The schools dilemma facing councils as Covid cases rise ahead of Christmas
Covid cases are doubling every seven days in some areas and the situation is particularly bad in London…
Gavin Williamson
The smart move for Gavin Williamson? Copy Wales and cancel exams in 2021
Gavin Williamson’s statement on the 2021 school exams and the pandemic last week refused to follow the sensible…
Tory Covid exam adjustments “bake in fundamental inequities”, says Labour
Kate Green has slammed the government over arrangements for 2021 A-Level and GCSE exams on the basis that…
Williamson fails to say how Covid exam adjustments ensure a level playing field
Students sitting A-Levels and GCSEs in England next year will get advanced notice of topics and will be…
Labour demands “credible” exams plan as 8m children face entering Tier 2 or 3
Labour has demanded that the government bring forward a “credible plan” for GCSE and A-Level exams taking place…
Scrapping the Union Learning Fund is a spiteful act of economic vandalism
‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’, as the saying goes. Certainly don’t scrap it. But that’s what…
Refusal to save Union Learning Fund “blatantly partisan”, say trade unions
Trade unions have criticised the government’s refusal to back down on slashing support to the Union Learning Fund…
Conservatives reject call to extend free school meals over holidays
The government has voted down – by a majority of 61 – a motion put forward by the Labour…
Delay “necessary but not enough to make exams fair for all”, says Labour
Kate Green has declared that the delay to A-Level and GCSE exams announced by the Education Secretary for…
University unions issue list of demands to fix campus Covid crisis
Groups representing university staff and students have jointly issued a list of demands to the government as part…
