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Leaders warn government not to pile Neet work onto schools
As schools sector awaits imminent Milburn report on tackling the Neet crisis, an ASCL report accepts that schools can drive much of the work - but not alone
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Covid: Overnight school trips possible from next Monday
Restrictions on residential school visits will be eased from 17 May, Boris Johnson says
PM: Pupil masks in schools can come off from 17 May
Boris Johnson says face coverings will no longer be a requirement for secondary students or staff in classrooms from next Monday
Students to be taught to spot mental health issues
Scheme to teach mental health first aid in schools is launched as part of Mental Health Awareness Week
GCSEs: Don’t pressure teachers on grades, students told
Ofqual warns GCSE and A-level students that it is 'really important' they don't pressure teachers to raise their grades
Banned: Teacher who sent inappropriate texts to a child
Former deputy head banned from teaching after panel rules he failed to maintain professional boundaries with a child
Why CPD is a cost-effective way to ‘catch up’
CPD can be a great way to tackle Covid learning gaps – but it must start at the top in a school, says Joanne Tiplady
Why can’t Ofqual tell us the plan for GCSEs in 2022?
Ofqual could make our lives a lot easier by telling us before September how GCSEs will work next year, says Adam Riches
Ofsted to ‘review’ its impact on teacher wellbeing
Schools encouraged to sign up to the new Education Staff Wellbeing Charter after the stresses of the Covid-19 pandemic
Exam questions shared on TikTok ‘SQA black market’
Thousands of pupils exchange information on social media about ‘exam’ papers
Mental health cash ‘follows years of DfE underfunding’
Heads say DfE's £17m for mental health boost in schools is step in right direction after previous shortfall has 'taken toll' on pastoral support
Teacher is first woman of colour elected as MSP
Kaukab Stewart says ‘while I may be the first, I will not be the last’
Period poverty scheme shows power of IB CAS projects
An International Baccalaureate creativity, activity and service coordinator explains how projects can have a huge impact
Exclusive: ‘Keep school masks amid Indian variant rise’
Indian Covid-19 variant means ‘now is not the time to abandon masks in schools’ warn teachers
Refer pupils to new mental health teams, teachers told
New £79m NHS mental health school teams must not simply be a ‘sticking plaster’ says former NAHT president
Teachers plan further strikes over pensions
Staff plan fresh walk outs as a Devon boarding school consults on TPS withdrawal
Exclusive: Delay baseline tests until 2022, say peers
Lords committee calls for 'flexibility' for schools to postpone the introduction of baseline assessment to spring term
Clear scientific advice ‘needed to end school masks’
Lifting of the requirement for face masks in secondary schools should be guided by science, warn headteachers
‘Some exam papers are already on TikTok’
Scottish teachers say the exam replacement system is ‘a shambles’ – but those behind it say no one has come up with a better model
Half of SEND inspections find ‘significant weaknesses’
And less than half of areas revisited by watchdog were making 'sufficient progress' in addressing all major issues, figures reveal
School mask rule set to end despite teacher opposition
Prime minister expected to make announcement on removing requirement in secondary schools next week
GCSEs 2021: Don’t ‘test, test, test’, teachers told
Exclusive: Ofqual chair Ian Bauckham says grade submission was delayed to late June to allow for more teaching time
GCSEs 2022: ‘Teachers need to know changes by autumn’
Exclusive: Teachers will be notified of significant changes to exams in 2022 by this September, says Ofqual chair
Ofsted plan to hit 90% MFL target is ‘unrealistic’
School leaders say primaries and secondaries working more closely on languages won't be enough to meet EBacc target