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A new survey by the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has found that four out of five schools have required children to quarantine at home because they have been unable to access COVID-19 tests. The problem, the union claims, was causing “chaos” for schools trying to return all children

Most teachers believe that their students’ performances in 2021’s exams will be lowered due to the sheer scale of untaught lessons caused by the school closures this year, a new survey has revealed. Two-thirds (66%) of teachers based in deprived areas (which have the highest number of pupils receiving free

An education think tank has proposed that further education (FE) colleges should be rearranged into three distinct categories to cater to different groups of learners. The EDSK think tank has suggested the novel measure in its new ‘Further Consideration’ report to address the effects of years of FE funding cuts.

A new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) reveals that state schools in England have sustained the steepest drop in funding since the 1980s. Secondary schools and those located in the poorest areas of the country have suffered the brunt of the decline. The funding cuts took place

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has stood by the principal of using calculated grades to assess this year’s A-level and GCSE results. During questions from MPs sitting on the Education Select Committee, Williamson insisted that he had opted for the algorithmic moderation of teacher-assessed grades instead of allowing exams to take

The government appears to have yielded to mounting pressure by announcing that university students will be entitled to tuition fee reimbursements as a result of the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. University vice-chancellors have been pressed by students to address claims that remote learning could not justify the standard

A new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) warns that England’s further education (FE) and sixth form colleges face “significant challenges” to their sustainability after years of funding constraints and uncertainty. The study found that virtually half of England’s FE and sixth form colleges had needed government assistance due

New Department for Education (DfE) figures reveal that absenteeism from schools was noticeably higher during the first week of the new academic year compared to the same time last year. 12% of children on state school rolls were absent. 88% of children from reception classes and above attended last Thursday.

Barely a fortnight into the autumn term, dozens of schools across England have sent at least one entire cohort of children home for self-quarantine or have closed down completely after just one positive COVID-19 test, the Telegraph has found. More than 30 schools in England have taken this step in

Head teachers have warned Education Secretary Gavin Williamson that education in England may “grind to a halt” unless pressing difficulties in obtaining prompt COVID-19 test results are not quickly ameliorated. Thousands of school heads have written to Williamson alerting him to the real prospect of “partial rolling closures” of schools