Charities warn some children who are missing out on additional support at school are falling into crisis.
Tag: Education
Coronavirus: Online students face full tuition fees
If universities are teaching online next term students will still have to pay full tuition fees.
Coronavirus: Could Wales’ schools return begin in June?
Schools would need about three weeks to prepare for a phased return, says first minister.
Lockdown homeschooling: The parents who have forgotten what they learned at school
Parents have been turning to Google to help them teach the things they’ve forgotten.
Coronavirus: Families still waiting for free school meal vouchers
The government does not know how many families have received the vouchers.
‘Justice not charity’ – the blind marchers who made history
Remembering the maverick blind campaigners who walked to London a century ago to demand equality.
Schools will reopen in phases, says Williamson
When schools go back it will not initially be for all pupils, the education secretary told MPs.
Coronavirus: Call for £700 catch-up premium for poorer pupils
Secondary schools should get cash to offer extra tuition to disadvantaged pupils, say MPs and peers.
Coronavirus: Lockdown exit must take domestic abuse rise into account – May
The government must think how lockdown impacts domestic violence as it plans an exit, says former PM.
Coronavirus: Furloughed workers offered online skills training
The government urges staff in lockdown to take online training for the post-virus economy.
Coronavirus: ‘Phased’ school reopening when lockdown lifts
Schools are closed to all pupils, apart from key worker’s children and vulnerable pupils.
Coronavirus: ‘When will I be able to hug my grandchildren?’
The first question from the public at the No 10 briefing brings home the “emotional impact” of lockdown.