Covid-19

Omicron: What you need to know about new guidance for education

Principals told in an email this afternoon about rule changes for face masks and close contact isolation

John Dickens
John Dickens
Colleges, Covid-19

Colleges reintroduce Covid measures as cases spike

Staff and students are being asked to mask up again, both in colleges and schools

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Covid-19

Zahawi and Javid encourage school and college student vaccine take-up

The education and health secretaries have urged parents to get their children vaccinated to prevent the spread of Covid-19....

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Covid-19

College brings back face masks after rise in Covid cases

It comes after a cases in Derbyshire increased by 6.5 per cent in a week

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Assessment, Covid-19

2022 exams: What you need to know about plan B

DfE and Ofqual seeking views on draft teacher assessed grades guidance

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Assessment, Covid-19

2022 exams: Adaptions and grading plan finally confirmed

Assessment adaptations and Covid contingencies have been revealed.

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Covid-19

Tripling traineeships target missed by half, and 3 other findings from today’s Plan for Jobs progress report

The government has missed its target to triple the number of traineeships by more than half, a new report...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Covid-19

Asymptomatic testing of FE students to continue for the rest of term

Ministers publish Covid autumn and winter plan

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Covid-19

DfE to evaluate impact of 16-19 Covid tuition fund

The government is planning to evaluate its subsidised tuition scheme for 16-to-19-year-olds – after almost a quarter of eligible...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden