Other articles of interest: 19.09.2020 – 25.09.2020

• The Telegraph, Kids and Covid-19: Should I send my child to school with a cold?, 25.09.2020
• TES, 'Government has put school leaders in the firing line', 25.09.2020
• The Telegraph, Pupils lose bursaries and parents fight for refunds as Covid-19 forces private schools to close, 25.09.2020
• BBC News, Coronavirus: Face visors not recommended for routine school use, 25.09.2020
• TES, Why Covid catch-up classes are a really bad idea, 24.09.2020
• TES, Don't label pupils' gender identity, teachers told, 24.09.2020
• TES, Russell Group attracts £14m for degree apprenticeships, 24.09.2020
• TES, Teachers told to up efforts to spot abuse post-lockdown, 24.09.2020
• TES, Record rise in disadvantaged starting university, 24.09.2020
• The Telegraph, Start giving our teachers some respect. They hold the key to schools staying open, 24.09.2020
• Schools Week, Spielman: Not ‘realistic’ to expect schools to provide ‘full’ online teaching, 24.09.2020
• Schools Week, Partial closures ‘will continue until we have a vaccine’, says national schools commissioner, 24.09.2020
• Evening Standard, Headteachers ‘lose faith in the Government over exams’, 24.09.2020
• iNews, School children are lacking physical fitness after lockdown, nation’s PE teachers report, 24.09.2020
• The Mirror, Schools hit hard by coronavirus with 900 sending pupils home - is your child affected?, 24.09.2020
• Schools Week, Warning over school leaders with ‘reactivity fatigue considering early retirements’, 24.09.2020
• TES, Exclusive: 92% school staff lack trust in DfE on Covid, 24.09.2020
• iNews, Record number of students going to UK universities following results fiasco U-turn, 24.09.2020
• TES, PM 'out of touch' over test shortage impact on schools, 23.09.2020
• The Telegraph, For parents, the fight to keep sex-segregated spaces goes on, 23.09.2020
• The Mirror, Boris Johnson hints he may have to close schools again if new restrictions don't work, 23.09.2020
• The Telegraph, Schools are sliding into lockdown by default, 23.09.2020
• Schools Week, Availability of testing ‘key’ to safe school reopenings, say medical officers, 23.09.2020
• Schools Week, Government doing ‘level best’ to get school pupils tested, claims Johnson, 23.09.2020
• TES, 'Huge concerns' over post-Covid school mentor shortage, 23.09.2020
• TES, Why international schools need urgent 2021 exam clarity, 23.09.2020
• TES, PM 'out of touch' over test shortage impact on schools, 23.09.2020
• TES, Coronavirus: What are the rules around student absence?, 23.09.2020
• The Daily Mail, Head teacher tells pupils to 'get used to being cold' as windows are kept open to fight Covid and warns they won't be able to wear coats in class, 23.09.2020
• Metro, Boris Johnson defends school coronavirus testing crisis as children are 'low risk', 23.09.2020
• The Telegraph, Schools are not designed to be Covid-free and they are turning into hotbeds of disease, 23.09.2020
• Independent Education Today, Lockdown leaves state school parents eyeing independent sector, 23.09.2020
• The Telegraph, Exclusive: New online fitness platform launched to help schools address physical activity levels, 22.09.2020
• TES, NHS Covid-19 app: 5 things teachers need to know, 22.09.2020
• Evening Standard, Number of schools ‘not fully open’ to children increases due to Covid-19 cases, 22.09.2020
• The Mirror, School closes after spate of Covid-19 positive cases leaves just two teachers on site, 22.09.2020
• The Daily Mail, One MILLION pupils skip classes due to parents' Covid fears: Number of children kept at home rises to one in eight from one in ten at start of term - as 4% of schools are not fully open, 22.09.2020
• The Guardian, Covid-19: number of schools in England 'not fully open' quadruples, 22.09.2020
• TES, ‘Flexible learning will stop pupils being left behind', 22.09.2020
• TES, 1 in 3 pupils 'have witnessed racism in school', 22.09.2020
• TES, CBI: £130bn needed to prevent skills gap post-Covid, 22.09.2020
• TES, 'Quickly' assess Covid learning gap, teachers advised, 22.09.2020
• TES, What if Covid policy were a school behaviour strategy?, 22.09.2020
• TES, How do you deal with 15 Covid cases in 4 days?, 22.09.2020
• TES, Online GCSE tests? 'Pie in the sky', say heads, 22.09.2020
• Schools Week, Starmer demands taskforce to close attainment gap, 22.09.2020
• iNews, Coronavirus latest: Schools to receive more Covid-19 testing kits in coming weeks to deal with increase in demand from ill pupils, 22.09.2020
• Schools Week, Government suggests schools relax phone bans to allow use of NHS Covid app, 22.09.2020
• Schools Week, Schools to stay open as Johnson announces tougher lockdown restrictions, 22.09.2020
• The Telegraph, What happened when a teacher at my school tested positive for Covid, 22.09.2020
• iNews, Will schools close again? What the Government has said about stopping UK school closures – and current Covid rules explained, 22.09.2020
• BBC News, Quadrupling in schools sending home pupils in Covid cases, 22.09.2020
