Tuesday
Covid: Government to measure air quality in classrooms
Pilot scheme will measure carbon dioxide levels in classrooms and explore options for improving ventilation
Covid catch-up: How schools are being set up to fail
Catch-up guidance has been phrased to make schools responsible for the government鈥檚 failures, says Adam Riches
Schools can choose to keep bubbles this term, says DfE
Bubbles due to be scrapped from 19 July, but preparations should be made to reintroduce them in the event of local outbreaks, says new guidance
At a glance: Covid absence grows to 1 in 10 students
With school bubbles set to be scrapped, secondary students off school due to Covid have risen seven-fold since half-term
Monday
Covid: School bubbles 鈥榯o be scrapped from 19 July鈥
Education secretary Gavin Williamson will make an announcement on relaxing Covid restrictions in schools tomorrow
Minimum school clothing grant increased to 拢120
The new minimum clothing grant for Scottish primary pupils is 拢120 and, for secondary students, it is now 拢150
Friday
Revealed: How DfE wants schools to focus recovery funds
Low-stakes quizzes may tell teachers more about learning loss than full past papers says government
鈥楽capegoating schools? This government is a shambles鈥
The government is shifting blame away from its failings by whipping up an anti-schools media storm, says Geoff Barton
Heads 鈥榓nger鈥 as DfE treatment 鈥榝eels like contempt鈥
Joint letter from ASCL, NAHT and NEU to Gavin Williamson expresses 鈥渁nger and dismay鈥 at government鈥檚 handling of Covid crisis
Primary teachers face 3 months of Covid learning loss
Key stage 1 pupils have fallen back on reading and maths due to pandemic disruption, NFER and EEF research shows
School funding shifting away from the poorest, says NAO
National funding formula means majority of the most deprived schools have seen a real-terms funding cut, watchdog warns
