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Exam-year students will see return delayed by at least an extra week if plan worked out yesterday gets Downing Street sign-off

Military on standby to go beyond planning role and help with actual testing. But still no update on back-to-school plan

The more the crisis spins out of control, the worse the DfE’s aggression towards schools that wanted to stem infection looks, writes William Stewart

Appointment of MAT chief Dame Rachel de Souza as next children’s commissioner backed by committee, but not unanimously

The bad blood created by the hardline stance on Covid school closures may not be easily put right, says William Stewart

Sadiq Khan wants all schools in the capital to be closed for Christmas by tomorrow to combat the growth of the coronavirus