News archive for 6th January 2021

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Eva Simpson: 'Back-of-a-fag-packet stuff by Gavin Williamson over exams has got to end' - Mirror 'I can't believe exams are cancelled - now my grades are based on teachers' opinions' - Mirror Pupils to get set number of hours of remote education and Ofsted to inspect where it has concerns, government says - Independent Education Secretary outlines plans to support young people - DfE England’s school chaos deepens as Williamson fails to explain exam plan - Guardian English schools struggle with demand for key worker places - Guardian GCSE and A-levels: 5 problems with the shift from exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teaching union is blasted for appalling triumphalism - Mail Safe but unsafe: Boris introduces MPs to Schrödinger’s schools | John Crace - Guardian 'Inept, careless, tribal': Calls grow for Gavin Williamson to go - Guardian How will GCSEs, A-Levels and Btecs be graded in 2021 - Mirror Pupils without laptops can attend school, government confirms amid concerns over numbers lacking devices - Independent The Guardian view on education in lockdown: a foreseeable challenge | Editorial - Guardian Williamson takes ‘cheap shot’ at Scottish education - Times Educational Supplement | TES University students frustrated on facing rent while lockdown keeps them away from accommodation - Independent Decision to allow parents to report schools over remote lessons provokes fury - Mail Children without laptops or who can't work at home can go into school - Mirror GCSEs and A-levels cancelled in Northern Ireland - Mail SNP told to keep university campuses closed in line with schools - Herald Scotland Pupils without laptops can still go to school during lockdown - Metro Kids CAN go to school if they don’t have a laptop - The Sun Calls grow for students to get rent rebates at universities in England - Guardian Threat of Ofsted on remote learning is disgraceful - Times Educational Supplement | TES Worried Btec students call on Government to reverse `absurd´ exam decision - Mail Teachers' grades to replace A-levels and GCSEs in England - BBC Northern Ireland cancels GCSE and A-level exams - BBC UCU: No one should be left behind by digital poverty - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19: 'Very little' virus risk at nurseries, says vaccine minister - BBC GCSE, A-level and Sats exams to be scrapped in England this year - Guardian SATs exams cancelled for Primary school students this summer - Mirror Williamson defends decision to leave colleges to decide whether BTECs go ahead - FE Week Gavin Williamson update on spring partial closures: What did we learn? - Schools Week SATs scapped in 2021, Williamson confirms - Schools Week Schools failing to meet remote ed expectations should be reported to Ofsted - Schools Week GCSEs 2021: Why isn’t plan B ready yet, ask heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sats 2021: Tests cancelled this year says Williamson - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Lancaster University students in rent strike over 'exploitation' - BBC Teacher assessment grades to replace GCSE and A-level exams in 2021 - FE Week Exam boards ‘bemused’ by government backtrack on January exams - FE Week Government to relaunch national free school meals voucher scheme - Schools Week Teacher assessment grades to replace GCSE and A-level exams in 2021 - Schools Week Nurseries opt for partial closures amid safety fears, says Early Years Alliance - Mail Matt Hancock says teachers have a 'very strong case' to be next in line for the vaccine - Mail All the places where you can get online teaching for your children in lockdown - Wales Online Students in Wales are being told to go back to university - but not yet - Wales Online Parents can report schools to Ofsted on remote learning - Times Educational Supplement | TES Williamson: We have learned lessons from Covid crisis - Times Educational Supplement | TES Btecs: Williamson refuses to u-turn on January exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES BTECs: More colleges cancel January exams - Times Educational Supplement | TES International schools seek clarity on UK exam changes - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools offer up sites for vaccine centres - Schools Week Exams ‘fairest way’ to assess pupils, and replacing them not straightforward - Schools Week Boris Johnson extremely cautious on when England's schools will reopen - Guardian What's the best solution for 2021 GCSEs and A levels? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Delay the due date for Higher teacher estimates - Times Educational Supplement | TES National lockdown 3: What training providers need to know - FE Week This year's school assessments in Wales are to start on February 22 - Wales Online Tory minister bizarrely declares schools are safe but are vectors for coronavirus - Mirror Teachers’ union backs government decision for January BTEC exams to go ahead - FE Week Pearson outlines plans for awarding BTEC grades as colleges call off exams - FE Week GCSEs and A levels: Exams ‘are fairest’, says Ofqual - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cancelling exams in England will hit poorer children hardest - Guardian NEU: SATs Cancelled - National Education Union Education Secretary announces plans for A Levels and GCSEs - AoC | Association of Colleges Northern Ireland: NASUWT comments on cancellation of exams in Northern Ireland - NASUWT Grading system must not repeat chaos of 2020 - NASUWT Live updates re school, college and university closures - The Sun Government says BTECs can be cancelled - just hours before pupils are due to sit first exams - Mail Covid-19: How parents plan to tackle lockdown home-schooling - BBC Heads defend schools education provision during the latest closures - Wales Online Schools could be shut past February half-term as Boris Johnson refuses to guarantee return before summer - The Sun Do primary schools and nurseries stay open in national lockdown? - Express What do the university lockdown rules mean for students? - Express Thousands of racist incidents reported in Scottish schools - Herald Scotland Lockdown 'not enough' as experts demand nurseries close and return of two-metre rule - Mirror School closures will show whether children spread Covid - Times - New Levelling up requires a comprehensive education plan - Times - New Thousands of racist incidents recorded in schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES GCSE and A-levels cancelled in England this year, Government announces - Mail The Times Scotland view on schools in lockdown - Times - New Vague coronavirus lockdown rules keep children with special needs at home - Times - New Ex-teachers should check pupils’ grades - Times - New The Times view on Gavin Williamson, coronavirus and cancelled exams - Times - New Scientists say nurseries should close for coronavirus lockdown - Times - New