10 point plan to help save education of disadvantaged pupils
The National Education Union has proposed a national education recovery plan to the government following an announcement earlier this week that all pupils would not be returning to school for a month before the summer break.
Schools closed on 23 March in response to combating the spread of the corona virus, only remaining open for [...]
Schools will not open to all before summer break
Plans to re-open schools to all pupils for a month before the summer holiday have been scrapped by the government, it has emerged.
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the National Education Union, said it was “inevitable” that plans for all pupils to return to school would be unworkable given the government’s guidance for schools to [...]
Mental health resources provided to schools to support pupils and staff
Schools and colleges will be provided with new online resources to help support pupils and staff with mental health problems.
Videos, webinars and teaching materials which were designed by health and education experts aim to reassure young people who are worried about the impact of COVID-19.
Children and Families Minister Vicky Ford said: “There has never been [...]
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds ‘less likely to return to school’ as they re-open
Disadvantaged children are less likely to go back to school as they re-open this week, senior school leaders have reported.
A report by the National Foundation for Educational Research found that senior leaders with the highest proportion of pupils in receipt of Free Schools Meals in their school estimate that 50 per cent of families will [...]
Number of vulnerable children attending school rises significantly
The number of vulnerable children attending school has risen, according to Department for Education figures.
Back in April, we reported how just 5 per cent of vulnerable children were attending school. Around 84,000 children attended an educational establishment on Friday 17 April, representing 0.9% of pupils who normally attend. Of those, 24,000 of the [...]
Re-opening primary schools could be a life-line for vulnerable children
Clare Jerrom on why returning to school could be a life-line for disadvantaged children
The question of primary school children starting a phased return to school from 1 June may have divided ministers, teaching unions, schools and parents across England but it is undoubtedly in the best interests of many vulnerable children.
Government ministers including education secretary [...]
