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Over 2,000 Scottish teachers were off for Covid reasons on Tuesday – the highest number this term

Shadow ministers and leaders' union say the advice may be too late as situation is "critical"

The DfE announcement comes as concerns over further disruption to teaching and learning in January continues

Teacher concern as new ONS data shows educators 37 per cent more likely to catch coronavirus than other workers

Large trusts and school leaders reveal their contingency plans if forced to deliver remote teaching next term

The advice comes in new research that also reveals around a third of parents and pupils report not carrying out regular Covid-19 tests

Chief inspector Amanda Spielman says 'we must do all we can' to make sure children are in classrooms

New report looks at three years of Regional Improvement Collaboratives in Scotland and suggests that the pandemic may have helped prove their worth

Ofsted inspections found Year 7s were particularly hard hit in terms of being ready for secondary school

If you can resist the pull of Hollywood, there are other ways to keep pupils engaged at the end of term, says teacher Alan Gillespie

Workload warning over framework designed improve retention of early career teachers

NHS boss urges school staff to get third Covid vaccine before returning next term

Boards say they will keep fees to a 'bare minimum' amid 'stretched' school budgets

Deputy first minister responds to concerns over self-isolation exemptions for school staff

But Downing Street urges schools not to 'deprive' children of education this week

Commons Education Select Committee chairman Robert Halfon asks why there is no 'army of volunteers' for education during Covid pandemic

New figures also show teacher numbers are rising – but one in five new teachers failed to secure work this year

The Department for Education contacted secondary schools today about the roll-out of second doses for 12- to 15-year-olds

School leaders criticise government's 'lethargic' response to air filtration devices

Class-contact time in Scotland is very high in international terms, but government has committed to 90-minute reduction

New Covid safety advice for schools in 2022 will be released by the end of this week

But latest attendance data 'underestimates the scale of the issue', heads' union warns

Small gains in narrowing the attainment gap have been reversed by the pandemic

Data shows rising numbers of pupils at risk of being overweight or obese since Covid pandemic started