Ex-Ofsted chief: failure to plan for reopening of schools is ‘astonishing’ Sir Michael Wilshaw criticises lack of consultation with heads to make classes in England safe https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jun/10/ex-ofsted-chief-michael-wilshaw-failure-reopening-schools-england-astonishing-co...

Boris Johnson urged to set out recovery plan for schools in England
Ministers warned country may face ‘educational poverty’ if no strategy in place for September

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... in-england

Child education 'risks being forgotten' as England prioritises economy
Commissioner says pubs and shops will reopen while most children cannot go to school

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... n-business

Plans to reopen English primary schools before summer in disarray

Government sources acknowledge practicalities too difficult for all children to return

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... n-disarray

‘We're still waiting’: schools lack free laptops pledged for poorer GCSE pupils As secondaries prepare to open more widely, most heads have seen none of the devices promised to help disadvantaged teenagers https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jun/07/were-still-waiting-schools-still-lack-free-l...

'There’s been a few tears': England's teachers on the return to school

Staff say it was a mostly happy moment to see children back in classrooms empty for 10 weeks

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... -to-school

Organise catch-up summer schools to help disadvantaged pupils, UK told Children’s commissioner concerned that by September millions of students will have missed six months of school Coronavirus – latest updates https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jun/03/organise-catch-up-summer-schools-to-hel...

Fresh fears over primary schools after staff test positive for Covid-19 Derby school remains closed as unions question safety of wider reopening across England https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jun/02/fresh-fears-primary-schools-staff-test-positive-covid-19-derby-wider-reopening-england-cor...

Home school in Dagenham: three children, no tablet, no computer

As headteachers complain that little promised tech has arrived, one family tell of their daily lockdown struggle

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... o-computer

Coronavirus: Schools expect half of pupils will stay home as year groups return Many parents sceptical about return of reception, year 1 and year 6 in England during coronavirus crisis https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jun/01/schools-expect-half-of-pupils-will-stay-home-as-year-groups-return

Home schooling boosts parents' interest in teaching as a career Survey of 2,000 people in lockdown across the UK also finds a growing respect for teachers among parents of school-age children https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/may/30/home-schooling-boosts-parents-interest-in-teaching-as-a-ca...

A new study published by London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE) suggests school days could become half an hour longer in order to stop the so-called “COVID generation” falling behind after lockdown. Covid-19 school shutdowns: What will they do to our children's education? http://cep...

TikTok and a shoulder to cry on: why pupils in Gloucestershire wish lockdown school would never end

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... -never-end

Distanced drop-offs and protective bubbles: England's new school rules
The schools reopening from 1 June will look very different to the ones that closed in March

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... hool-rules

Excellent and timely blog, a must read. Thanks Jenny.