Ofsted to review schools’ safeguarding policies following accounts reported to website
Ofsted is to carry out an immediate review of safeguarding policies in schools after a website set up for victims to anonymously post their experiences of sexual abuse gained more than 11,000 posts, some from children as young as nine.
The review will look at the extent and the severity of the issue and ensure schools [...]
Schools will focus on wellbeing as well as learning
The government’s focus on ‘catching up’ as children return to school will be as much about their emotional wellbeing as learning, the new children’s commissioner has said.
As many children returned to school today after two months in national lockdown, Dame Rachel de Souza said she had spoken to Sir Kevan Collins, who has been [...]
All children back to school on 8 March in government’s roadmap out of lockdown
All children and students will return to face to face education in schools and college from 8 March, the prime minister announced last night.
Boris Johnson has said throughout lockdown that getting children back into school has been the top priority. By 8 March everyone in the top four vaccine priority cohorts will have received the [...]
Emphasis on catching up at school is unhelpful
The emphasis on children ‘catching up’ at school is unhelpful, the British Psychological Society has warned, urging a focus instead on supporting the wellbeing and educational needs of all children.
The BPS is concerned that focusing on lost learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic misses the mark, particularly for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children.
Dr Dan [...]
Government appoints education recovery commissioner
An education recovery commissioner has been appointed by the prime minister to ensure children and young people recover learning lost as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Boris Johnson announced the appointment of Sir Kevan Collins as the government’s Education Recovery Commissioner, to oversee a comprehensive programme of catch-up aimed at young people who have lost [...]
School attendance rates rise further
Attendance rates in schools are rising further as the latest government figures show that around 1.2 million children attended school in England last week.
The Department for Education statistics show that attendance in all state schools on 28 January was 14.9%, up from 14.1% the previous week.
Attendance on 28 January was:
- 22% in state-funded primary [...]
