Councils are struggling to complete children’s education and care plans before the new school year because of a shortage of specialistsCouncils in England are struggling to assess the level of support children with special educational needs require bec…
Unions criticise English schools ‘more normal year’ campaign as naive
As students are urged to have twice-weekly Covid tests, unions say further measures are needed to reassure parentsA new government campaign urging students in England to have twice-weekly Covid tests for “a more normal year” at school and college has b…
Cambridge to end teacher training if government enacts overhaul
Exclusive: university hits out at planned changes in England, which have been called a ‘wrecking ball’The University of Cambridge says it will cease teacher training courses if the government persists with damaging proposals to change how primary and s…
Training more doctors is good for our health | Letters
Dr Adrian James says making more places available at medical schools will be a positive development for the NHS and for patients The increase in medical school places might be causing understandable challenges for universities, but training more doctor…
Medical schools in England offering new students £10,000 to study elsewhere
Some schools offer compensation after hundreds more students than expected met grade expectationsStudents with places at oversubscribed medical schools in England are being asked to move to a course at a university elsewhere in the country in exchange …
Dear Gavin Williamson, if Latin is about levelling up, I have other ideas | Michael Rosen
Why not emulate private schools with class sizes, playing fields, music facilities and modern languages?Just as many of us are thinking ahead to winter and a possible next wave of Covid, worrying about whether schools have proper ventilation and what e…
DfE swamped teachers with new rules at Covid outbreak, study finds
Staff in England overwhelmed by more than 200 pieces of guidance issued in first 90 days of pandemicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTeachers across England were overwhelmed by a “ridiculous” blizzard of rules and documents i…