by vinnie walsh | th Jan 2022 | News
Thousands more Kent secondary and special school place needed over the next five years Thousands more Kent secondary and special school places will be needed over the next five years. Kent County Council (KCC) has unveiled a plan for the expected future need of...
by vinnie walsh | th Jan 2022 | News
Secondary school pupils in England returned from the Christmas break this week to new advice – to wear face coverings in lessons and to take lateral flow tests at school before heading into classrooms. These are recommendations and are not mandatory. There...
by vinnie walsh | th Oct 2021 | News
Students could face more strike action at universities this term after the academics’ union opened a ballot over pay, pensions and conditions. University and College Union (UCU) general secretary Jo Grady said the UK’s flagship university sector was built...
by vinnie walsh | st Oct 2021 | News
The government announced changes to GCSE and A-level exams next year to ‘maximise fairness’ in light of disruption caused by the Covid pandemic. Students in England are expected to sit formal exams again in 2022 after they were cancelled for two years...
by vinnie walsh | th Sep 2021 | News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-58547659Healthy children aged 12 to 15 should be offered one dose of a Covid vaccine, the UK’s chief medical officers say. The CMOs said it would help reduce disruption to education. It comes after the government’s vaccine...
by vinnie walsh | th Jun 2021 | News
The Covid control system in England’s schools, where groups of pupils have to self-isolate if one tests positive, could be scrapped in the autumn. Ministers are looking at asking schools to introduce daily testing instead. Official figures showed that in...
