Gavin Williamson says providing testing will help teachers and students ‘return with confidence’ (Picture: PA/BBC) Education Secretary Gavin Williamson says all schools and colleges will be provided with a small number of coronavirus home testing kits at the start of the autumn term. Speaking in the Commons today, Williamson told MPs ‘education recovery is critical […]
Birmingham school forced to close after ‘Year 1 pupil tests positive for coronavirus’
Paganel Primary School is claimed to have briefly closed after a pupil examined positive for the virus (Picture: Google Maps) A school in Birmingham has been forced to close after a baby examined positive for coronavirus, revealed an e mail despatched to employees. Paganel Primary School, in Selly Oak, closed briefly on Tuesday following the […]
GCSE and A level pupils can sit exams in autumn to improve their grades
GCSE and A level students will get the chance to take exams in autumn (Picture: Getty) GCSE, AS and A level students who want to improve their grades will get the chance to take their exams this autumn, Ofqual has said. Students who were unable to obtain a teacher-assessed grade following the cancellation of exams […]
Entire year groups of up to 240 pupils could be placed in school ‘bubbles’
Entire year groups could be placed into bubbles to make lecture rooms safer (Picture: PA) Pupils could be placed into ‘year bubbles’ below new plans for when kids return to the classroom in September. Secondary colleges could see whole year groups of up to 240 pupils placed into bubbles to restrict interactions with different age […]
Parents could be fined for not sending children back to school
The Education Secretary said children returning to school next school year will be ‘compulsory’ (Picture: PA) Parents in England could be fined if they do not send their children back to school in September, the Education Secretary has said. Gavin Williamson said a return to school will be ‘compulsory’ and families may face financial penalties […]
Forty students at single school have lost loved ones to coronavirus
Principal Tom Urwin revealed 40 students have lost loved ones to the virus during the pandemic (Picture: Evening Gazette) A headteacher in one of the hardest hit towns in the UK has opened up about the devastating effect coronavirus has had on his students. Tom Urwin revealed 40 pupils from Outwood Academy Ormesby in Middlesbrough […]
