Other articles of interest: 27.06.2020 – 03.07.2020

• The Economist, Changing history teaching, (The Economist subscription needed to view content), July 4^th 2020 edition
• Financial Times, What happens when your GCSEs are cancelled, 03.07.2020
• iNews, Universities banned from making ‘strings attached’ unconditional offers until September 2021, 03.07.2020.   Also in TES
• The Telegraph, Royal Shakespeare Company will tackle privilege and microaggression from audiences, 03.07.2020
• The Times, Schools must reopen to end this educational ice age, 03.07.2020
• The Telegraph, Dear Parents, as a school teacher, I want to say thank you – and sorry, 02.07.2020
• The Telegraph, How lockdown closed the gender fitness gap among children, 01.07.2020
• The Telegraph, Speaking tests scrapped for GCSE French in pared-back exams, 02.07.2020
• BBC News, Coronavirus: When will schools reopen?, 02.07.2020
• iNews, Schools reopening: ‘Whole year’ bubbles for secondary schools and mobile testing units to get all pupils back in September, 02.07.2020
• iNews, Schools guidance: The DfE information for primary and secondary schools reopening in September, explained, 02.07.2020
• TES, Ofqual proposes late GCSE start date for 2021, 02.07.2020
• TES, School Covid outbreaks won’t ‘generally’ mean closures, 02.07.2020
• TES, Teachers react angrily to call for longer school hours, 02.07.2020
• TES, School closures: 5 changes teachers want to keep, 02.07.2020
• TES, 8 return-to-school rules for autumn you may have missed, 02.07.2020
• TES, School choirs banned, large assemblies to be avoided, 02.07.2020
• TES, 'Fines for pupil absences in September? It's immoral', 02.07.2020
• TES, 'Shape' subjects crucial for meaningful catch-up effort, 02.07.2020
• TES, Full GCSEs in most subjects 'unrealistic' next year, 02.07.2020
• TES, September schools reopening: a guide to Test and Trace, 02.07.2020
• TES, Back to school: How will 'bubbles' work from September?, 02.07.2020
• TES, EYFS: No bubbles rule vital, but huge concerns remain, 02.07.2020
• TES, Williamson: Leicester spike 'not caused by schools', 02.07.2020
• TES, Timetabling bubbles: FAQs from the government guidance, 02.07.2020
• TES, 'It's time for all schools to head outdoors', 02.07.2020
• TES, Advisers support scrapping of 2m distancing for pupils, 02.07.2020
• TES, Back to school transport rules tough for rural schools, 02.07.2020
• TES, 11 questions about the September school return guidance, 02.07.2020
• TES, Scrapping of geography GCSE fieldwork 'ham-fisted', 02.07.2020
• The Telegraph, Children's futures are threatened by adult error, 02.07.2020
• The Telegraph, Specialists warn of huge rise in child abuse during coronavirus lockdown, 02.07.2020
• The Telegraph, Child activity levels plunging, warn schools, as PE funding campaign gathers pace, 02.07.2020
• The Telegraph, Parents can be fined for not returning children to school in September, official guidance says, 02.07.2020
• Financial Times, UK government lays out plan for full return to school in September, 02.07.2020
• The Telegraph, Revealed: The new coronavirus guidelines for schools to open in September, 02.07.2020
• The Times, Schools keep special needs pupils away with ‘excuses’, 02.07.2020
• The Times, Less wealthy students lured by university courses with no prospects, 02.07.2020
• The Telegraph, Schools turn down pupils 'unprepared' for reception because of coronavirus lockdown, 02.07.2020
• Schools Week, Ofqual reveals proposals for exams in 2021, 02.04.2020
• BBC News, 'Utter abandonment' of special needs families during lockdown, 01.07.2020
• The Guardian, Nursery closures 'hugely damaging' to young, warns charity, 01.07.2020
• Schools Week, Summer clubs given go-ahead to run in schools – but group singing discouraged, 01.07.2020
• Schools Week, Heads’ faith in A-levels slumps, 01.07.2020
• TES, Less than 2 in 5 people think GCSE marking is accurate, 01.07.2020
• BBC News, 'Dumbed down' courses 'take advantage' of students, 01.07.2020
• The Telegraph, Schools face closure if just two pupils get coronavirus, new guidelines reveal, 01.07.2020
• The Guardian, Leicester infection rise driven by under-19s and workers, says PHE, 01.07.2020
• TES, DfE misses free laptops target by nearly 30,000, 01.07.2020
• TES, Private schools offer summer catch-up to 'all' pupils, 01.07.2020
• TES, 1 in 4 people support use of AI in GCSE marking, 01.07.2020
• The Daily Mail, SUSANNA REID: The way pupils like my boys have been abandoned is so shameful, 01.07.2020
• The Times, Coronavirus in Scotland: Pupils face being marked down with no explanation, 01.07.2020
• The Telegraph, My son may only be two, but the race is on to plan his route to public school, 01.07.2020
• The Times, Oxford University to interview candidates online, 30.06.2020
• Schools Week, Three in four secondary schools reopen to more pupils, 30.06.2020
