Students join wave of protests across the country calling for better masking and testing or a return to virtual learning More than 1,200 students in Oakland, California, have signed a petition saying they would stay home this week unless school administrators provide additional Covid protections, including more N95 masks, weekly Read more…
Simon Jones, founder of Volunteer Riders UK, reveals how a group of volunteers did what was right and proper in a global crisis, unlike the Conservative government I set up Volunteer Riders UK to prevent as many families as possible going through the pain of loss that I felt losing Read more…
Members of Christian Forum in 70s and 80s ‘showed signs of what would today be described as radicalisation’ A cult-like evangelical Christian society at a leading private school allowed a powerful and charismatic barrister to groom and sadistically abuse boys with impunity, an investigation has found. Members of the Christian Read more…
Will there be access to rapid tests? What isolation rules will apply for students and teachers? How will staff shortages be dealt with? We answer your key questions Follow our live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Term one is due Read more…
Some families say purifiers turned down by heads prioritising cleaning and open windows in absence of DfE guidance Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Parents who offer to donate air filters that limit Covid transmission in their children’s classrooms are being turned down by some schools, say Read more…
Forest Gate community school cut down to four and a half days after the head saw reports on teacher burnout On Fridays, the pub next to Forest Gate community school in east London starts filling up from 1pm. It has not always been this way, but ever since the school Read more…
Pupils not wearing masks is a major worry, as is a very heavy workload due to staff off with Omicron, they say Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage In England, following a Christmas break full of uncertainty about further restrictions, a rise in the number of Omicron Read more…
Teachers criticise DfE decision, saying narrow focus on grammar and vocabulary will put students off The government is to push ahead with controversial changes to languages teaching in schools, which would see pupils in England memorising lists of 1,700 words to pass GCSEs in Spanish, French or German. The decision Read more…
Teachers accuse ministers of failing to act after union poll finds third of classrooms monitored have poor ventilation Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A handful of monitors to measure air quality in the classrooms of a large Midlands secondary school was nowhere near enough to go Read more…
Pre-Covid the country battled poor learning outcomes, now experts fear fee rises and school closures will see many more children miss out The gate that once proudly displayed the name of Godwins primary school in Kampala has been removed. The compound, where pupils played at break time, is now a Read more…