News archive for 8th March 2021

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'Children will never be forced to take a Covid test,' says England's deputy chief medical officer - Mail Millions of pupils face chaotic start to Covid mass-testing upon return to classroom - Mirror Johnson warns return to classroom will spark rise in infections - Financial Times Cambridge University students host free-speech event for silenced academics - Telegraph Schools reopening: Joy as millions of pupils head back to classroom and first lockdown restrictions are eased - The Sun 'Where will it end?' Keir Starmer mocked over calls for school breakfast clubs - Express Parents told kids will be 'stronger forever' as they return to school - Metro The Guardian view on reopening schools: ministers don't inspire trust - Guardian Majority of secondary schools see high take-up of Covid tests by pupils - Evening Standard Heads' 'frustration' over 'muddled' Covid test advice - Times Educational Supplement | TES Many families 'very wary' of Covid tests, says MAT boss - Times Educational Supplement | TES Back to school after lockdown: Your questions answered - BBC Bristol University: Politicians urge action over professor's comments - BBC Return to schools could alter Covid roadmap, Boris Johnson warns - Guardian More than 40 Eton teachers paid at least £100K a year - Times Educational Supplement | TES Children who receive false positive Covid tests at school to be banned from class for 10 days - Telegraph Emily Oster on why reopening schools is the safest option - New Statesman Coronavirus in Scotland: John Swinney 'confident' return to schools has not caused Covid spike - Scotsman Boris Johnson hails 'big and emotional day' as millions of pupils return to school - Mail Government medic warns of school disruption as Covid testing regime beds in - Times Educational Supplement | TES Leaders talk about the return to college - Times Educational Supplement | TES PM: 'Big budget of risk' in opening schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Catch-up our 'biggest national challenge', says Johnson - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boris Johnson warns Covid cases could rise again after schools reopen - HuffPost First day back at school has 'gone well', say heads - BBC Boris Johnson admits 'of course' Covid cases could shoot up as schools reopen - Mirror Covid cases fall to lowest level in 5 months but Boris Johnson warns school reopening will cause numbers to rise - PoliticsHome Headteachers asked to relax rules for children ahead of school uniform bill returning to parliament - PoliticsHome Majority of pupils wearing masks, say secondary heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES Government small-scale research projects - Teacher Toolkit Coronavirus (COVID-19) local restrictions in education and childcare settings - DfE Face coverings in education - DfE DfE ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’ after admitting £705m for catch-up isn’t all new money - Schools Week Majority of schools report 90 per cent of pupils taking on-site Covid tests - Schools Week Education catch-up plan ‘will focus on wellbeing’, children’s commissioner says - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Two-thirds of parents concerned about ‘lost learning’ as schools reopen - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Students with false positive lateral flow tests must still stay home from school, minister confirms - PoliticsHome Children can go back to school with a negative lab test for Covid after a positive result at home, Number 10 confirms - PoliticsHome Over 27,000 students share how colleges and universities could improve digital learning - Jisc FE workforce investment critical for green growth, ETF tells MPs - Education & Training Foundation | ETF School closures hit children’s mental health hard - Nuffield Foundation Full reopening of schools gets off to a good start - ASCL Universities flouting government guidelines over return to in-person teaching - UCU Secondary pupils to be offered tests and told to wear face masks - Herald Scotland ‘The significant return to normality’: Back to school in England, but who is missing? - BERA Disadvantaged students and graduates need even more help in a pandemic - MediaFHE The inspirational women making waves in education - Ambition Institute Home Office announces £130m to tackle serious violence and knife crime - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Teachers want pupils 'back for good' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils with positive home Covid test can return after negative lab result, government confirms - Schools Week Childcare costs rise by 4% over the last year as providers struggle to remain sustainable during the pandemic - Coram Family & Childcare New OECD report shows gendered aspirations from age five - Education and Employers Scotland: Free school meals rollout in primary to start in August - Times Educational Supplement | TES Millions return to schools across UK as 'military style' Covid-19 testing put in place - Mirror Do kids need to take a Covid test after returning to school? - The Sun N. Ireland's youngest pupils