Monday
DfE wants defibrillators in all schools
Education secretary says government is looking at changing regulations to prevent more families from suffering tragedy
Covid: School attendance fines ‘could be unlawful’
Schools to be asked to help protect medically vulnerable families as government faces legal challenge over attendance fines
Ministers ‘must not weaken’ laws protecting SEND pupils
Campaigners write to Boris Johnson warning that pupils and their families are not being properly consulted in SEND review
Tuesday
GCSEs and A levels 2022: Labour’s plan for exams
Labour calls for advance notice of exam topics, greater question choice and grades pegged to 2020
Retain social distancing to keep schools open, says WHO
It is of ‘paramount importance’ that classroom learning continues ‘uninterrupted’ across Europe, say global health experts
Thursday
Government moves to ‘embed anti-racism’ in schools
Campaigners have previously argued that online resources are not enough and that anti-racist education should be mandatory
Remote lessons: Schools hit with ‘unhelpful’ legal duty
School leaders attack ‘unnecessary’ DfE legal direction to educate self-isolating pupils from September
Schools ‘could keep masks and social distancing’
Teachers’ leader warns that relaxing Covid restrictions will not ‘magically transform’ school and college life
Wednesday
DfE hires ‘attendance advisers’ to cut school absence
£500-a-day advisers to tackle ‘new attendance challenges’ as Covid ‘becomes a virus that we learn to live with’
Why critics of league tables should look at Wales
The approach in Wales shows that some school league tables are more useful than others, says Aveek Bhattacharya
