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A roundup of Tes’ most popular news and features articles from the past week, including Covid staff absence and the likelihood of Ofsted granting a ‘good’ rating

Exclusive: Merged classes are being taught in halls and canteens as schools face ongoing disruption due to Covid absences

Group work can be powerful, but it has a time and a place – in particular, you need to consider the prior knowledge of pupils, says Beth Budden

‘Shocking shortfalls’ in teacher training revealed by new research, which raises concerns about how deaf pupils are supported in key early development years

It’s great that teachers now pride themselves on being ‘led by the evidence’ – but the lack of a consensus on what constitutes reliable evidence is creating conflict and holding the education sector back, warns Jon Severs

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The Office for Students’ director for fair access tells Tes why he thinks closer collaboration between the two sectors is vital – and why equality of opportunity still eludes the disadvantaged

Heads warn that the government decision to stop compulsory Covid tests in schools has made the disruption to education worse

In light of the recommendations made in the safeguarding review into the Child Q strip-search case, what steps can schools take to ensure that such incidents are never repeated again?

The number of pupils off because of the pandemic in Scotland has been steadily rising since schools returned from the February break

National celebration will take place in May to say thank you to school staff who have provided stability in uncertain times

Government vows to publish new guidance and to create a ‘model history curriculum’, in its response to race and ethnic disparities report