News archive for 5th January 2022

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Covid rules 'open to abuse' as unions urge schools to impose tighter curbs - Telegraph Writing is on the wall for handwriting as schools trial digital exams - Telegraph Covid in schools: UK likely to extend vaccination to all 5 to 11-year-olds to combat disruption, says expert - i News Return to school: 4 key points from Zahawi statement to MPs - Times Educational Supplement | TES How effective are face masks in the classroom? - FE Week More air-cleaning units would be ‘waste of money’ and 6 things we learned from Zahawi - Schools Week Teachers should not be asked to teach merged classes to keep schools open amid staff shortages, unions argue - Mail Schools: Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi admits that teacher absences are set to get worse - i News How effective are face masks in the classroom? - Schools Week Covid: Bury St Edmunds pupils prefer masks to home-learning - BBC Staff absences likely to rise in schools this term, Education Secretary admits - Mail Ofsted: HMI to inspect schools from next week - Times Educational Supplement | TES Omicron: Primary pupil masks may be needed, say experts - Times Educational Supplement | TES Providers wanted for ‘portable’ apprenticeships pilot - FE Week Teach your children at home every day, Britain’s ‘strictest headteacher’ tells parents - Independent Zahawi: Masks for students will help keep secondary schools open (video) - Mail Teachers should know how deeply appreciated they are - Times Educational Supplement | TES School issues detentions for pupils who fail to wear masks - The Times 100 ways to improve your teaching without really trying - Teacher Toolkit The new NSS will leave you asking why - Wonkhe Pilot National College Writing Project putting student voice at the heart of colleges - AoC | Association of Colleges Teachers feeling the strain of Covid staff absences are sceptical about volunteer scheme - PoliticsHome Teachers asked to work in care sector because of Covid staff shortages - Wales Online ESFA Update: 5 January 2022 - Education & Skills Funding Agency ITT: requesting places and allocations 2022 to 2023 - DfE Ofsted dismisses calls to temporarily suspend early years inspections due to Covid - Nursery World Unions challenge schools asking staff to teach merged classes amid shortages - Mail Heads urged to let vulnerable staff work from home - Times Educational Supplement | TES Sunway University accredited by Advance HE to directly award Fellowships to staff - Advance HE New Scottish self-isolation rules: what schools need to know - Times Educational Supplement | TES Evaluating the US Programme - Sutton Trust Climate Change Message in a Bottle project - Edge Foundation The Jaffa Cake conundrum - a focused and personalised technique: Writing less, better - UKEdChat Did Omicron ruin Christmas for teachers? (this, and other findings…) - Teacher Tapp Turning up the volume on levelling up - HEPI Great Brexit metaphor: UK education system hailed as it costs much less than EU scheme - Express School loophole to bypass guidance on face masks for students exposed: Can say no! - Express Covid in Isle of Man: Rules to combat virus in schools not good enough, MHK says - BBC Face masks in schools ‘far from ideal’ but could avoid exam disruption - Evening Standard Wales' education minister issues update on schools returning on Thursday and warns of disruption - Wales Online Covid in Wales: Exams need to be Covid-safe and fair, union says - BBC Church school inspections halted due to Covid - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools forced to close as Covid causes shortage of teachers - Independent The success of every single school in getting pupils into Oxford and Cambridge revealed - Telegraph Why medium-term planning must return in 2022 - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why early language matters for mental health - Times Educational Supplement | TES New UK rules on international research partnerships now in force - Times Higher Education | THE Omicron surge sparks concerns over children’s workforce shortage - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Problems at ‘inadequate’ STC easing but situation 'still fragile', warn inspectors - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Reluctant readers: The girls who don't enjoy reading - SecEd Staff absence: Schools on Omicron alert as term begins - SecEd Call for pupils to get £30 voucher for every day they miss school due to Covid - Mirror Thrive Childcare and Education adds another setting - Nursery World Schools may be forced to suspend key lessons amid Pingdemic staffing crisis as hundreds of pupils already sent home - The Sun Back to class mayhem: Schools close or tell entire year groups to study remotely - Mail Covid: Schools face 'perfect storm' with teacher shortages - BBC Covid measures reintroduced in Jersey schools - BBC How the rise of Omicron may affect the start of the new spring term - HuffPost Tory MP criticised for agreeing with anti-mask propaganda - Metro Children are being ordered to wear face coverings throughout the school day - Express Brexit Britain's universities continue domination on world stage with EU massively outnumbered - Express School closures: Zahawi's strategy torn apart as 'not enough' done to stop Omicron spread - Express Self-isolation rules: Can children go to school if family members have Covid? - i News School closure warning: Pupils face being sent home in weeks as staffing crisis rocks UK - Express Katharine Birbalsingh: England’s ‘strictest headteacher’ regrets saying children have ‘Original Sin’ - i News Katharine Birbalsingh: Crackdown on bad behaviour to boost catch up, says ‘loose cannon’ social mobility tsar - i News Why one A-level student is campaigning for clear face masks in schools - HuffPost Covid in Scotland: Crisis fear over teacher absences and lack of supply - Herald Scotland Bespoke robot-written exams to curb student cheating - Times Higher Education | THE Covid in Scotland: The challenges facing schools this term - BBC Katharine Birbalsingh: Teach at home every day, strictest head tells parents - The Times School erases JK Rowling over transgender views - The Times Covid in Scotland: Staff illness means pupils can’t go back to classroom - The Times Scotland: Male bias at universities ‘due to lack of women-only groups’ - The Times Irish schools will reopen tomorrow despite Omicron Covid-19 wave - The Times