• TES, Leicester lockdown ‘proves schools transmit virus’, 30.06.2020
• The Telegraph, 'Unusually high' coronavirus rate in children caused Leicester lockdown, Matt Hancock says, 30.06.2020
• The Telegraph, Focus on English and maths risks creating 'cultural apartheid', warns social mobility expert, 30.06.2020
• Schools Week, Exam boards to investigate claims of ‘bias’ in teacher-assessed grades, 30.06.2020
• TES, 6 things the Covid-19 crisis has taught us about edtech, 30.06.2020
• The Telegraph, 'Niche' transgender ideology 'corrosive' to society, says report, 30.06.2020
• The Telegraph, Oxbridge candidates will not have face-to-face interviews this year, as universities move them online, 30.06.2020
• The Guardian, Calls to restart fruit and vegetable scheme in English schools, 30.06.2020
• The Telegraph, Students can appeal GCSE and A-levels if they believe they were victims of discrimination, under Ofqual plans, 30.06.2020
• iNews, Michael Gove criticised for dropping the Windrush generation from curriculum, 30.06.2020
• The Times, Entire school year must isolate if one pupil tests positive for coronavirus, 30.06.2020
• BBC News, Coronavirus: Leicester lockdown tightened as cases rise, 30.06.2020
• The Times, Letters to the Editor: New school buildings, 30.06.2020
• BBC News, Coronavirus: Stop childhood being disrupted - charities, 30.06.2020
• Huffpost, Exclusive: What Schools Will Be Told To Do In September So All Pupils Can Return, 29.06.2020
• TES, DfE 'puts full attendance above teacher safety rotas', 29.06.2020
• TES, Ministers 'asleep at the wheel' on school openings, 29.06.2020
• TES, Ofsted school inspections cancelled for another month, 29.06.2020
• BBC News, Coronavirus: Pupils in Wales return to school after three months, 29.06.2020
• TES, ‘It won’t be straight back to full-time school’, 29.06.2020
• The Guardian, Wales welcomes tens of thousands of pupils back to classrooms, 29.06.2020
• BBC News, Back-to-school safety plans for autumn leaked, 29.06.2020
• Financial Times, School closures force parents to choose between family and work, 29.06.2020, (FT Premium access required to view content)
• The Telegraph, Schools may cut curriculum to focus on maths and English for a year, 29.06.2020. Also in Financial Times (FT Premium access required to view content)
• The Times, Boris Johnson pledges a decade of spending on schools, 29.06.2020
• Schools Week, Gavin Williamson promises ‘detailed’ plan to get all pupils back in September ‘by end of week’, 29.06.2020
• The Daily Mail, Schools should go back in AUGUST and have lessons on Saturdays to make up for lost time, campaigners urge amid fears of 'social catastrophe', 28.06.2020
• The Sunday Telegraph, Schools should carry out mass testing to hasten return of all pupils, says Institute for Global Change, 28.06.2020
• Schools Week, Dame Alison Peacock: Don’t ‘guilt trip’ teachers into working over summer, 28.06.2020
• TES, GCSEs: How will 2021 look for Year 11s?, 28.06.2020
• The Sunday Telegraph, Risk of measles outbreak after children miss vaccinations during lockdown, experts warn, 28.06.2020
• The Sunday Express, There's a plot to end school uniforms - this is why that's wrong, writes ANDREW LEWER, 28.06.2020
• The Guardian, Free school meals scheme 'hard to use', say parents and heads, 28.06.2020
• The Sunday Telegraph, Boris Johnson to pledge £1.5bn for post-lockdown school building blitz, 28.06.2020
• Financial Times, School closures force parents to choose between family and work, (FT Premium access required to view content), 28.06.2020
• The Sunday Telegraph, Lawrence Dallaglio bangs the drum for school sport as he urges the Government to keep PE on the curriculum, 28.06.2020
• The Sunday Times, Britain’s childhood obesity crisis made worse by lockdown, 28.06.2020
• The Daily Mail, School closures mean a generation is being cast adrift on a tide of unfulfilled dreams, says former St Paul's headmistress CLARISSA FARR, 28.06.2020
• The Telegraph, Inside story: as schools stay shut, is a generation being lost to lockdown?, 27.06.2020
• BBC News, Labour party: Kate Green appointed as shadow education secretary, 27.06.2020. Also in The Telegraph
• The Telegraph, Private schools offer state pupils summer catch-up sessions, 27.06.2020
• Financial Times, Back to school plans set up for failure, unions warn, (FT Premium access required to view content) 27.06.2020
• The Times, High-flyers’ children feel more stressed at university, 27.06.2020
• The Daily Mail, Boris Johnson says he WILL make it compulsory for parents to send children of all ages back to school in September, 27.06.2020
• The Times, Coronavirus: Secondary schools might not be able to fully reopen in September, 27.06.2020
• The Telegraph, Gavin Williamson pledges to end 'softly, softly” approach to dealing with the teaching unions, 26.06.2020