Guidance

The latest news, analysis and best-practice advice when it comes to official education guidance coming from the government, inspectorates and governing bodies

Tuesday

30th Mar 2021

DfE summer schools guidance: all teachers need to know
Who are the summer schools for? How will they be staffed? And how many students should attend?

Tuesday

23rd Mar 2021

Teachers and pupils told to Covid test in Easter break
Staff and students will also need to take a rapid Covid test before returning for the summer term

Thursday

18th Mar 2021

Extremely vulnerable staff can return to work in April
Guidance for staff is updated as government pauses shielding

Tuesday

16th Mar 2021

‘Stop school exclusions,’ says DfE’s mental health tsar
Alex George follows children’s commissioner to become second DfE-appointed tsar today to call for an end to exclusions
Exclusive: New children’s tsar wants to end exclusions
Former boss of academy trust probed over off-rolling concerns wants to work with teaching profession to end the practice

Monday

8th Mar 2021

Masks ‘not mandatory due to student anxiety’
Minister gives reason for advisory stance on masks in classrooms, which critics warn will result in ‘anarchy’

Thursday

4th Mar 2021

Boarding pupils from overseas can quarantine in school
DfE bows to headteacher pressure to allow pupils returning from ‘red list’ countries to quarantine in school rather than hotel
Teachers ‘need support to handle pupil lockdown trauma’
Teachers must be properly equipped to recognise where children have had traumatic experiences in lockdown, NSPCC says

Tuesday

2nd Mar 2021

Don’t force primary pupils to wear masks, PM says
Government hits back at Labour council’s suggestion that children at its primary schools should wear face coverings

Wednesday

24th Feb 2021

Schools need to share SEND post-16 options, says report
Over half of parents tell Natspec that discussions about post-16 options came too late and almost a third says that they were never encouraged to think about post-16 options

Tuesday

23rd Feb 2021

Special schools and AP settings: Government guidance
A run-through of some of the new information in full reopening guidance for alternative provision and special school settings

Monday

22nd Feb 2021

Catch-up rhetoric putting ‘huge pressure’ on children
Focus should be on socialisation and play if time in school is extended, says the British Psychological Society