Thursday
Call for politics lessons across the school curriculum
Students should be taught political literacy so they understand how democracy works when they leave school, say MPs
Ofsted plan to hit 90% MFL target is ‘unrealistic’
School leaders say primaries and secondaries working more closely on languages won’t be enough to meet EBacc target
‘Make lives better by teaching pupils queer history’
Star of hit TV show It’s a Sin says young people don’t know about the HIV crisis as it was ‘brushed under the carpet’
Wednesday
Academy trust wins court battle on student mask-wearing
Judge rejects 12-year-old schoolgirl’s case on the basis that she was exempt from wearing a face covering at school
Exclusive: Fears over quality of teacher catch-up aids
DfE warned that its £15m procurement process may ‘discriminate’ and risks harming the quality of resources
Don’t ‘risk progress’ on Covid in schools, warn heads
Covid restrictions shouldn’t be lifted too quickly, warns heads’ leader after data shows rise in pupils self-isolating
Scottish election 2021: The parties’ education pledges
As voters prepare to go to the polls tomorrow, we round up the parties’ key promises on education
Covid school absences nearly double in a week
But the number of pupils off school for Covid-related reasons is much lower than the March peak, DfE figures show
Covid catch-up: What will summer schools look like?
Funding is now available for summer schools, but how will leaders be organising them? Grainne Hallahan finds out
Does your PSHE curriculum tackle abusive behaviour?
The curriculum can help stop sexual harassment and abuse in schools, explains Jenny Fox, of the PSHE Association
Could Covid have created a ‘golden generation’?
Talk of ‘learning loss’ and ‘catch-up’ may overlook the bigger picture of education during Covid, says Bob Harrison
