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A headteachers’ union has said it will not be possible to recruit and train all the volunteers needed to carry out Covid-19 tests for students. The Government has announced that secondary school and college pupils’ return to class in England will be staggered in the first week of January to help headteachers roll out mass testing of students. Schools minister Nick Gibb said the tests will be administered by volunteers and agency staff, rather than teachers, and further details on how it wil...

Volunteers carrying out Covid-19 tests in schools will not need DBS check Schools minister Nick Gibb has confirmed the tests will be administered by volunteers and agency staff, rather than teachers Updated Further details on how it will work will be published next week (Image: Getty Images/BananaStock RF) Never miss another story from Coventry and Warwickshire by subscribing to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will...

KEEP THEM IN SCHOOL Schoolkids to get DAILY Covid tests if classmates test positive as army of mums of dads is recruited for January blitz Natasha Clark Updated: 18 Dec 2020, 16:55 Natasha Clark Invalid Date, SCHOOLKIDS will get daily Covid tests in future if a classmate tests positive for the virus - with an army of mums and dads recruited for a January blitz. Ministers want every child to get a test when they go back to school in January to reduce the risk of them spreading anything they ma...

BBC News By Hannah Richardson Published image copyrightPA Media The return to secondary school in January will be staggered in England, with some pupils starting online rather than in class, says the government. It will allow schools to set up a Covid testing scheme - but exam-year pupils will start term as usual. The National Education Union said making the announcement right at the end of the school term showed "panic". Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said testing would "clamp down" on t...

DfE announces staggered returns for secondary schools after Christmas Fiona Simpson Thursday, December 17, 2020 The Department for Education has announced a staggered return for secondary school pupils in England after the Christmas break. Exam students will return first. Picture: Adobe Stock Register now to continue reading Thank you for visiting Children & Young People Now and making use of our archive of more than 60,000 expert features, t...

SCOTLAND’S kids shouldnt miss school next week, the Scottish Government has said.  While primaries and secondaries in a number of local authorities break up on Friday, many pupils, including those in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee are due in class next Monday and Tuesday. There’s anecdotal evidence that a substantial number of parents - keen to keep down the number of contacts theyre exposed to before Christmas - are set to keep their children home. Earlier this month Education Se...

More councils reveal term dates for January with most schools returning on January 11 Parents have been told expect full return to the classroom by January 18 18:50, 17 DEC 2020 Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Most children in Wales will not be back in school for face-to-face teaching until January 11 - with a full return to the classroom in all schools not expected until January 18. Soaring coronavirus rates forced schools to shut early and move to online teaching this we...

Northern Ireland’s A-Level students will sit fewer exams in 2021 after new measures were announced by the Education Minster. But Peter Weir is facing renewed criticism for failing to act decisively and cancel A-Level and GCSE exams for next summer. The Minister revealed measures which he believes will ensure fair and flexible public examinations in 2021 on Tuesday. But he again ruled out any idea that next summer’s examinations will be cancelled, saying they would be “underpinned by conti...

EDUCATION unions have slammed the Tories’ “shameful” threat of legal action to force a London council to keep its schools open.  Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe says that he received a directive from the Department for Education (DfE) on Monday that schools be kept fully open until the end of autumn term on Friday. The south-east London borough had announced on Sunday that primaries, secondaries and colleges were advised to close several days early and move to online teachi...

Workers from Black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds have had to self-isolate at a much higher rate than white workers, according to a new report from the TUC.