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comments Boris Johnson has urged parents to send their children back to primaries that are set to reopen tomorrow PM said he had no doubt that schools were safe but refused to rule out full shutdown in the weeks to come Mr Johnson warned that harsher lockdown measures will probably be needed due to the mutant Covid strain  Ofsted boss Amanda Spielman has delivered stark warning that childrens learning cannot be furloughed  Left-wing councils join revolt against Government plans as National E...

The head of Englands schools watchdog today warned that education cannot be furloughed as Left-wing councils joined the revolt against Government plans to keep schools open. Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman said school closures should be kept to the absolute minimum, revealing that the first lockdown disrupted childrens learning and wider development. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, she said Ofsted had found some younger children had forgotten how to hold a pencil or use a knife and for...

Boris Johnson warned harsher lockdown measures will probably be needed due to the mutant Covid strain Keir Starmer condemned the PM for delaying and insisted national lockdown should happen within 24 hours  Mr Johnson has urged parents still to send their children back to primaries that are set to reopen tomorrow  PM said he had no doubt that schools were safe but refused to rule out full shutdown in the weeks to come  Ofsted boss Amanda Spielman has delivered stark warning that childrens le...

Head teachers are calling on the Government to scrap this summers GCSE and A-level exams amid outrage over Gavin Williamsons plans to keep schools open. Most primaries in England are expected to re-open their doors tomorrow, while secondary schools will reopen on a staggered basis later this month with plans to test every student weekly.  Yesterday, however, the UKs largest teaching union advised members it was not safe to return to the classroom - with several left-wing councils demanding th...

Keep them at home: Headteacher in Berkshire tells parents not to send their children to school amid soaring Covid cases as more councils look set to defy orders to open primaries despite assurances from Boris Johnson Boris Johnson has urged parents to send their children back to primaries that are set to reopen tomorrow PM said he had no doubt that schools were safe but refused to rule out full shutdown in the weeks to come  Headteacher Gil Denham said she cant guarantee that pupils or staff w...

Tens of thousands of sick children have missed out on all education for most of this year because of the closure of schools during the pandemic. A leading charity warned last night that many children with long-term conditions such as cancer have not received any lessons since the virus struck in March. No official figures exist, but campaigners estimate that many thousands have been affected. They say these children struggle to keep up with school in normal times as they are in and out of hospi...

Early years settings condemn Government for miniscule funding rise Catherine Gaunt Friday, December 18, 2020 Early years settings will receive just a 6p an hour increase  per child for three-and four-year-olds next term, as the Department for Education reverts to pre-Covid funding rates. Sector organisations say the funding rates show a lack of respect for the sectors hard work and dedication during the pandemic Register now to continue reading ...

Worsening mental health, domestic abuse and poverty as support falls: social workers count cost of Covid The results of Community Cares recent survey on the impact of coronavirus highlight the severity of a still-unfolding crisis for many citizens Photo: motortion/Adobe Stock A Community Care carried out last month revealed a gloomy assessment from social workers of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their work, eight months on from the first lockdown. More than seven in 10 respondents s...

Kent CC has resumed receiving new arrivals of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) into their care, five months after they reached the limits of their capacity. In a statement the council announced it was “confident that we can once again safely provide care” but warned that a long-term solution still needs to be implemented to avoid the “unfair and intolerable burden” the countys childrens services was left facing. On 17 August Kent formally notified the government that they we...

COVID-19 Isolation Harming Children Says UK Watchdog Isolation measures, instated as part of the response to the CCP virus, are harming children, according to new reports published by the UK governmental watchdog Ofsted. The set of reports, published on Tuesday, found that repeated periods of self-isolation have impacted children and their education, particularly the most vulnerable.  Most children returned to school in September following the national lockdown that saw schooling move to onlin...