back in school - BBC Tests U-turn to stop false positives grounding pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES International Women's Day: Is there gender bias in work-based training? - Times Educational Supplement | TES Nerves, relief and excitement: parents in England welcome return to school - Guardian We want pupils to know we’re excited to see them back at school, says headteacher - Evening Standard Back to school: How pupils feel about returning to class - BBC No.10 clears up confusion on school Covid tests after minister's mistake - Guardian Covid: Primaries may be 'advised' to limit attendance - Times Educational Supplement | TES New Covid guidance for Scottish schools: key points - Times Educational Supplement | TES Back to school: 'It's nice to see my friends' - BBC Important update for school pupils on what to do if they test positive for Covid - Mirror Coronavirus: More details of return to early years inspections set out - Nursery World What the DfE’s updated Covid contingency framework means for schools - Schools Week Teachers 'should be supported' over masks in classroom - Times Educational Supplement | TES Jubilation and fear as English schools reopen amid continuing confusion - Guardian ‘Inevitable’ children returning to school will cause Covid cases to rise, says government adviser - Independent Back to school: pupils return to class in England (in pictures) - Guardian From funding to staff wellbeing: A sustained approach to recovery - SecEd We must never repeat the disastrous homeschooling experiment - Telegraph Children and parents tell us about the first day back at school: 'Face mask rules are horrendous' - Telegraph It's as if women in education are invisible - Times Educational Supplement | TES School return explained: New rules on testing and masks - as pupils face longer days - Mirror Reopening schools is ‘absolutely’ safe as kids are only half as likely to get or transmit Covid - The Sun The reality of social distancing for teachers revealed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid: How to focus on strategic school development - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘Wear masks in staffroom’, teachers told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Covid-19: School rapid test cannot be overruled, says minister - BBC Schools are safe but it is 'inevitable' Covid cases will rise, SAGE adviser says - Mail Keir Starmer calls for school breakfast clubs for all pupils - Mail Making sense of assessment and curriculum reform…. in the mess of conflated debates - Teacherhead Masks 'not mandatory due to student anxiety' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Do children have to wear uniform when schools reopen? - The Sun Sage scientist says Covid cases will rise as schools open but says classrooms ‘absolutely’ safe for children - Scotsman Millions of pupils return to classes today - Mail Covid: What are the new rules for schools? - BBC Movers and Shakers: Edition 345 - FE Week Do children have to wear face masks when schools reopen today, March 8? - The Sun Pupils back today as minister confirms kids won’t be kicked out the classroom for not wearing a mask - The Sun Boris roadmap swings into full force as millions of children prepare for school return - Express Teaching union says Government's back-to-school plan could fail due to face mask policy - Mail Edinburgh College: Over a hundred students sign a petition as college asks some students to sit exams on campus - Scotsman Reading is the key - UKEdChat International Women’s Day: Four ways COVID-19 may exacerbate gender differences in higher education - HEPI Millions of children return to school in first big step out of lockdown - Metro Psychologist says be 'vigilant' as schools reopen - BBC DfE was aware of bootcamps gender issue but has plans to tackle it - FE Week Advance HE is proud to support International Women’s Day - Advance HE New network for women in senior leadership roles - Advance HE No ‘current’ plans to force schools into multi-academy trusts, says Williamson - Schools Week Education fears: Pupils hit by teacher training crisis - Herald Scotland Checking privilege in the graduate labour market – can universities make a difference? - Wonkhe As pupils prepare to return to school, Government eyes plan to immunise millions before autumn term - Mail Blended learning: 8 things students say work - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers could face an increase in bad behaviour in class due to kids' pandemic stress, study warns - Mail Academic advocates no-platforming ‘words or ideas’, not speakers - Times Higher Education | THE Top scientist who led Oxford jab team warns of Covid surge when schools re-open - Mirror Children will need further help with mental health despite return of schools, study warns - Telegraph Breathe: The messages of hope to help kids return to school - HuffPost Schools return in England: Boris Johnson hails first steps to freedom - Times - New Schools return: parents most fear mingling at gates - Times - New Universities must learn how to disagree again - Times - New One fifth of adults in the country's 'education blackspots' have no academic qualifications - Mail