I don& #39;t know if its age, lack of sleep or just how endlessly busy education news is right now but waking up again on a Saturday morning feeling like the last few days are a blur . . However here is an attempt to thread my way back through it . . .
Today the @NEUnion holds a special conference. A new survey shows 84% of its members "do not trust Boris Johnson’s government" to keep schools safe, to protect workers, support disadvantaged children, or ensure exams are fit for purpose during Covid-19. https://www.tes.com/news/losing-faith-and-undermined-teachers-5-covid-fears">https://www.tes.com/news/losi...
The @NEUnion will debate a motion today calling for heads to refuse to prepare for Sats in 2021. The union also wants Sats to be replaced with moderated teacher assessment because of the ongoing disruption being caused by Covid-19. https://www.tes.com/news/forget-sats-and-focus-covid-recovery-say-teachers">https://www.tes.com/news/forg...
And this is a really interesting story: the @NEUnion
has also created a new website which allows teachers and parents to see the Covid-19 rates around their schools. The union says it hopes it will help support public health messaging. https://www.tes.com/news/coronavirus-how-check-covid-infection-rates-near-your-school">https://www.tes.com/news/coro...
Really pleased with three exclusives I have done this week . This one - done with the brilliant @tweetsbyames - shows one in five schools across 40 council areas have been hit by Covid-19. In some areas of the North its more than 50 per cent of schools. https://www.tes.com/news/exclusive-one-five-schools-has-covid-19-cases">https://www.tes.com/news/excl...
Ofsted has admitted to unions that its new visits this term are a form of inspection. This came after the @NAHTnews began a legal challenge to establish the status of the visits which Amanda Spielman had told them were "unequivocally not inspections". https://www.tes.com/news/coronavirus-exclusive-autumn-term-visits-are-inspections-ofsted">https://www.tes.com/news/coro...
And at the start of the week we revealed that the @NASUWT was calling on govt to "urgently explain how it is monitoring the transmission of Covid-19 in schools" after minister Nick Gibb admitted the DfE couldn& #39;t say many teachers had tested positive. https://www.tes.com/news/gibb-not-possible-know-teacher-covid-case-numbers">https://www.tes.com/news/gibb...
This week that the DfE has created a legal obligation on schools to provide remote education from later this month. The @NAHTnews & #39;s general secretary @PaulWhiteman6 says this is a grave error which sends the message that DfE doesn& #39;t trust teachers. https://www.tes.com/news/coronavirus-remote-learning-legal-order-grave-error-say-heads">https://www.tes.com/news/coro...
Covid-19 has meant everything is changing all the time and it does feel endless at times - and we are only writing about it - massive respect to all the leaders, teachers, school staff and governors who are living this. Thread over - have a nice weekend!
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