General
Wednesday
3rd Mar 2021
Welsh students could ‘check in’ before Easter return
Students in Years 7,8 and 9 could meet their teachers to focus on ‘wellbeing’ to help prepare for return after Easter
Back to school: 30% of pupils in attendance last week
Almost half of primary pupils were in the classroom for the first week back in Scotland, according to official figures
Most heads ‘thinking of quitting amid Covid chaos’
Ministers’ ‘chaotic decision-making’ blamed as school leaders’ union warns of an ‘exodus’ of experienced staff
Tuesday
2nd Mar 2021
Why climate change is at the heart of our curriculum
Climate change is such an all-consuming issue that every course should have a sustainability module, says Alex Warner
Question mark over Ofsted return next term ‘and beyond’
Guidance saying full graded school inspections would resume in summer term has been removed
Pupils’ return to schools: what Nicola Sturgeon said
More details have been revealed about plans to get more pupils back for face-to-face learning in schools
Catch-up tsar won’t ‘walk away’ from ‘fight’ with DfE
Action to help pupils catch up on lost learning during the pandemic must be ‘fearless’, says Sir Kevan Collins
Laptops target to be met just as pupils return to class
DfE figures suggest it will fulfil its pledge to deliver 1.3m laptops for remote learning just as schools fully reopen on Monday
Lockdown: Number of teachers and pupils in school rises
More than half of primary teachers now in school compared to less than a quarter of secondary teachers
Not ‘appropriate’ to strike over 8 March, says NEU boss
NEU joint leader Mary Bousted says it would not be achievable to organise a national ballot by the school reopening date
Catch-up funding not ‘sufficient’, says DfE tsar
Early years catch-up provision is a ‘good start but not a recovery plan’, says commissioner