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Teachers feel ‘under pressure to divert time towards preparing for inspection rather than prioritising support for pupils,’ union warns

As students are urged to have twice-weekly Covid tests, unions say further measures are needed to reassure parents

Otley couldnt build on their impressive fun in the Aire-Wharfe Cricket League this weekend ADDINGHAM produced a performance as scorching as the weather to deny Otley a seventh successive win in Division One of the Aire-Wharfe League on Saturday. Otley skipper George Huntley led from the front, reaching his highest individual league score with a fantastic 129 not out to help his side to 225-7, Rob Ellis (3-65) and Richard Atkins (2-66) doing the damage with the ball. However, Addingham had...

Obituary: Elizabeth Ann Brook NORWAY - Elizabeth Ann Brook, a resident of Norway, passed away peacefully in the early hours of June 28, 2021. Her ... Read Article Elizabeth Ann Brook NORWAY – Elizabeth Ann Brook, a resident of Norway, passed away peacefully in the early hours of June 28, 2021. Her final days were spent at Stephens Memorial Hospital culminating a long and courageous battle with cancer. Liz was born in Providence, R.I. on Feb. 4, 1952, and grew up in Cranston, R.I. She was p...

Last modified on Thu 29 Apr 2021 17.32 EDT Schools are struggling to access the government’s controversial national tutoring programme (NTP) aimed at supporting disadvantaged children in the wake of the pandemic because of a shortage of qualified tutors in some parts of England, school leaders have warned. The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) called on the government to give schools more funding and allow them greater flexibility to use staff they may be familiar with, which would...

Ministers should focus their attention on providing schools with enough funding so they can provide quality catch-up support for pupils rather than “policy gimmicks”, a headteachers’ union has said. Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said speculation about longer school days and shorter holidays to help children was “misconceived and unhelpful”. It comes as schools standards minister Nick Gibb said he is “open to all ideas” on ...

Ministers should not focus on ‘policy gimmicks’ to help pupils catch up – heads Updated: February 9, 2021, 7:03 pm Euan Stanton, a year 7 pupil at a secondary school in Ashford, Kent, studies at home (PA) Ministers should focus their attention on providing schools with enough funding so they can provide quality catch-up support for pupils rather than “policy gimmicks”, a headteachers’ union has said. Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (A...