everything curriculum | February 2021


An educational roundup of news and current affairs for schools


Teacher absences due to COVID six times higher than for pupils in


primary schools The proportion of teachers absent from school due to a positive coronavirus test was six times higher than that of students in primary schools last term, new analysis shows.


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Pay supply teachers despite lockdown,


Lost school time ‘could cost pupils £40,000 in


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Headteachers left frustrated over missing out on ‘thousands of pounds’ for disadvantaged students


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earnings’ Pupils in the UK could stand to lose an average of £40,000 each in lifetime earnings from lost time in school because of COVID, a report suggests.


schools told Schools should pay supply staff wages at 80 per cent and supply agencies shouldn’t use furlough, says guidance.


this year Headteachers have said they would have had thousands of pounds more to spend on their poorest students this year, if the government had not changed how it calculates grants used to help disadvantaged pupils.


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PM names head of school


pandemic catch–up plan The prime minister has announced an “education recovery commissioner” to oversee how England’s schools can catch up from the disruption of the pandemic.


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