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BBC News
MPs call for national register of home-educated children
SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingimage copyrightPA MediaA committee of MPs is calling for a national register of home-educated children in England, saying there is
27 July, 2021
National Adoption Strategy: £48m to improve services in England
SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingimage copyrightGetty ImagesA new £48m National Adoption Strategy seeks to improve adoption services and help place more children w
26 July, 2021
‘Ghost school’ with no students for a second year
SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingFor English language schools, the vocabulary that's been most important in recent times has been "empty".Because since the pandemi
23 July, 2021
Parents’ fears over sexting and abuse among teenagers
SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingimage copyrightGetty ImagesA vivid picture of sexual assaults and harassment in teenagers' lives has been laid bare in recent mont
23 July, 2021
Daily contact testing in schools cuts absences, study finds
SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingimage copyrightGetty ImagesDaily rapid testing of school pupils who are close contacts of a Covid case is a safe alternative to ho
23 July, 2021
Zoomtown-on-Sea? The lure of a new life on the coast
SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingimage copyrightBBC/Ceri OakesIt was three in the morning when Sam Lancaster found her family's new Yorkshire home by the sea. "I d
22 July, 2021
Schools Week News
Pupil wellbeing ‘dashboards’ to help school support
Schools in Manchester will be able to use a pupil wellbeing dashboard to see how well their students are coping in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. A £900,000 pioneeri
01 February, 2021
Boards back down on exam fees demand
Schools can now delay paying exam fees after boards offered concessions following a backlash about their plans to raise prices in a year when exams will not be held. A Scho
01 February, 2021Joining live lessons won’t be ‘the norm’, says Ofsted
Ofsted has reassured schools that inspectors will not be joining pupils’ live lessons as “the norm” during its remote monitoring inspections this term. New guidance last we
30 January, 2021Heads want refunds after pupil premium change
Headteachers want refunds for the thousands of pounds they say they will lose after the government changed its method for handing out pupil premium cash. The Department for
30 January, 2021
Students make up half of respondents to ‘largest ever’ exams consultation
Nearly 47,000 students have responded to the government’s call to have their say on replacing exams this summer – making up half of all responses in what is thought to be t
29 January, 2021Ofqual loses Stacey’s input as 2021 committee disbanded
An Ofqual committee originally set up to oversee the summer exam series is to be disbanded as GCSE and A-levels have been cancelled. It means the experienced former chief r
29 January, 2021
The Independent News
Help The Hungry: Our social kitchen serves first meals for the needy
The huge social kitchen created thanks to the generosity of readers who backed our Help The Hungry campaign has served its first set of hot meals.The site in east London’s
27 July, 2021
Food distribution charity sees supplies drop by up to 20% due to lorry driver shortage
Charities are being hit by the lorry driver shortage in the UK, with one saying it has received up to 20 per cent less food than usual due to the haulier crisis. The Felix
26 July, 2021
Schools closing could be behind drop in Covid cases, expert says
The school summer holidays could be responsible for the fall in Covid-19 cases across the UK, a leading expert has said.Dr Mike Tildesley, who is a member of the Scientific
26 July, 2021
Daily Covid testing for school children just as effective as isolation, study suggests
Daily testing of pupils who have been in contact with a Covid-positive case could be just as effective as self-isolation in limiting transmission of the virus, a study sugg
23 July, 2021
Covid testing scheme allows ‘pinged’ food industry workers to avoid self-isolation
Boris Johnson’s government has announced a new testing scheme for food industry workers, allowing staff deemed critical to the supply chain to avoid self-isolation if “ping
22 July, 2021
Will the ‘pingdemic’ really cause food shortages?
What is happening?Eerie photographs of barren supermarket shelves have flooded social media this week, forcing stores to warn the public not to engage in panic buying in re
22 July, 2021
The Guardian News
‘We walked 18 hours, no food’: Taliban advance triggers exodus of Afghans
Migration and development‘We walked 18 hours, no food’: Taliban advance triggers exodus of AfghansAs the conflict intensifies amid the withdrawal of US-led forces, a new wa
28 July, 2021
‘He’s electric’: Spurs land a fearless, old-school winger in Bryan Gil | Sid Lowe
Tottenham Hotspur‘He’s electric’: Spurs land a fearless, old-school winger in Bryan Gil Left-footed signing from Sevilla loves dribbling at opponents and has shown he can d
27 July, 2021
Money raised after Marcus Rashford mural defaced to go to food charity in Manchester
Marcus RashfordMoney raised after Marcus Rashford mural defaced to go to food charity in ManchesterFootballer, who is campaigning to end child food poverty, says funds will
26 July, 2021
Tokyo 2020 Olympics results: live scores and complete event schedule
Tokyo Olympic Games 2020Tokyo 2020 Olympics results: live scores and complete event scheduleBrowse day-by-day listings of every event at the Olympics, or filter by the spor
26 July, 2021
Poor mental health leaves pupils three times less likely to pass five GCSEs
EducationPoor mental health leaves pupils three times less likely to pass five GCSEsStudy warns of ‘double hit’ to prospects after Covid crisis disrupted learning and affec
26 July, 2021Tokyo 2020 Olympics results: live scores and complete event schedule
Tokyo Olympic Games 2020Tokyo 2020 Olympics results: live scores and complete event scheduleBrowse day-by-day listings of every event at the Olympics, or filter by the spor
25 July, 2021
Ofsted News
Transparency data: Ofsted workforce management information: 2021
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27 July, 2021Guidance: Conduct during Ofsted inspections
Published 4 March 2020 Last updated 23 July 2021 + show all updates 23 July 2021 Updated the 'Expectations of inspectors'.
23 July, 2021Guidance: Ofsted: coronavirus (COVID-19) rolling update
Current activity Following extensive discussion with government and stakeholders, we have set out our inspection plans across all our remits for the remainder of the acade
22 July, 2021Transparency data: Inspection outcomes of the largest children’s social care providers
Published 30 July 2019 Last updated 22 July 2021 + show all updates 22 July 2021 Added 'Largest national providers of private and voluntary s
22 July, 2021Guidance: Ofsted EIF inspections and the EYFS
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22 July, 2021Statistical data set: FOI: early years dataset as at 31 March 2016
Published 19 July 2016 Last updated 21 July 2021 + show all updates 21 July 2021 We have made minor revisions to the dataset to redact detail
21 July, 2021
