Unicef – Covid closures still affecting 400 million pupils.
Unicef – Covid closures still affecting 400 million pupils. Schools in 23 countries, with 405 million pupils are still partially or fully closed because of Covid. Unicef – What Can Be Done? It is reported that some vulnerable children have not returned to schools even though they have reopened due to fears they may become […]
Rules for Covid
Last week saw the legal requirement to self-isolate if you test positive to Covid, come to an end; this being a massive change as over the last two years, a positive result meant isolation. If schools it will open up some tricky situations, I’m sure, such as – can you refuse to accept a child […]
Staff Shortages from Covid
Teachers testing positive from Covid has more than doubled this term causing staff shortages across the country. Figures from the DfE show that 1.3 per cent of teachers have tested positive from Covid last week which is twice the rate from the middle of September. School Shortages Schools are facing a similar situation with support […]
DfE Revives Teacher Trainee Bursaries
The government will be reinstating a series of cash incentives for trainee teachers in a variety of subjects, due to a plateau of teacher recruitment during the Covid crisis. DfE U-Turn At the end of 2020, the DfE reduced or completely scrapped the bursaries for certain subjects, have now taken a complete U-turn on the […]
How Teachers Can Tackle School Anxiety
School anxiety, unfortunately, has always been there with students for various reasons however, recent reports show that it has soared due to Covid. Anxiety is prolific in schools Young people’s mental health has gotten worse since the start of the pandemic, in 2020, according to Mind, one-in-six young people had a diagnosable mental health problem. […]
