Local Councillors sign letter to PM to extend Free School Meals
Ahead of the Chancellor's Budget statement this week, over 750 local councillors have signed a letter to the Prime Minister calling for more support so that no child is left behind.
Awarding Grades for 2021
Government acted too late. Had there been steps taken at the start of the academic year to prepare for the eventuality that exams may not be able to happen, this could have been more easily resolved.
Government’s education recovery package
The NEU and the Sutton Trust have recommended to Government that £750 million is needed as the first immediate boost to Pupil Premium. Instead, £302 million has been announced.
The Government are still not following the science
Boris Johnson has pressed ahead with this gamble on the wider opening of schools and colleges in one swoop and ignored the advice for a phased return.
Schools Wider Opening from 8 March
Today’s announcement that all pupils will return to English schools and colleges on 8 March demonstrates, again, that Boris Johnson has, despite all his words of caution, failed to learn the lessons of his previous mistakes
Joint statement on wider opening of schools in England
Nine education organisations have joined together to issue a statement on the wider opening of schools and colleges in England.
Joint education statement on vaccines
Early years, schools and college staff must be prioritised for Phase 2 vaccinations, union and education leaders warn following reports of government row-back
EPI on education recovery
No educational programme will be successful unless it is linked to measures on a massive scale to deal with poverty.
Education unions unite to reject Government pay freeze
Organisations representing the overwhelming majority of teachers and school leaders in England have united in opposing the Government’s pay freeze.
Joint statement: fair summer assessment
Education organisations set out principles for fair assessment this summer