John Tomsett News Today

Good morning. Its march seventh. A Rescue Operation is under way after an avalanche has hit the popular ski resort of tignes in the french alps. Several people are thought to be buried underneath. Initial reports suggest there may be many people missing. Our correspondent has the latest. This is an emerging picture. People are beginning to tweet, eyewitnesses are beginning to tweet, eyewitnesses are describing the scene as the Avalanche Engulfing skiers and it is thought many people have been ca...

AFTER two years of no events, about 120 pupils at a top York school got to show off their skills at a music showcase.

A pupil at All Saints RC School in York taking a Covid test THOUSANDS of pupils will begin to return to school in York and North Yorkshire after months of remote learning. All children will be able to return to class from Monday under the first step to ease restrictions, but secondary schools can stagger the return of students over the week to allow for mass testing. As The Press revealed on Saturday, every state secondary school in York is set to reopen to pupils today bucking nation...

EVERY state secondary school in York is set to reopen to pupils on Monday (March 8) bucking national trends. As the first measure taking the country out of the third national coronavirus lockdown, schools are allowed to reopen fully from Monday, but many across England have needed to stagger start dates because of the enormity of the task of swab testing thousands of pupils. It comes after last month, the Department for Education announced that all secondary pupils should be offered a tes...

Huntington head teacher John Tomsett A LEADING York head teacher and chairman of the citys Schools and Academies Board has spoken of what he wants to see from the Governments roadmap to recovery for schools. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to tell MPs this afternoon that all pupils in all years can go back to the classroom across England from March 8. But John Tomsett, who as well as being Huntington School head teacher heads up the York Schools and Academies Board, said hes expe...

By Simon Walton Head of News and Digital Content John Tomsett, head teacher at Huntington School, York A LEADING York head teacher has said schools should be involved in the grading process for pupils this summer. John Tomsett, head teacher of Huntington School, York, said exam boards should give grade quotas to schools so they can create their own assessments - to ensure that pupils are questioned on what they ...

THIS summer’s GCSE and A-level exams in England have been cancelled.

MANY secondary school pupils in York are due to have a staggered return to the classroom in January. But pressure is growing on the Government to abandon plans to reopen secondary schools next month amid concerns it could cause further spikes in coronavirus cases. Two teaching unions have warned that allowing students to return will put them at risk of catching the new variants of Covid-19. Members of the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) have also report...