Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty to make TV appeal ahead of ‘challenging winter’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Britain’s most senior government scientists will make a… »
Disadvantaged and BAME pupils lost more learning in lockdown and need urgent support, researchers say Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Urgent support must be targeted at… »
Exclusive: headteachers talk of sidelining projects and making do with a fraction of what is required Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage School leaders have said they… »
Party in despair, senior MP says, as Labour draws level in wake of exam chaos and Covid U-turns How Labour gained 26 points on the Conservatives Boris Johnson is facing… »
Exclusive: children’s commissioner calls for mental health support and focus on vulnerable teenagers Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A “Nightingale moment” for children is needed, providing… »
Prime minister makes another coronavirus U-turn days before return to classrooms Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Pupils in England will no longer be advised against using… »
Headteachers call for urgent rethink on facial coverings as part of coronavirus strategy Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Hundreds of schools in England are preparing to… »
Exams regulator chief, who oversaw development of flawed algorithm, steps down The head of England’s exam regulator, Sally Collier, has resigned over the exams fiasco that has engulfed schools and… »
England’s school leaders accuse government of failing to listen during coronavirus crisis Thousands of headteachers have written to the education secretary, Gavin Williamson, accusing the government of repeatedly failing to… »
Schools minister Nick Gibb says fines would be used as ‘last resort’ as PM says risk of children getting Covid-19 is small Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus… »
PM’s decision to front return-to-school drive is bid to win back the public, top Tory suggests Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson attempted to reassert… »
Education secretary says he remained in ‘constant contact’ with government during trip Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The beleaguered education secretary has defended taking a trip… »
Labour leader attacks ‘confusion and incompetence’ from government Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Plans to get all children back to school in early September are now… »
Exclusive: Roger Taylor demanded education secretary admit Ofqual was behind exams U-turn The chair of Ofqual threatened to quit this week unless Gavin Williamson publicly backed the exams regulator and… »
Exams fiasco continues as heads fear results raised by algorithm set pupils up to fail Headteachers are considering challenging unusually high GCSE results, accusing the algorithm of injecting grade inflation… »
Unions and MPs say education secretary is unfit to oversee safe return of pupils in England Parents and teachers have lost faith in Gavin Williamson’s competence to lead a safe… »
Boris Johnson holds talks with ministers and senior officials after days of political pressure Downing Street has dropped a heavy hint that ministers are preparing to ditch the algorithm used… »
Exclusive: analysis suggests disadvantaged pupils will be even worse hit than in A-levels debacle Two million GCSE grades recommended by teachers are set to be downgraded next week, with disadvantaged… »
Exclusive: experts say staff and pupils should be screened for virus, possibly by group testing Scientists have called for routine Covid testing of teachers and pupils alongside a robust test-and-trace… »
Children’s commissioner for England says regular tests needed when children return Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Ministers have rejected a call from the children’s commissioner for… »
Exclusive: schools minister rejects proposal by cross-party MPs for more black input into history syllabus Calls for a review to add more black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) history to… »
Tribune Online COVID-19: FG mulls alternatives on WAEC, schools re-opening The Federal Government on Thursday says final year secondary school students may have to sit for the General Certificate of… »
Exclusive: five children have killed themselves in three months, council chief reveals Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Five children with special educational needs have killed themselves… »
Tribune Online IGS principal lauds old students for providing locally made hand-washing machine The Principal of Ibadan Grammar School, Molete, Ibadan, Mr Oladele Micheal, has lauded the old students of… »
Tribune Online PHOTOS: After four months, Oyo schools reopen Monday After about four months, students in primary six, JSS3 and SSS3 in Oyo State resume at their various schools on… »
Education secretary to publish guidance for primary and secondary schools on how to deal with Covid-19 outbreaks Oxford offers best hope of vaccine this year, MPs told Leicester outbreak driven… »
Parents in England face fines if they refuse to send children back to school in September; Boris Johnson says coronavirus has been a disaster in Times Radio interview Mark Sedwill… »
Exclusive: DfE believes current predicted grades method disadvantages BAME students The education secretary is planning a radical overhaul of England’s university admissions system, with students applying after A-level results and… »
Government wants all pupils back full-time in new school year, education secretary says Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Ministers plan to drop restrictions on classroom “bubbles”… »
Education minister says heads will have to use own resources over the summer Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage An extra £650m funding to help pupils catch… »
Nicola Sturgeon announces tighter household measures as PM says England’s new restrictions ‘likely to remain in force for six months’ Boris Johnson sets out new Covid restrictions at ‘perilous turning… »
A dossier of evidence detailing how the online ad targeting industry profiles Internet users’ intimate characteristics without their knowledge or consent has been published today by the Irish Council for… »
