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Dave Speck
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Stop ‘tinkering’ and fix Covid crisis gap, say heads
Government ‘obsessed’ with MAT expansion, and education secretary’s approach to behaviour is ‘thin gruel’, says ASCL
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28 April 2021
National behaviour survey to show ‘what schools need’
Education secretary says new behaviour survey will cover low-level disruption and bullying in schools
General
28 April 2021
Heads back call for breakfast club expansion
Union pledges support for ‘expanded’ breakfast clubs after Labour calls for them to provide ‘additional learning time’
General
27 April 2021
Some teachers need ‘complete break’ not summer schools
While some staff may have energy for summer schools, others will need a break ‘after the year they’ve had’, sector leader warns
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27 April 2021
Primary school attendance back to pre-pandemic levels
Teacher absences are now the lowest they have been since last October, new DfE attendance data shows
General
27 April 2021
Revealed: Where £10m DfE school behaviour cash is going
Seven behaviour experts will cost DfE £1 million over the course of controversial three-year scheme
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22 April 2021