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When to keep children off school amid strep A and scarlet fever cases

The UKHSA has issued guidance to parents on when to keep kids at home and when they can go back to school if they get scarlet fever

Chronicle Live

Transgender guidance for schools delayed until next year

Guidance for schools is ‘clearly critical and needed’, MPs warn

Evening Standard

Government misses teacher recruitment target by almost a third

Data from the Department for Education (DfE) shows there were 29% fewer new entrants than needed.

The Independent UK

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Newcastle Great Park Academy delay: Government 'working as quickly as possible' to build new school

It was announced last week that the new Great Park Academy may not be in its permanent home until summer 2025

Chronicle Live

Call for ‘decisive action’ as report shows high stress among educational staff

The Government has been urged to invest more in the education workforce and to improve working conditions.

The Independent UK

Schoolchildren in England to learn about biodiversity in new RHS project

Partnership between RHS, Natural History Museum and DfE will enable schools to access funding to create green spaces

The Guardian - UK

Report urges DfE to ‘secure better outcomes’ in child social care

Department for Education’s spending on what works best for children in care is a good move but still needs to deliver better outcomes, report states.

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Schools need 'urgent' help to handle gender 'minefield' says Ofsted chief

Amanda Spielman said there was a 'very considerable' burden on headteachers

Wales Online

Schools ‘urgently’ need guidance on gender ‘minefield’, says Ofsted chief

Chief inspector Amanda Spielman said there is a ‘very considerable’ burden on headteachers trying to navigate ‘deeply contested issues’.

The Independent UK

Fury as government says there is no guarantee ‘desperately needed’ new secondary school will ever be built

The Department for Education says it will 'continue to analyse local demand' going forwards.

Manchester Evening News

‘For the first time in my teaching career I’m prepared to strike’ — inside the school funding crisis

Nine out of 10 schools in England are expected to run out of money by the next academic year, with those in London among the worst hit. So is the future of education at risk forever? Katie Strick reports

Evening Standard

Desperately needed new school will now not open until 2025 as government 'pauses' scheme

To be run by Star Academies, the 750-place school - dubbed Star Lakeside Academy - was expected to open in Littleborough, Rochdale, next year.

Manchester Evening News

Children could learn 'mass casualty' first aid in response to Manchester Arena bombing

The latest report from the public inquiry could revolutionise life-saving first aid training in schools and businesses

Manchester Evening News

School cuts website shows parents the impact of Tory policy on their children

Teaching unions revamp site with official data on every school in England and Wales to show education funding

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Two Greater Manchester boroughs are 'Oxbridge deserts'

Getting into the country's best universities is a bit of a postcode lottery.

The Independent UK

Department for Education reprimanded over ‘woeful’ betting firms data breach

The Information Commissioner’s Office said the DfE had allowed gambling firms access to a database of children’s learning records.

The Conversation

Schools in England are facing bankruptcy – here's what the government could do to help

We have barely reached the autumn half term and school leaders are already beginning to worry about what the academic year beginning in September 2023 will hold. The combined effect of the cost of living crisis with unexpected salary costs have already made it almost impossible for schools to balance…

Evening Standard

Who is Nick Gibb? Schools minister returns to role in Rishi Sunak reshuffle

He previously held the Education Minister role between July 2014 and September 2021

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The Independent UK

Number of referrals for ‘episodes of need’ for children highest since 2014

Some 413,320 ‘episodes of need’ started in the year ending March 2022, Department for Education figures show.

The Guardian - UK

‘Unjust’ funding ban has stopped me retraining as a paramedic

If I wanted to be a nurse, doctor, dentist or other health professional, I would be able to have a loan or bursary

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Oxbridge deserts

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Tuesday, October 25, 2022.

The Guardian - UK

‘No fat left to trim’: how spending cuts could affect UK government

As Rishi Sunak warns of a ‘profound economic challenge’, struggling departments face reduced budgets

Daily Mirror

Head teacher forced to bring in mum and sister to help cash-strapped school

Steve Hitchcock, who runs St Peter's Primary in Budleigh Salterton, Devon, said he has had to lean on his family members after losing staff to supermarkets because they paid more

Wales Online

Liz Truss ‘considering plans to give childcare cash straight to parents’ in England

Funding is currently given directly to nurseries and childminders, but Department for Education is reviewing 'a wide range of options'

The Independent UK

Truss ‘considering plans to send childcare cash to parents’ in England

The Department for Education said ‘a wide range of options’ are being explored to make childcare more accessible and affordable.

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