by vinnie walsh | th Jun 2020 | News
Some secondary pupils in England facing exams next year are heading into school from Monday for face-to-face time with their teachers. Government guidelines only permit a quarter of the chosen year groups, 10 and 12, to be on site at a time. Plans for how much contact...
by vinnie walsh | rd Jun 2020 | News
Kent Teaching Solutions are pleased to announce that we are back in the office and placing people up for September starts! We know that there is still lots of change to happen as we find our way through term 6. Primary schools have started to open up to more...
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
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...