Education
Total 7 Posts
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.
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?
Examining the financial sustainability of mainstream schools in England.
5 min read
Some schools have reduced staffing levels or changed the support provided to pupils with special educational needs and disabilities because of financial pressures on schools’ provision.
Would a longer school day help children catch up after the pandemic?
4 min read
More hours of teaching might benefit children’s recovery in the short term but put teachers under dangerous pressure.
Blowing bubbles is dangerous for children.
3 min read
The removal of centrally mandated bubbles in UK schools is a calamitous move, and one based on a gross misrepresentation of the facts.
We trust grown-ups to protect us, but they are doing the opposite of protecting us — concerned children.
4 min read
It feels like those making decisions about our future and our lives are not listening to us. We are not numbers – we are children.
The 2021 Spring Budget.
9 min read
On Wednesday Rishi Sunak presented the government’s latest budget. What do experts and professionals think about the government’s 2021 Spring Budget?