COVID-19
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Testing in schools seems like an impossible task – it really is not.
Hamid Patel CBE, Chief Executive of Star Academies Many headteachers have reacted with consternation and concern to the government’s sudden announcement of mass testing in schools. With so little time…
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Dealing with interruptions to teaching: What Oak has learned and the months ahead
Matt Hood, Principal, Oak National Academy It feels like a sobering understatement to say that schools have been up against it this year. It’s hard to have imagined back in…
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New beginnings – getting schools fully open in the new normal
Tom Bennett, Behaviour Advisor to the DfE We meet the new school term in circumstances unlike any other. There has never been an autumn term like this one. If character…
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Returning our children to school
Anthony Denny – Parent to a Year 10 student at Jane Austen College, Norwich I sit here at home, writing this piece, with my wife working at our dining room table,…
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Fully opening schools: planning for success
Hamid Patel CBE is chief executive officer of Star Academies The cautious reopening of schools to more children during recent weeks has restored a measure of national confidence. Pupils have been mature…
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Three Government actions to remove deadlock
Hamid Patel CBE, Chief Executive of Star Academies Prolonged absence from school is hurting our children and widening inequalities. With every day that goes by in lockdown, the situation worsens and…
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The ‘Roadmap to Recovery’- the five ‘Rs’ and an approach to the wider re-opening of our 21 primary, secondary and special schools in the East of England.
Stephen Chamberlain is CEO of The Active Learning Trust. On the 18th March 2020 the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson announced that: “After schools shut their gates from Friday afternoon, they will…
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Starline: a collaborative civic response to support parents
Hamid Patel CBE, Chief Executive of Star Academies The unexpected opportunity to spend endless days in each other’s uninterrupted company has undoubtedly brought golden moments for some families. Parents are…
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Learning in Lockdown
Jenny Thompson is Principal at Dixons Trinity Academy. In the absence of routine, everything becomes negotiation perched upon the emotions of the moment. It can be exhausting. Alarms and times that…
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