Ofsted has published its first report looking at how schools are managing pupils’ return to education under the current COVID-19 restrictions, based on 121 pilot visits to schools across England carried out last month.

Government should develop a COBRA-style response to boost skills and job opportunities for young people affected by the Covid-19 crisis, the Local Government Association has said.

The Education Endowment Foundation has announced three new research studies designed to provide greater understanding of the strategies schools put in place to support pupils throughout Covid-19 closures

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published an independent report on progress made in achieving a new curriculum for Wales.

UK Outdoors, the industry body for outdoor learning and activities, has warned that the closing of the school travel sector since March will result in job loses without intervention.

The government must stop blaming young people and students for increasing rates of COVID-19 and focus on fixing its Test and Trace system, says Independent SAGE.

The British Psychological Society (BPS) has raised concerns about the extension to the Coronavirus Act and its impact on Education, Health and Care (EHC) assessments for young people with special educational needs or disabilities.

A new digital programme to deliver professional and personal development to thousands of teachers and school leaders across the UK was launched by Discovery Education and school leaders’ union NAHT.

Only one per cent of teachers say pupils are always practicing social distancing from adults in their school, with over half (56%) saying pupils are rarely or never doing so, a survey by teachers union NASUWT has found.

Scotland is starting a new antibody survey to help identify the proportion of people working in an education setting who have had COVID-19 by testing for antibodies in their blood.

A project that aims to improve the teaching of themes relating to Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities across all parts of the school curriculum in Wales has begun.

The DfE has announced remote education support to help children learn at home if they have to self-isolate.

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