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London children risk being overlooked by school ‘levelling up’ plans
School improvement in capital could be set back by plans to target schools elsewhere
Girls’ private schools could strike for the first time over pensions
Teachers at schools run by the Girls’ Day School Trust could strike over pensions
Some tutors on Covid catch-up scheme ‘not good with children’
Headteachers criticise the national tutoring programme at meeting of MPs
Unis told to stop using NDAs to ‘silence’ victims of sexual harassment
London boroughs have highest school Covid absence rates in the country
Harrow, Southwark and Bromley had highest absence rates in the country before Christmas
Children are staying in care for longer and need pushy parents- expert
The number of children in care could reach 100,000
Almost 15,000 more kids off sick due to Covid than before Christmas
London schools had highest absence rates in the country before Christmas
Headteachers round up ‘army’ of volunteers to help keep schools open
Teacher absence rates are expected to increase dramatically in the coming weeks
204,000 pupils absent from class due to Covid
Number missing lessons jumps two thirds in just a fortnight
Warning on ‘parlous state’ of jail education
Prisoners not taken to lessons and warnings ignored
Gavin Williamson interview: ‘I’ve got the hide of a rhino’
As his future hangs in the balance over school closures, the online learning fiasco and exam chaos, Susannah Butter meets a surprisingly chipper Gavin Williamson