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Only people who aren't in schools much could be willing to ignore the absolute safeguarding nightmare that is smartphones for some sweetness and light vision of using them for study.

Problem with another full national lockdown is many of the those demanding it don't have skin in the game - it'll be poorer people delivering goods to maintain lifestyle and

With regards to online learning, it seems unwise for the government to create a law that schools simply cannot follow, and which schools in the most deprived areas will find

Going to just say it: it is just not possible to deliver the government's demands for online learning in lockdown if you have any dependents at home. It is not

Sometimes think middle class folk who think schools did NOTHING because teachers didn't offer 6 hours of online learning each day are living blissful ignorance of the endless hours of

Schools are going to rapidly lose the confidence and cooperation of parents if this continues. Our hypervigilance is underpinned entirely by the easy availability of testing. Without that, families will

When school reopening was first announced, guidance was clear and confident enough that you got the sense they thought it would be safe to go back to school. Now, with

1/n The start of a new year will see a lot of teachers joining Catholic education, possibly for the first time, and one of the things that often worries people

Have now spent more than half the time in primary as I spent in secondary. Have gone from 'they can't even in write in sentences what do they teach them

One thing I think the Somewheres amongst should more actively attend to is the loss of regional identity and expression within governance infrastructure - we often just have a simple

Imagine being the first Head to guide your school thtough this and then having Ofsted rock up and call you inadequate. What an absolutely bonkers system. 'Oh we know you've

This last few months really has given lie to the myth that the difference between schools in affluent areas and deprived areas is just curriculum and if you make the