• The Daily Mail, Number of schools `not fully open´ to children increases due to Covid-19 cases, 22.09.2020
• The Guardian, One-third of children in UK 'have heard racist comments at school', 22.09.2020
• The Telegraph, How school pupils and staff can stay safe from coronavirus under new Covid-19 rules, 22.09.2020
• BBC News, Covid: Teachers and school workers 'should have priority for tests', 22.09.2020
• BBC News, Covid: School bus drivers fearful of coronavirus infection risk, 22.09.2020
• iNews, When is October half-term 2020? UK school holiday dates explained after reports of two-week Covid lockdown, 22.09.2020
• The Times, Rationed coronavirus testing will give teachers and health staff priority, 22.09.2020
• TES, How dare Gavin Williamson criticise teachers?, 21.09.2020
• The Guardian, Scottish ministers considering strict new Covid rules, leak reveals, 21.09.2020
• TES, Teachers fifth in line to get coronavirus tests, 21.09.2020
• TES, Teachers denied testing for 'not being key workers', 21.09.2020
• TES, Sleepless heads 'at the end of their tether' over tests, 21.09.2020
• TES, New Covid measures will prioritise keeping schools open, 21.09.2020
• TES, Teachers' Covid fears 'not taken seriously enough', 21.09.2020
• TES, GCSE 2020: Autumn exam timetable, 21.09.2020
• TES, Schools 'let down by demoralising DfE Covid advice', 21.09.2020
• TES, Covid creates teacher training placement 'bottleneck', 21.09.2020
• The Telegraph, Why we should scrap all school exams for the year ahead, 21.09.2020
• Schools Week, Teachers fifth on priority list for testing, but no place for school pupils, 21.09.2020
• The Telegraph, Schools in local lockdown areas could go part-time within weeks, teaching union chief warns, 21.09.2020
• The Sun, Boris Johnson ‘risks failing a generation of kids if he does not sort out the testing fiasco’, 21.09.2020
• Sky News, Coronavirus: 'A test the government must pass' - ministers urged to prioritise testing in schools, 21.09.2020
• Evening Standard, Evening Standard comment: A full lockdown isn’t the answer to Covid | Our help for schools, 21.09.2020
• The Telegraph, School run blamed for return of morning rush hour, 21.09.2020
• The Times, Coronavirus in Scotland: Parents want end to confusion over next year’s exams, 21.09.2020
• The Times, School funding ‘unfair to poor white pupils’, 21.09.2020
• iNews, Sir Keir Starmer: Put children ‘at the front of the queue’ for coronavirus testing or face ‘flood’ of school closures, 20.09.2020
• TES, More details emerge of exam cancellation plans, 20.09.2020
• Schools Week, Covering black history is good teaching, says Gibb, 20.09.2020
• The Mirror, Government shifts testing chaos blame onto parents 'worried about kids with colds', 21.09.2020
• Financial Times, Teacher recruitment rises in coronavirus lockdown, 21.09.2020, (FT Premium access required to view content)
• The Sunday Times, Forget mutinous Tories — it’s parents Boris Johnson fears, 20.09.2020
• The Daily Mail, Government plans campaign to help teachers and parents learn the difference between cold and Covid symptoms in a bid to stop pupils with runny noses being sent home and trying to get a test, 20.09.2020
• BBC News, One-in-20 pupils at home with lockdown-related issues, 20.09.2020
• The Sunday Telegraph, Kids and Covid: Should I send my child to school with a cold – and everything else you need to know, 20.09.2020
• The Sunday Telegraph, 'Anyone with healthcare experience knows the return to schools leads to a rise in the common cold', 20.09.2020
• The Sunday Times, Scots National 5 tests face axe for second year, 20.09.2020
• BBC News, One-in-20 pupils at home with lockdown-related issues, 20.09.2020
• TES, 4 ways to help students ‘bounce back’ this term, 20.09.2020
• The Mirror, Around 20,000 schools 'have pupils self-isolating as they can't get Covid-19 test', 19.09.2020
• The Mirror, Secondary school pupils face remote classes at home during 'circuit break' lockdown, 19.09.2020
• TES, Let's not overlook the resilience of our young learners, 19.09.2020
• TES, NQTs: will Covid set the tone for your whole career?, 19.09.2020
• BBC News, Covid: No social-distancing on school bus 'contradictory', 19.09.2020
• The Guardian, ‘Seeing my son’s development was incredible’: the parents sticking with home schooling beyond lockdown, 19.09.2020
• Schools Week, Fears HSE spot checks will be latest outsourcing ‘disaster’, 19.09.2020
• The Daily Mail, White working-class children are UK’s most deprived pupils – and they’ll be hardest hit by Covid fallout too, researchers warn MPs, 19.09.2020
• The Times, Second wave: Virus is spreading to the young and old as cases double in days, 18.09.2020
• iNews, Heads say Government has ‘failed’ children as four in five schools have pupils self-isolating because they cannot get Covid tests, 18.09.2020
• iNews, When is October half-term 2020? UK school holiday dates explained amid reports of two-week ‘circuit break’ Covid lockdown, 18.09.2020