The back-to-school feeling has hit everyone now, even those teachers who haven’t yet reached the end of their holiday.
Have you been too busy getting September-ready to read the news? Don’t worry - everything you need to know is right here:
News
The government has reissued a legal order to schools requiring them to provide immediate remote education for pupils who need to self-isolate because of Covid-19. Headteachers have described the move as “unnecessary” and “unhelpful”.
The government is also recruiting “attendance advisers” - paid up to £500 a day - to work with local authorities and multi-academy trusts on cutting school absence rates in areas where these are higher than average.
Four in five teachers do not feel reassured by the Department for Education’s drive to install carbon-dioxide monitors in schools to help tackle the spread of Covid, research shows.
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