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• More than half of England's schools disrupted by strikes

  16-03-2023 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Teachers walked out for two days this week in their long-running dispute over a fully-funded pay rise.
  
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• Union raises concern over funds for school building repairs in England

  16-03-2023 19:05
  
  NASUWT says there should be more money for school buildings, not less, amid fears some could collapseSchool leaders in England are concerned that the government is cutting back on school building refurbishment and repairs despite the Department for Education’s recent disclosure that there was a “critical – very likely” risk of buildings collapsing.The NASUWT union said the budget this week had cut the DfE’s capital expenditure limits by £400m, from £6.3b
  
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• One in five pupils in England were persistently absent in past school year

  16-03-2023 17:32
  
  Covid and other illnesses main reasons for attendance drop compared with pre-pandemic, according to DfE figuresOne in five pupils in England were reported as persistently absent during the last school year, with Covid and other illnesses the biggest contributors to soaring classroom absence rates compared with pre-pandemic years.The figures from the Department for Education (DfE) showed the aftermath of the pandemic continued to significantly affect state school attendance into the summer of 202
  
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• Childcare costs put parents off having more children

  16-03-2023 16:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parents say they are putting off having more children due to nursery and childcare fees in Wales.
  
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• What is the plan for 30 hours of free childcare and how will it work?

  16-03-2023 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government has announced more help with childcare for some working parents in the Budget.
  
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• Poetry can move souls and thrum hearts: why wouldn’t we teach our children about it? | Joseph Coelho

  16-03-2023 13:34
  
  A dispiriting new survey has found that nearly a quarter of schools teach poetry only once a year or less. What a shame that isJoseph Coelho is the Waterstones children’s laureateSchools are facing considerable barriers to teaching poetry in the classroom. That’s according to a new survey from the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education and Macmillan Children’s Books – the findings of which come as little surprise to me.I have worked with many student teachers and spoken
  
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• The Tories keep bottling their push for more grammar schools. Is it because they know they don’t work? | Lola Okolosie

  16-03-2023 11:47
  
  England’s existing grammars cream off the most able students from privileged backgrounds, yet their results are only marginally betterFive years into the government’s drive to make grammar schools more inclusive, the results are mixed at best. An investigation by the BBC revealed that a quarter of England’s 160 grammar schools remain woefully behind in offering places to disadvantaged children – who still make up less than 5% of the student body. Fewer still will have a s
  
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• Official Statistics: Multi-academy trust performance measures (key stages 2, 4 and 5)

  16-03-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Attainment statistics for pupils across key stages 2, 4 and 5 who attended multi-academy trusts (MATs) in England in the 2021 to 2022 academic year.
  
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• National Statistics: Pupil absence in schools in England: 2021 to 2022

  16-03-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  This release reports on pupil absence in primary and secondary schools in the 2021 to 2022 academic year.
  
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• After Lionesses roar, the government's pledge on school physical education is a whimper | Cath Bishop

  16-03-2023 09:00
  
  Government’s response to demand for Euros to have a legacy wafts at school sport structures that were not fit for purposeWasn’t it brilliant to see the Lionesses back on our screens recently, dribbling balls with schoolgirls outside No 10 Downing Street as the government responded to their campaign to improve PE? They are truly inspirational players and people. It felt good to relive the highs of the Euros last summer, stuck in this never-ending winter. But before we all sink into a
  
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• ‘Break every rule’: school as you’ve never seen it before – in pictures

  16-03-2023 08:00
  
  Pins on chairs! Choreographed class limbos! Karolina Wojtas’s art takes aim at the rigid and militaristic Polish education system Continue reading...
  
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• Payout for family of baby badly burned at Aberdeen nursery

  16-03-2023 07:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The boy was 10 months old when he was burned by a bucket of boiled water containing bleach in 2021.
  
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