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January 29, 2021

Supporting image for story: Home schooling overhaul pleas to Government

Home schooling overhaul pleas to Government

Supporting image for story: Covid-19 could cause permanent shift towards virtual parents’ evenings

Covid-19 could cause permanent shift towards virtual parents’ evenings

Supporting image for story: Children from all backgrounds are struggling with schoolwork amid Covid – Ofsted

Children from all backgrounds are struggling with schoolwork amid Covid – Ofsted

Supporting image for story: Ministers urged to act now to prevent ‘major public policy disaster’ over exams

Ministers urged to act now to prevent ‘major public policy disaster’ over exams

January 28, 2021

Supporting image for story: Ladder is helping to rewrite story

Ladder is helping to rewrite story

January 27, 2021

Supporting image for story: Boris Johnson says schools will receive further £300m for catch-up tutoring

Boris Johnson says schools will receive further £300m for catch-up tutoring

Supporting image for story: More than one in three students awarded first class degrees amid pandemic

More than one in three students awarded first class degrees amid pandemic

Supporting image for story: Florence gets pals moving with sponsored bounce to raise £1,000

Florence gets pals moving with sponsored bounce to raise £1,000

January 26, 2021

Supporting image for story: Pupils put art into lockdown wall

Pupils put art into lockdown wall

January 25, 2021

Supporting image for story: Single mothers call for support amid ‘exhausting’ strain of home schooling

Single mothers call for support amid ‘exhausting’ strain of home schooling

Supporting image for story: ‘Nothing I want to do more’ than reopen schools – Boris Johnson

‘Nothing I want to do more’ than reopen schools – Boris Johnson

Supporting image for story: Uncertainty over schools return date 'unsettling', says Sandwell education boss

Uncertainty over schools return date 'unsettling', says Sandwell education boss

Supporting image for story: Ice and snow lead to school closures

Ice and snow lead to school closures

January 24, 2021

Supporting image for story: Teachers have ‘good shout’ at being high on jab priority list after vulnerable

Teachers have ‘good shout’ at being high on jab priority list after vulnerable

January 22, 2021

Supporting image for story: Teachers ‘put through mill’ by constant Covid rule changes, says councillor

Teachers ‘put through mill’ by constant Covid rule changes, says councillor

Supporting image for story: Home-schooling help is at hand

Home-schooling help is at hand

January 21, 2021

Supporting image for story: Malware reported on Government-issued laptops used by children homeschooling

Malware reported on Government-issued laptops used by children homeschooling

Supporting image for story: A helping hand with placements

A helping hand with placements

Supporting image for story: Gavin Williamson ‘certainly hopes’ schools in England will reopen before Easter

Gavin Williamson ‘certainly hopes’ schools in England will reopen before Easter

Supporting image for story: Virtual school games returning for new year

Virtual school games returning for new year

Supporting image for story: Middle-class children ‘spend more time learning’ in lockdown than poorer peers

Middle-class children ‘spend more time learning’ in lockdown than poorer peers

January 20, 2021

Supporting image for story: Educating Yorkshire’s Mr Burton urges parents to ask for help with home learning

Educating Yorkshire’s Mr Burton urges parents to ask for help with home learning

Supporting image for story: Telford sports students get chance to quiz Wolves star

Telford sports students get chance to quiz Wolves star

Supporting image for story: Pausing daily testing in schools latest in string of education U-turns

Pausing daily testing in schools latest in string of education U-turns

Supporting image for story: Government’s scheme to test pupils and staff daily in secondary schools ‘paused’

Government’s scheme to test pupils and staff daily in secondary schools ‘paused’

January 19, 2021

Supporting image for story: More pupils in English schools last week than during first lockdown, data says

More pupils in English schools last week than during first lockdown, data says

Supporting image for story: Government may take regional approach when reopening schools, medical chief says

Government may take regional approach when reopening schools, medical chief says

Supporting image for story: Parents’ stress increased in lockdowns, study finds

Parents’ stress increased in lockdowns, study finds

January 18, 2021

Supporting image for story: Radzi’s mission to get children as fit as a lion

Radzi’s mission to get children as fit as a lion

Supporting image for story: Tettenhall headteacher calls for clear plan to ensure level playing field for pupils

Tettenhall headteacher calls for clear plan to ensure level playing field for pupils

January 16, 2021

Supporting image for story: Rise in exclusions for drug and alcohol-related issues at region's schools

Rise in exclusions for drug and alcohol-related issues at region's schools

Supporting image for story: Work progressing on new secondary school in Wednesbury

Work progressing on new secondary school in Wednesbury

January 15, 2021

Supporting image for story: Birds rescued as more than £25,000 spent on clean up of diesel spillage in Netherton

Birds rescued as more than £25,000 spent on clean up of diesel spillage in Netherton

Supporting image for story: Anti-suicide messages for pupils after ‘serious’ incidents in Sandwell

Anti-suicide messages for pupils after ‘serious’ incidents in Sandwell

Supporting image for story: Kate Green calls for Gavin Williamson to resign over free school meals row

Kate Green calls for Gavin Williamson to resign over free school meals row

Supporting image for story: Learning centre plan for empty Bloxwich unit

Learning centre plan for empty Bloxwich unit

January 14, 2021

Supporting image for story: Virtual careers expo will aid Ladder work

Virtual careers expo will aid Ladder work

January 13, 2021

Supporting image for story: Extension plans for academy get go-ahead

Extension plans for academy get go-ahead

Supporting image for story: Parents could be asked to administer rapid Covid-19 tests for children at home

Parents could be asked to administer rapid Covid-19 tests for children at home

Supporting image for story: Walk-through Covid test centre opens in Rugeley

Walk-through Covid test centre opens in Rugeley

Supporting image for story: Johnson forced to withdraw hypocrisy jibe aimed at Starmer during heated PMQs

Johnson forced to withdraw hypocrisy jibe aimed at Starmer during heated PMQs

Supporting image for story: EasyJet cabin crew to administer Covid-19 jabs

EasyJet cabin crew to administer Covid-19 jabs

Supporting image for story: Rashford: Prime Minister committed to action over ‘unacceptable’ food parcels

Rashford: Prime Minister committed to action over ‘unacceptable’ food parcels

Supporting image for story: School staff a ‘top priority’ for next wave of vaccination, minister says

School staff a ‘top priority’ for next wave of vaccination, minister says

Supporting image for story: Firms supplying poor food parcels to parents ‘will be named and shamed’

Firms supplying poor food parcels to parents ‘will be named and shamed’

Supporting image for story: Students could sit external papers to inform teacher assessments – Williamson

Students could sit external papers to inform teacher assessments – Williamson

Supporting image for story: ‘Mean’ food parcel was sad and depressing, says mother

‘Mean’ food parcel was sad and depressing, says mother

Supporting image for story: Katie delivers school packs

Katie delivers school packs

Supporting image for story: Schools testing strategy could ‘increase Covid in schools’

Schools testing strategy could ‘increase Covid in schools’

January 12, 2021

Supporting image for story: Families receiving ‘degrading’ food parcels treated ‘like dirt’, says mother

Families receiving ‘degrading’ food parcels treated ‘like dirt’, says mother

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