From BBC News
Coronavirus: ‘Worryingly low number’ of at-risk children in school
Attendance rates are concerning professionals working to protect vulnerable children in the UK.
From DfEE
Transparency data: Free schools and UTCs: successful applications
Details of successful applications for free schools and university technical colleges (UTCs) in the pre-opening stage.
From DfEE
Guidance: School complaints procedures: guidance for schools
Guidance for local-authority-maintained schools about setting up or reviewing complaints procedures.
From DfEE
Corporate information: Department for Education – Research at DfE
Find DfE research publications and invitations to tender for new research projects.
From DfEE
Transparency data: Local authority interactive tool (LAIT)
An interactive spreadsheet for comparing data about children and young people across all local authorities in England.
From the Guardian
Federal education minister orders independent schools to reopen for term two
Dan Tehan says the schools must resume face-to-face teaching for children whose parents want it or he will remove funding Sign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus email Download the free Guardian app to get the most important news notifications Read more…
From BBC News
Coronavirus: Students angry at empty rooms rent charge
Students away from universities shut down by coronavirus want to stop paying rent.
From the Guardian
It is not only children who at at risk at school | Letters
Recent research that suggests school closures have a limited impact on the spread of Covid-19 among children forgets about their teachers, writes Jeremy Taylor. Plus letters from Caiti Walter and Penny McCulloch Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus Read more…
From DfEE
Detailed guide: The risk protection arrangement (RPA) for schools
Public sector schools can join the risk protection arrangement (RPA), an alternative to commercial insurance, which may save time and money.
From the Guardian
UK schools will not reopen straight after Easter, officials say
No 10 and Welsh government insist it will only happen when scientific advice says it is safe Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Schools across the UK will not reopen immediately after the Easter holidays, after national Read more…