The National Governance Association (NGA) has urged the government to review and drop its plans to have all primary children to return to school for a month before the summer holidays
Funding of £159,000 is being invested into the Virtual Nature School programme, which provides training and learning materials to early learning and childcare practitioners.
Teach First has reported that the Covid-19 lockdown has led to more than 1.6 million people in the UK to think about becoming a teacher, despite not considering it before lockdown.
Opening to more pupils in June is considered less feasible for primary schools than secondaries, a report by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) has found.
Government guidance says schools can provide children with meals or food parcels for collection or delivery for eligible pupils staying at home during the pandemic.
According to the Office for National Statistics, the number of young people (aged 16 to 24 years) in the UK who were not in education, employment or training (NEET) in January to March 2020 rose by 6,000
According to research commissioned by the Edge Foundation, the Covid-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on parents’ and teachers’ attitudes towards education.
The British Psychological Society has published new guidance to support education professionals to meet the psychological needs of children as they plan for their return to school
Union NASUWT has said that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) should be tasked by government to provide guidance to schools about the safety of reopening to more pupils.