by vinnie walsh | st Jun 2020 | News
An education lawyer has said there were “other options” for getting children back to the classroom and questioned how four and five years can be kept apart ahead of this morning’s return to school. But Graham Jones stopped short of criticising the...
by vinnie walsh | th May 2020 | News
Primary schools in England could reopen to some year groups from 1 June “at the earliest”, says Boris Johnson. The prime minister said a phased return to school would begin with pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 6, if infection rates and the...
by vinnie walsh | th May 2020 | News
Completion of initial teacher training courses The NEU has been clear that its expectation of Government is that exceptional treatment must be given this year for those undertaking initial teacher training (ITT). Those who were on course to pass should do so at the...
by vinnie walsh | th May 2020 | News
The changes in the way schools are carrying out lessons due to the coronavirus outbreak has prompted experts in Kent to consider how the crisis could dramatically alter the way we teach children in years to come. Since the government ordered schools to...
by vinnie walsh | th May 2020 | News
Newly-qualified teachers will not have their induction period extended if they are absent because of coronavirus, the government has said. The Department for Education has announced plans to amend the law to ensure NQTs currently doing their induction can...
