Total 14 Posts
It’s reassuring that summer was spent wisely planning for the coming COVID winter... or was it?
3 min read
This summer, the government has done absolutely nothing to prepare schools, the NHS and communities for the coming autumn COVID wave nor has it got any plans for the subsequent winter COVID wave, a health expert explains.
How teachers supported children and parents through COVID-19 school closures.
5 min read
Teachers went to great effort to help parents support their children’s learning during the lockdown periods.
COVID numbers are spiking, yet still no public health messaging.
11 min read
The views of experts and health professionals on whether there is cause for concern as COVID case numbers are rising again, the risk of a new variant to show up, the situation in schools and long COVID.
Legal advice: Government can’t ban the use of facemasks in schools.
2 min read
The Education Secretary doesn’t have the power to go over the heads of headteachers and ban the wearing of facemasks in school.
England’s plan B restrictions are lifting – but are some measures here to stay?
5 min read
Control measures may be easing in England, but don’t expect the world to return to how it was in January 2020. Cases may be declining, but they are still incredibly high. Already, it’s estimated a million children were off school because of COVID last week.
Lockdown schooling: Research from across the world shows reasons to be hopeful.
4 min read
Despite the major challenges lockdown-induced remote learning has presented, teachers, pupils and parents alike have reaped certain benefits. Can school learn from these changes?
You don’t end a pandemic simply by declaring it over.
7 min read
The views of experts and health professionals on the Omicron variant, the government’s handling of the situation, and the lack of mitigations in schools as the NHS struggles to cope with the crisis...