Masks still needed to Keep Millions Safe
Scientists: More than 153,000 children and school staff with Long COVID means masks still needed to keep millions safe.
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Sutton Trust on Pupil Premium Funding
School budgets have been hit hard by coronavirus and the inadequate reimbursement from Government. Gavin Williamson must come clean as to how much schools have lost as a result of his moving the goalpost.
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Speech by Gavin Williamson to the Confederation of School Trusts
The fragmented academy system has serious structural problems and contradictions which are entirely the fault of this Government. What we need is greater coherence and investment in the democratic structures and support that bind schools to one another and to their communities.
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Stephen Lawrence Day
22 April 2021 is the 28th anniversary of the murder of Stephen Lawrence in 1993.
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The NEU rejects the findings of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
The Sewell report has little of value to say about education and has no recommendations on tackling racism in schools.
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Peter Weir's executive dysfunction
Ciaran O’Halloran, NEU member, head of drama at a school in Belfast, and an examiner for Welsh Joint Education Committee (WJEC) shares his thoughts on the ministerial decision on WJEC exams in Northern Ireland.