Schools Minister Nick Gibb insists exams WILL return post-Covid as he categorically rules out a permanent shift to using teacher assessment to award grades Schools Minister Nick Gibb said he wants return to exams ‘as soon as possible’ He insisted exams are ‘fairest way of judging the attainment and ability’ of pupils Have been calls … Read more
Unions admit they were WRONG to fear schools wouldn’t be able to cope with mass Covid testing of pupils and say system appears to be ‘going well’ after ‘big bang’ return to classrooms in England Pupils across England returned to primary and secondary schools yesterday ‘Big bang’ reopening will see secondary pupils asked to take … Read more
Gavin Wiliamson denied pupils face chaos over mask and testing rules tomorrow as they finally get back to classrooms. The Education Secretary insisted schools have been given clear guidance with the first phase of lockdown easing set to happen. In interviews this morning, Mr Williamson said parents and children are ‘excited’ about getting back to … Read more
More than eight million pupils aged between four and 18 head back to the classroom from tomorrow as the UK takes its first and ‘irreversible’ steps out of lockdown. The move has the support of nine out of ten parents, who have been home schooling since January. Boris Johnson has hailed the return as heads … Read more
Isle of Man CLOSES all its schools two days after an island-wide circuit-break lockdown began after a surge in cases among the young Schools in the Isle of Man will be shut down from Friday to stop spread of Covid Comes after a circuit break lockdown came into force on the island this week Chief … Read more
Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith would ban CAKE from schools in bid to tackle obesity Prue Leith says she would ban pupils eating in school apart from school meals The Bake Off judge says children won’t eat a full lunch if they bring in junk food She hit out at parents offering their … Read more
Children have been told if they refuse to wear masks when they return to school, they may be kept apart from their friends. Parents have criticised the plans to segregate those pupils who wear masks and those who do not when they return to schools on March 8, with one parent branding it ‘mask apartheid’. … Read more
Schools can reopen ‘safely’ from next week with the package of measures set out to mitigate risks from Covid-19, a SAGE scientist said today. Calum Semple, professor of outbreak medicine and child health at the University of Liverpool, said that increased ventilation, tests and mask wearing will all contribute to safe reopening of schools next … Read more
Schools are at risk of succumbing to ‘mask anarchy’ because of weak rules about the use of face coverings, ministers were warned today. Secondary school pupils have been told to cover their faces in classes when they return to lessons from Monday. But the rule change – which has sparked some controversy among parents – … Read more
Primary schools are now telling children as young as five to wear a face mask in classrooms despite official guidelines saying they don’t need to. Teaching unions back the move but parents and charities insist they damage learning, while the government says only secondary school children will be expected to have face coverings where social … Read more