Covid

Sixth-form loses employment tribunal over Covid shortcomings

Employment tribunal judge backs English teacher's indirect age discrimination claim against London sixth form

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Covid

Teacher sickness absence soars in wake of pandemic

More than 3.2 million working days were missed due to illness last year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Covid legacy will ‘damage prospects of a generation’, warn MPs

Committee warns pandemic will 'entrench disadvantage' without further intervention from government

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Covid

How the EEF has scaled up and levelled up Covid catch-up

An independent evaluation of EEF Accelerator Fund activity highlights the work’s success at scaling up catch-up interventions in under-served...

JL Dutaut
Becky Francis
Covid

Vaccine taskforce book for schools could prove a long shot

'We’ve forgotten vaccines, we take them for granted'

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Covid

‘Don’t call us ghost children’: The vulnerable families who fear school return

Push to get children back to the classroom leaves families with severe health conditions feeling their needs are not...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Covid

How Covid hit poorer pupils harder: 6 COSMO study key findings

The pandemic has “severely widened existing inequalities” between poorer pupils and their better-off peers, a report on the impact...

Donna Ferguson
Donna Ferguson
Covid

Trust blames not balancing books on lack of DfE Covid cash

An expert said standalone academies faced particular challenges, but Covid boosted rather than worsened many schools' finances

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Covid

Covid funding data reveals £124m summer schools underspend

Breakdown published by DfE shows schools received almost £300m in Covid grants

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter