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Covid Inquiry: DfE 'confident' it could rollout mass testing

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 7h

The permanent secretary of the DfE tells the Covid Inquiry she was 'confident' her team would have been able to deliver mass covid testing in schools to fend off a second round of closures in January 2021
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Susan Acland-Hood, permanent secretary of the Department for Education, told the Covid Inquiry she was "confident" over plans to rollout testing in schools.

Covid Inquiry: DfE 'confident' it could rollout mass testing

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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 7h

The permanent secretary of the DfE tells the Covid Inquiry she was 'confident' her team would have been able to deliver mass covid testing in schools to fend off a second round of closures in January 2021
schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-was-conf...

Susan Acland-Hood, permanent secretary of the Department for Education, told the Covid Inquiry she was "confident" over plans to rollout testing in schools.

Specialist MAT given notice to improve after seeking bailout

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 8h

A prominent special school trust has been issued a notice to improve after seeking an emergency bailout - blaming 'significant delays' to government free school cash and local authority funding

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12-school trust appealed for 'emergency' government boost amid deficit concerns

Williamson texted PM he was 'f****d over' by Covid decisions

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 15h

Yesterday's Covid Inquiry revealed former education secretary Gavin Williamson told the Prime Minister he was 'f****d off' over decisions made without him during the pandemic
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Covid inquiry sees expletive-riddled text sent by Gavin Williamson to Boris Johnson over school closures

Ofsted 'transparent' despite withholding reform feedback

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 16h

Ofsted has dealt 'openly and transparently' with feedback on its planned reforms, its chief inspector has claimed, after the watchdog was blasted for refusing to give a breakdown of consultation responses

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'We set out really clearly the negativity that we heard,' says Oliver

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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 19h

This week’s movers and shakers include an Olympic wrestler, a Lego collector and a former tree-logger

Ofsted 'transparent' despite withholding reform feedback

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 1d

Ofsted has dealt 'openly and transparently' with feedback on its planned reforms, its chief inspector has claimed, after it was blasted for refusing to give a breakdown of consultation responses

schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-claim...

'We set out really clearly the negativity that we heard,' says Oliver

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 1d

As local authorities grapple with rising SEND demand and mounting deficits – could locality clusters alleviate some of the pressure?

We investigate...

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Williamson texted PM he was 'f****d over' by Covid decisions

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 1d

Former education secretary Sir Gavin Williamson texted the PM he had been 'f****d over' by decisions made without consulting him during the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has heard today

Covid inquiry sees expletive-riddled text sent by Gavin Williamson to Boris Johnson over school closures

Ofsted 'transparent' despite withholding reform feedback

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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 1d

Ofsted has dealt 'openly and transparently' with feedback on its planned reforms, its chief inspector has claimed, after the watchdog was blasted for refusing to give a breakdown of consultation responses

schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-claim...

'We set out really clearly the negativity that we heard,' says Oliver

ASCL drops Ofsted inspector threat – but mulls legal action

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 1d

The Association of School and College Leaders has shelved plans to ask leaders to quit as Ofsted inspectors, but has now vowed to 'explore legal action' against the reforms

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ASCL won't go ahead with plan to ask leaders to step down as Ofsted inspectors - but says it has 'resolved to explore legal action' instead

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 1d

This week’s movers and shakers include an Olympic wrestler, a Lego collector and a former tree-logger

Ministers plan academy support staff pensions reform

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 1d

Government is planning reforms to school support staff pensions that would make it easier for academy trusts to transfer all workers to the same fund

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The plans would simplify the process to transfer all staff to the same fund

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 1d

A 'locality clusters' funding model is being considered as part of government reforms to the special needs system, but what is it, and what are the benefits and risks?

Schools Week investigates…

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📈 'Transition isn’t just about navigating timetables and classrooms. It’s about identity'

@thekeysupport.bsky.social CEO, Rebecca Maw

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Exclusive: Clarity is 'urgently needed' over how councils should select schools for children in care, with government guidance still referring to headline Ofsted grades more than a year after they were scrapped

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 2d

As local authorities grapple with rising SEND demand and mounting deficits – could locality clusters alleviate some of the pressure?

We investigate...

schoolsweek.co.uk/could-a-loca...

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 2d

An academy trust is to launch a 'one of its kind' higher education institute for non-graduates working with children to train as teachers, social workers, counsellors and SEND specialists

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 2d

Exclusive: Clarity is 'urgently needed' over how councils should select schools for children in care, with government guidance still referring to headline Ofsted grades more than a year after they were scrapped

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📰 Schools news: The weekly round-up

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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 2d

A probe into the academy trust that paid nearly £5,000 in 'consultancy services' to its CEO’s mum was kept under wraps while officials ruled on its merger

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 2d

Hi Rebecca - would you like to expand on this response for our Letters to the Editor page, we've had lots of reaction to the story and want to publish some of those in our edition this week

If so, I would need 150 words by COP today if poss. Email is [email protected] Thanks!

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 2d

Exclusive: Clarity is 'urgently needed' over how councils should select schools for children in care, with government guidance still referring to headline Ofsted grades more than a year after they were scrapped

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 2d

🏘️ 'This wasn’t just a structural change; it was a philosophical one. We moved away from outsourcing and towards a model that is embedded in our education ecosystem'