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Gavin Williamson: Machiavelli or Private Pike?
How has the education secretary survived so many U-turns? Or has he been unfairly accused?
Covid-19: Special school staff want jab priority
Parents of disabled children are calling for teachers in special schools to receive the Covid-19 vaccine.
Covid-19: Williamson promises 300,000 extra laptops
The laptops and tablets will be delivered to schools in England to support disadvantaged pupils.
Covid-19: Early years staff ‘should have vaccine priority’
Access to a vaccine should be available to people like nursery workers, groups supporting them say.
Covid-19: The challenges of home-schooling
With a lack of devices, broadband and time, online school is proving stressful for many.
Lockdown Learning: BBC puts school materials on TV, iPlayer and online
As most schools close across the UK, lessons from BBC Bitesize move on to BBC Two and CBBC.
Surge in pupils at school in lockdown sparks call for limit
With attendance as high as 50% in some areas, heads call for pupil limits in England’s lockdown schools.
IGCSE exams taken in private schools still going ahead
While GCSEs and A-levels are cancelled, IGCSEs, often used in independent schools, will continue.
Students pledge rent strike over unused uni rooms
Students say they will refuse to pay for accommodation they cannot use during lockdown.
‘Show us it’s safe’ to be open, say nursery staff
Worried nursery staff call on ministers to prove it’s safe for them to open in England.
Fears schools will be overwhelmed by laptopless pupils
Allowing pupils without laptops into schools could limit the impact of the closures, say head.