More financial support confirmed for schools post-Plan B
New multi-million-pound funding from NHS England will enable all schools to fully support the in-school vaccination programme, and air cleaning units will be provided in all classrooms and teaching spaces that need them, the government has confirmed. The Department for Education is to distribute a total of £8 million in funding from NHS England to […]
How Academy Transformation Trust kept their sites safe and open during a pandemic
Amid a global crisis, schools must remotely manage many aspects of their organisation with accessible and reliable software. Yet, the majority of schools across the country do not have a system in place, facing losing or damaging files, not having an audit trail and risk causing disruption to their clients. Remotely manage and report on […]
Ofsted publishes remote education guide
Ofsted has published advice for leaders and teachers aimed at helping them develop their remote education offering, following last week’s new government guidance for the provision of remote education while schools and colleges remain closed to most pupils. The advice has been written by the head of Ofsted’s research team, Professor Daniel Muijs, and draws on findings […]
Operational compliance considerations for school caterers during a pandemic
For caterers within educational settings, it is clear that the current pandemic is challenging the long-established norm. The only certainty is uncertainty, as we settle into a second lockdown. The provision of food is one of the biggest costs in a school, but the pandemic has created an opportunity to innovate and trial new ideas […]
National Tutoring Programme supported by 32 organisations
32 organisations selected by the Education Endowment Foundation, including charities, a school partnership and for-profits, will deliver high-quality tutoring to disadvantaged pupils as approved Tuition Partners. The first 188 Academic Mentors, recruited and trained by education charity Teach First, will also be starting in schools as part of their mission to build a fair education for all. […]
Effect of pandemic on children’s wellbeing revealed
A new report published to mark World Mental Health Day has provided an in-depth picture of the experiences of children and young people during the pandemic and how it affected their wellbeing. Some challenges were identified including isolation from friends, learning from home, or worries that family or friends might get sick but many parents […]
Online learning during a pandemic: the digital shift at Bournemouth & Poole College
Keith Ball, ILT Technical Officer at Bournemouth & Poole College (BPC) talks about the challenges brought on by the pandemic and the roll out of online and remote solutions to its students and teachers… As coronavirus hit the UK, universities and colleges were faced with no choice but to close their institutions, move all resources […]
UCU urges government to move university teaching online immediately
The University and College Union (UCU) has written to prime minster Boris Johnson to urge the government to make online learning a default position for institutions ‘in order to protect students’ education and stop any further damage to community health’. The union accuses universities of hiding behind government guidance and calls for the prime minister […]
School governors and trustees ‘prepared’ for COVID impact
Governing schools in the immediate response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis meant rapidly adapting to new challenges, governors and trustees say. While they are uncertain about the longer-term impact of COVID-19 on pupil outcomes, mental health and well-being, governors and trustees said they were confident in their ability to continue to monitor and address these […]
Barnardo’s: Pupils returning to school ‘will need significant emotional support’
Teachers are being advised specialist help is available for pupils who are struggling to cope with going back to school, as a poll for the children’s charity Barnardo’s suggests hundreds of thousands of children could refuse to go while others feel nervous, upset and scared. The new poll suggests that the children of more than […]