Back to School: What do the stats say about school attendance and testing?
Last week, all pupils returned to schools following more than two months of remote learning for most children.
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The Period Product Scheme: providing young people with period products when they need them
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Now pupils are back in the classroom no-one should be held back from accessing education due to their period. In January 2020, we launched the Period Products Scheme to provide learners with period products when they need them. But how …
How the National Tutoring Programme will help pupils most affected by the impact of lost learning during the pandemic
The National Tutoring Programme (NTP) will help boost the learning of those pupils most affected by the impact of missed time in school during the pandemic.
How schools and colleges are helping build a safer society based on respecting others and healthy relationships
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Child protection, Relationships and Sex Education, Schools
We made relationships education compulsory for all primary and secondary aged pupils for the first time from September of last year. The new relationships, sex, and health education (RSHE) curriculum has been designed to make sure young people learn about …
Government teams up with TV's Dr Alex to discuss impact of the pandemic on young people’s mental health and wellbeing
Dr Alex George, the A&E doctor who regularly appears as the resident doctor on ITV’s Lorraine, has been appointed by the Government as its Youth Mental Health Ambassador.
Back to School week: Everything you need to know
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Getting our children and young people back into schools and colleges has always been a top priority – that’s because experts agree the best place for children to be is with their teachers, friends, and peers.
Covid testing in schools – who will get tested? How and where will they be tested? Who has to isolate after a positive test? These questions and more answered
NOTE: This article was updated on 30 March to reflect a change to the guidance around confirmatory PCR tests All secondary school and college age pupils are eligible for twice weekly testing to help keep covid out of our classrooms …
Children in primary schools do not need to wear face coverings but most pupils in secondary schools do
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When schools and colleges open to all pupils on 8 March it will be necessary for most secondary school age pupils to wear face coverings but not primary age pupils. Our guidance is clear that children in primary school do …
Chief Medical Officer: “If you keep children out of school, every single one of the children you keep out of school is disadvantaged”
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The country’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty, has said that it is “absolutely universally accepted that there are huge advantages for children to be in school”.
All students to return to school and college from 8 March and what you need to know
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From Monday 8 March, schools and colleges will open to all pupils with asymptomatic COVID-19 testing in place. University students on practical courses will also return on Monday 8 March. The return of all pupils is a priority in the …