Other articles of interest: 25.04.2020 – 01.05.2020

• The Times, Coronavirus in Scotland: Swinney urged to improve home education with laws, 01.05.2020
• TES, Exclusive: Give PPE to all of us, say 3/4 school staff, 01.05.2020
• TES, What are the long-term effects of isolation?, 01.05.2020
• The Telegraph, Security services launch virtual lessons for children during coronavirus lockdown, 01.05.2020
• The Times, UK is past coronavirus peak, Boris Johnson declares, 01.05.2020
• The Telegraph, When will schools reopen in the UK, and is it safe to send my child back?, 01.05.2020
• The Independent, Number of children relying on food banks more than doubles during lockdown, figures show, 01.05.2020
• TES, PM: Plan to reopen schools will be set out 'next week', 30.04.2020
• Schools Week, Private candidates allowed to transfer exam centres amid concerns of missing out on grades, 30.04.2020
• TES, A day in the life: teaching key workers’ children, 30.04.2020
• The Telegraph, Five ways lockdown during Covid-19 will help children to build resilience, 30.04.2020
• The Telegraph, John Swinney urged to use emergency powers to resolve home schooling 'lottery', 30.04.2020
• The Telegraph, Teachers warned over 'unconscious bias' amid fears that ethnic minority children will get the wrong grades, 30.04.2020
• BBC News, Coronavirus: Families still waiting for free school meal vouchers, 30.04.2020
• The Scotsman, Children's commissioner 'concerned' over low attendance at school hubs during Covid-19 lockdown, 30.04.2020
• The Guardian, Coronavirus: scientists caution against reopening schools, 30.04.2020
• The Telegraph, Children exercising plummets as schools urged to open facilities during summer to get kids fit again, 30.04.2020
• The Telegraph, Children do not seem to transmit coronavirus, Public Health England expert says, 30.04.2020
• The Telegraph, CPS pulls its hate crime guidance for schools after 14-year-old girl mounted legal challenge, 30.04.2020
• TES, A third of teachers have Covid-19 mental health fears, 30.04.2020
• The Times, Vulnerable children will be put at risk by changes to councils’ duties, 30.04.2020
• ITV News, Jersey schools to remain closed until June at the earliest, 30.04.2020
• The Telegraph, The brave new world of home learning is leaving the poorest kids behind. But it needn't be like this, 30.04.2020
• The Telegraph, No reported case of a child passing coronavirus to an adult exists, evidence review shows, 29.04.2020
• The Times, Exams loophole leaves home‑schooled children in limbo, 29.04.2020
• TES, 'Adjust GCSE school rankings to stop inequality', 29.04.2020
• TES, Williamson: 'Shortened' GCSEs in autumn a possibility, 29.04.2020
• The Scotsman, When will schools in Scotland reopen? School pupils returning on same day is 'inconceivable' says John Swinney, 29.04.2020
• TES, GCSE resits: Two-thirds still do not pass by 19, 29.04.2020
• The Guardian, Schools must only reopen when safe, says Rebecca Long-Bailey, 29.04.2020
• BBC News, Coronavirus: Call for £700 catch-up premium for poorer pupils, 29.04.2020
• TES, Disadvantaged pupils face six-month 'learning loss', 29.04.2020
• The Times, France and Spain reveal plans to relax lockdown, 29.04.2020
• The Times, Coronavirus Scotland: Scrap next year’s exams too, urge teaching unions, 29.04.2020.  Also in BBC News
• The Telegraph, Private schools may not need to stagger classes as much as state schools because 'they have more space', 29.04.2020.  Also in the Daily Mail
• TES, Schools face Legionnaires' risk if no opening notice, 29.04.2020
• Schools Week, Coronavirus: Social distancing in schools ‘very difficult’, says government medical adviser, 29.04.2020
• The Telegraph, How to choose the right university when lockdown prevents you from visiting, 29.04.2020
• Schools Week, Coronavirus: Majority of free laptops won’t be delivered until June, 29.04.2020
• TES, Welsh minister: 5 key principles for reopening schools, 28.04.2020
• TES, ‘Inconceivable’ all pupils will return at same time, 28.04.2020
• The Telegraph, John Swinney blames virus for delaying education review until after Holyrood election, 28.04.2020
• Schools Week, Coronavirus: Oak National Academy delivers 2m lessons in first week, 28.04.2020
• Schools Week, Coronavirus: School attendance doubles after Easter holidays, 28.04.2020
• BBC News, Former school inspector rates own home schooling 'atrocious', 28.04.2020
• The Guardian, Digital divide 'isolates and endangers' millions of UK's poorest, 28.04.2020
• The Telegraph, Schools in Wales will reopen after lockdown in a 'phased' way, ministers reveal, 28.04.2020
• BBC News, Coronavirus: 'Phased' school reopening when lockdown lifts, 28.04.2020
• The Telegraph, Letters to the Editor: Support for children – Sir Anthony Seldon, 28.04.2020
• The Times, School summer holidays should be cut to four weeks, 28.04.2020
• The Times, Coronavirus in Scotland: Schools can’t open without coronavirus test regime, says union, 28.04.2020
• TES, 3 lessons from hosting a parents' evening online, 27.04.2020
• TES, 5 ways to improve your teaching skills during lockdown, 27.04.2020
• TES, GCSEs: DfE and Ofqual accused of not addressing bias, 27.04.2020
• TES, Open schools 'would increase infection'. But how much?, 27.04.2020
• TES, 'Ministers must go further and faster on online access', 27.04.2020
• The Independent, Coronavirus: Lockdown home-schooling will widen education gaps, says Ofsted chief, 27.04.2020
• The Telegraph, Boris Johnson prepares to share plan for 'refining' coronavirus lockdown this week, 27.04.2020
• The Telegraph, Here is what children want to know about coronavirus, 27.04.2020
• BBC News, Coronavirus: All school pupils returning on same day 'is inconceivable', 27.04.2020
• BBC News, Return to school in children's interests - Ofsted, 27.04.2020
• The Telegraph, Dominic Raab hints at special guidelines for schools reopening after lockdown, 27.04.2020
• The Times, Coronavirus in Scotland: Leadership vacuum over home schooling ‘is failing pupils’, 27.04.2020
• The Times, Coronavirus in Scotland: Holidays may change to let pupils return to classroom, 27.04.2020
• The Times, We may be in this together, but that doesn’t mean we are in this equally, 27.04.2020
• TES, 'The science cannot tell us when schools should reopen', 26.04.2020
• iNews, Coronavirus in the UK: Crisis could create new generation of scientists, says Professor Brian Cox, 26.04.2020
• The Sunday Times, The Funday Times: a guide to home learning, 26.04.2020
• TES, 12 top tips for job hunters amid the coronavirus crisis, 26.04.2020
• Financial Times, The thorny dilemma of when to reopen schools, 26.04.2020
• The Sunday Times, Graduate class of 2020 mobilised to bring millions of pupils up to speed, 26.04.2020
• The Telegraph, Will homeschooling spell disaster for a generation?, 25.04.2020
• BBC News, Coronavirus: '2m children face heightened lockdown risk', 25.04.2020
• BBC News, Vocational results a mix of predicted grades and delays, 24.04.2020
• The Telegraph, Oxford University 'replacing private school pupils with rich overseas students', 24.04.2020
• BBC Future, How will coronavirus change the world?, 31.03.2020