News archive for 29th January 2022

back to standard EdNews format

Number of pupils absent from the classroom more than they are in school has soared due to Covid closures - Mail Children aged seven to be taught that they are not ‘racially innocent’ - Telegraph Schools in England reinstate mask wearing rules as Covid cases soar - Observer SLT and quick fixes: Why assumptions may make an ass out of you and me! - UKEdChat 10 things to know about teaching and learning - Confident Teacher Children with special educational needs adversely affected by lockdown - i News Graduates in England facing tax rise by stealth, says IFS - BBC ‘Fund state schools at the level of private ones’: what sort of levelling up do headteachers want? - Guardian Isle of Man: Minister calls on retired teachers to join supply register - BBC UK government wants to reduce university places for poorest, says tsar - Guardian School bans Year 11 pupils from going to the toilet in lessons in 'zero tolerance' policy - Express Rail provider considers Ofsted challenge after damning ‘inadequate’ report - FE Week Councils with SEND cash black holes to get new cost-cutter visits - Schools Week Why an SEMH setting could be a professional’s destination of choice - Schools Week Scottish Government’s free pre-school milk scheme is unlawful, judge rules - Scotsman Graduates in England lose as loan repayment threshold is frozen - Financial Times Eight Russell Group universities still won't pull the plug on virtual learning despite pleas for face-to-face tuition - Mail Stealth tax on graduates who will pay an extra £113 per year on student loans - Mail Nadhim Zahawi tells universities to come clean about face-to-face teaching - The Times Questions over exam schedule as pupil Covid absences soar in Scotland - The Times Ireland: Non-EU students protest over ‘discriminatory’ amnesty for undocumented immigrants - The Times