News
Exams cancelled in favour of teacher-estimated grades
Grades estimated by teachers will replace GCSE, A-level and Sats exams in England, which have been cancelled due to the…
6th January 2021
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Events
Exam results fiasco won’t recur next year, Williamson assures teachers
The process of awarding GCSE, A-level and other exam results this summer “wasn’t good enough” and will not recur next…
19th November 2020
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Features
Uniform rules
School may look a little different this term, but at least the pupils look the same as ever. Wearing their…
28th September 2020
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Features
Will pupils and staff have to wear face coverings in independent schools?
The wearing of face coverings has become a widely discussed topic, especially as schools have reopened for the autumn term….
2nd September 2020
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Health & well-being
Almost half a million UK pupils could refuse to return to school
A new poll from children’s charity Barnardo’s suggests that almost half a million UK children could refuse to return to…
1st September 2020
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Facilities & buildings
The new facilities challenges
While the government deemed it unnecessary for “significant adaptations” to be made to school sites in order to welcome children…
28th August 2020
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News
A-level results an ‘omnishambles’, says headteacher
Students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are receiving the results of their A-level, AS-level and technical qualifications today. In…
13th August 2020
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News
Wrekin College replace exam revision with employability bootcamps
A school in Shropshire has run an extended employability bootcamp for students who did not have to sit summer exams….
4th August 2020
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Features
A whole new approach to distance learning
When news of a virus outbreak in China first started to trickle through to the UK, who could have predicted…
23rd July 2020
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Facilities & buildings
How has your school adapted its facilities to manage social distancing?
We have used some of our larger rooms and halls to accommodate our distanced ‘bubbles’, which helps us to keep…
16th July 2020
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