News archive for 7th January 2021

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Calls for Williamson’s resignation amid chaos and confusion of partial school closures - Schools Week Schools told not to limit key worker children numbers - Independent Let’s vaccinate all the teachers and get our children back in school - The Sun Schools running at 70% capacity as heads question laptop scheme - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Coronavirus: Pressure for university teaching to move online until Easter - Herald Scotland Schools won't be marked down on remote learning offer - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE removes ‘highly misleading’ Covid testing guidance - Schools Week Schools told not to limit number of key worker children during lockdown - Mail University College London apologises for role in promoting eugenics - Guardian Private heads 'fuming' after 'buck passed' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Summer 2021 phonics check cancelled - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘This could seriously undermine impact of lockdown measures’: Over demand for school places - Independent Council admits there is no live online learning in its schools this week - Wales Online Attendance high for students keen to sit BTEC and other vocational exams this month - FE Week Partial school closures guidance: What you need to know - Schools Week Parents ‘are lying that they’re key workers’ to keep children in school - Metro Parents 'needlessly sending kids to school' making it hard for key workers' children - Mirror 'Show us it's safe' to be open, say nursery staff - BBC DfE reveals new remote learning expectations for Covid lockdown 3 - Schools Week Don't limit key worker places in lockdown, schools told - Times Educational Supplement | TES ASN teachers call for blended learning over Covid fears - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers not at elevated risk of coronavirus, expert says - Mail Michael Gove was a toxic education secretary; Gavin Williamson is even worse - Guardian Ross Morrison Mcgill: we need to ask much more of our schools watchdog - Telegraph Strong case for giving teachers vaccine priority - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children in primary should learn about apprenticeships - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teacher called ‘free-speech martyr and misogynist’ after being sacked by Eton - Independent Demand for 'key worker' school places soars as heads accused of twisting rules - Telegraph Council defies Government and closes nurseries - Nursery World Sector unites in call for Government to protect early years - Nursery World Support staff are more than signposts for students in distress - Times Higher Education | THE Vulnerable teacher confusion is ‘outrageous’, say heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES 4 ways to help build teachers’ technology skills - Times Educational Supplement | TES Lack of laptops could undermine lockdown, warn heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Coronavirus: Move university teaching online 'until end of term' - Herald Scotland Williamson wrong to force universities to abide by antisemitism definition - Guardian Covid has brought schoolchildren terrible stress – but they've also seen society at its best | Ros Coward - Guardian 'Another year wasted': A-level and GCSE students react to cancelled exams - Guardian Fears schools will be overwhelmed by laptopless pupils - BBC Remote learning: 9 safeguarding issues to focus on - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers will decide grades for pupils as exams axed - Express Remote learning: 9 safeguarding issues to focus on - Times Educational Supplement | TES Trade Union Apprenticeship Standard – webinar next week - Unionlearn Head teachers prepare to hold mock tests so pupils can have robust grades - Mail Poorer pupils are still without laptops and internet needed for home learning - HuffPost University lockdown rules: What does lockdown mean for university students? - Express Stephen Akpabio-Klementowski: I educated myself in prison and changed my story - Guardian Covid-19: SEND families' struggles amplified in lockdown - BBC Coronavirus: Schools 'not ready for online learning' - Herald Scotland Parents urged to report their child's school to Ofsted if online lessons aren't up to scratch - Mail Teachers prepare to set own tests after GCSEs and A‑levels are cancelled - Times - New British universities have lowest rate of dropouts in West - Times - New Scotland: BBC offers home learning served up by Judy Murray - Times - New Eton fixed my appeal, says sacked teacher Will Knowland - Times - New Scotland: Private rentals leave at-home students out of pocket - Times - New Schools must stay open for vulnerable children and we must ensure they show up - Times - New Times letters: testing times and the cancellation of exams - Times - New Ireland: Most schooling will be remote this month, Norma Foley confirms - Times - New Ireland: Decision to cancel A-levels and GCSEs ‘not taken lightly’ - Times - New