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Plans to help school students catch-up from a year of Covid disruption were thrown into doubt last night after teaching unions issued a fresh pay demand. Britain’s largest teaching union, the National Education Union (NEU), said any plans to lengthen the school day or extend terms dates would require a new pay deal. It comes … Read more
Private schools accuse ministers of ‘ignoring’ their offers to provide summer catch-up courses for local children in letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson Christopher King, chief executive of Independent Association of Prep Schools wrote to Gavin Williamson Mr king said ministers had been reluctant to accept help from public schools Private schools offered the use … Read more
They soared to fame back in 2006 on series seven of Big Brother, which has once again become a talking point thanks to the current reunion show airing re-runs of classic episodes. And Imogen Thomas and Nikki Grahame proved they were still close all these years later as they reunited for a drink at Callooh Calley … Read more
Some of Britain’s top private schools are willing to offer their buildings and grounds for summer catch-up courses for state children who have missed out most during the coronavirus pandemic, it was revealed today. Julie Robinson, chief executive of the Independent Schools Council (ISC), said a number of fee-paying schools have greater capacity to help … Read more
Pupils in England will undergo a ‘massive catch-up operation over the summer and beyond’ to allow them to receive the remedial help they need after months out of the classroom. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson today announced there would be a ‘big summer of catch up’ for children who had missed their education amid the … Read more
Celebrity Gogglebox has been removed from the catch-up service All4 after Eamonn Holmes criticised the show for omitting a scene of him discussing his father’s death. Fans took to Twitter to complain the episode had been removed from the online service, in some cases while they were still watching the programme, leading the speculation it’s … Read more
When lockdown began, our family, like millions of others, were excluded from home deliveries even though the household has a vulnerable member. Ocado was impossible, Tesco could offer us no slots and Fresh, the food arm of Amazon-owned Whole Foods, claimed to have delivery times immediately available but it proved a false claim unless you … Read more
Special ‘catch-up summer camps’ could be set up in the school holidays as Education Secretary Gavin Williamson hints at other ‘initiatives’ Pupils could be sent on special ‘summer camps’ to receive missed tuition Education Secretary hints of ‘initiatives’ to be rolled out during the summer Gavin Williamson outlined his plans for a phased school reopening from … Read more