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Covid rule breaches led to 13,000 school exclusions, figures show

Children were excluded for reasons including purposefully coughing near others and not adhering to social distancing rules.

Liverpool Echo · Aug 3, 2022

13,000 school exclusions due to breach of Covid rules, figures show

Children were excluded for various reasons including non-compliance with social distancing.

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022

Schools in England face funding crisis as costs soar, study warns

Institute for Fiscal Studies says spend per pupil set to be lower in 2025 than in 2010, with budgets already under strain from rises in food, energy and wage bills

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2022

Bristol City Council scraps funding support for special needs charity in surveillance row

Council chiefs said the decision to pull support for a grant was unrelated to the ongoing dispute about social media

Bristol Post · Jul 26, 2022

National Tutoring Programme will ‘fail’ pupils unless it reforms

A new report has argued for reforms of flagship tutoring programme to ensure ‘high-quality’ providers.

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2022

Schools on brink of ‘full-blown funding crisis’, teachers warn

Unions claim new pay rises are too low but are also angry no extra fresh cash is being offered

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2022

Face masks affect how children understand speech differently from adults – new research

While mask-wearing is no longer required in many locations, it remains in use as a way to limit the spread of COVID-19. One of the criticisms of masks has been that they make communication more difficult. A recent report by the UK Department for Education, for example, suggests that mask…

The Conversation · Jul 19, 2022

All schools to get defibrillators after campaign by parents of boy who died of cardiac arrest

Life-saving devices to be mandatory in England’s state schools from end of next academic year

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2022

Schools deciding to close on Monday and Tuesday as Met Office issues heatwave ‘red alert’

Kemnal Technology College in Bromley is among the schools asking students and staff to work remotely

Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2022

Four major challenges facing Britain's education system after the pandemic

The UK goverment’s Department for Education has some new ministers in charge following the political turmoil surrounding Boris Johnson’s resignation. After resigning only two days into the job of education secretary, Michelle Donelan has been replaced by James Cleverly, MP for Braintree.

The Conversation · Jul 15, 2022