcus Rashford takes aim at child food poverty with new taskforce - Guardian Boys fall further behind girls in studies during pandemic - Telegraph Children are almost 20 times as likely to die from an injury as from Covid - Telegraph I'm one of thousands of A-level students who still have no grades – and no hope - HuffPost 64% of teachers worry about return to school - Times Educational Supplement | TES 7 ways you can manage anxiety in back-to-school week - Times Educational Supplement | TES Grades U-turn: 10 questions Ofqual must answer tomorrow - Times Educational Supplement | TES Keeping children safe in education - DfE Marcus Rashford brings food brand giants together to tackle child food poverty - BBC Coronavirus: Lockdown pupils are three months behind, say teachers - BBC Survey finds lockdown pupils 'three months behind' as Labour blasts schools chaos - Mirror Kids back at school more at risk from measles than coronavirus, SAGE expert says - Mirror Gavin Williamson says GCSE and A-level exams could be pushed back next year - Mirror Pupil distancing hits teaching quality, teachers warn - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boris Johnson will say today that re-opening schools will help get Britain back to normal - Mail Coronavirus: How teachers are feeling as schools return - BBC Future generations will suffer unless schools get money they need - Mirror Pupils three months behind as new term starts, study claims - Schools Week A levels: Boys shun English as girls avoid physics - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers estimate pupils three months behind curriculum, survey suggests - Independent Getting early feedback on research ‘boosts final destination’ - Times Higher Education | THE Times Higher Education’s Power of Place survey - Times Higher Education | THE Universities fear legal reprisals for asking students to defer - Times Higher Education | THE Struggling schools must find cash for £216million bill to keep our kids safe - Mirror Kids are more at risk of getting measles than coronavirus, says Britain’s top child doctor - The Sun Warning of rise in child protection referrals as English schools reopen - Guardian Gap between rich and poor pupils in England 'grows by 46% in a year' - Guardian Schools across England welcome pupils back for autumn term - City AM Gavin Williamson considers delaying next year’s A-levels and GCSEs - Times Schools reopening: returning children ‘will be three months behind’ - Times Children ‘are six times less likely to spread coronavirus’ - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: Runny nose not a reason to get child tested, parents told - Times Coronavirus in Scotland: University chief confident safety measures will work - Times