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In a week when calls for his resignation left Boris Johnson in no mood to party,��the education secretary revealed his future plans exclusively to ����Vlog, schools were told that face masks would no longer be required in classrooms and new research challenged the government’s policy on phonics.

It’s been a big seven days for the education sector - catch up on your must-read news and features articles right here:��

News

• Exclusive: Nadhim Zahawi on what he is going to do next
  In his first major interview on his plans, the education secretary explains why he is in a ‘hurry’ to make changes
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• Boris Johnson: No more masks in classrooms
  As of last Thursday (20 January), face coverings are no longer required in secondary school classrooms
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• ‘Outstanding’ primaries more likely to be downgraded by Ofsted
  Primary schools previously graded as “outstanding” were “more likely” to be downgraded than secondaries under the new Ofsted inspection regime, analysis shows
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• Catch-up tutors run lessons for ‘ghost pupils’
  Why National Tutoring Programme tutors are continuing to run sessions for students who don’t turn up
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• Safeguarding: the key proposed changes
  ����Vlog reveals the main changes in the updated Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance now out for consultation

Features

• The rise of SEND ‘magnet’ schools
  Revealed: the pressures faced by schools that are attracting more SEND pupils than others
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• Why early reading lessons need to go beyond phonics
  Synthetic phonics approaches underpin much early reading teaching - but changes are desperately needed, warn researchers
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• Time management: is this approach the silver bullet?
  A new approach to reduce teacher stress and improve your work-life balance
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• GCSEs 2022: Exam dates, timetables and key information
  All you need to know about the plans for GCSE exams this summer
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• Can vocabulary games boost literacy in schools?
  Teachers have fallen in love with the online word game Wordle, but could it be a hit with students, too?