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The ongoing situation and school closures as result of Covid-19 have a number of different implications for the education sector. We want to dig deeper into these issues, with help from the experts. This week, Dave Bradley, England Development Manager (UK Cost of the School Day), Child Poverty Action Group, explores the cost of learning in lockdown.

Government ambiguity around key issues such as the return of schools in September, proposed summer ‘catch up’ provision and opening, assessment and inspection mean that school leaders are finding it impossible to plan for the remainder of this and next academic year.

Yesterday Schools North East hosted another of its regular roundtable discussions for Multi-Academy Trust CEOs, representing schools from across the region, to discuss the challenges that schools now face as they deal with the lifting of lockdown restrictions, and begin to plan for the next academic year.

The ongoing situation and school closures as result of Covid-19 have a number of different implications for the education sector. We want to dig deeper into these issues, with help from the experts. This week, Dr Beng Huat See, Associate Professor (Research) in the School of Education at Durham University, explores the data on the wider extended opening of primaries.

A Teaching Assistant has created a special mural for children returning to St Peter’s C of E Primary School in Wallsend as some children return to school.

There has been speculation around whether schools should open during the summer holidays due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, however a Schools North East survey has shown that almost 75% of school leaders don’t believe schools should open during the summer.

While the Department for Education has addressed assessment provision for this year’s students, many school leaders are concerned about the impact of the ongoing crisis on students with exams next year.

On Wednesday, the Education Select Committee heard evidence on how to support ‘learning catch-up’ as schools begin to open to more children. Giving evidence was the Children’s Commissioner, as well as representatives from the EPI, EEF, Sutton Trust, and Action Tutoring.

The ongoing situation and school closures as result of Covid-19 have a number of different implications for the education sector. We want to dig deeper into these issues, with help from the experts. This week, David Weston, Founder and CEO of Teacher Development Trust, explores the impact of the coronavirus crisis on recruitment.

Due to the current Coronavirus crisis, the second Northern Celebration of Education, CelebrateEd was delivered as a virtual webinar series. However, that didn’t stop well over a thousand teachers from across the North East and beyond from joining us over four days for a line up of more than 40 sessions focussing on what teachers do at the chalkface.

The ongoing situation and school closures as result of Covid-19 have a number of different implications for the education sector. We want to dig deeper into this issues, with help from the experts. This week, Professor Samantha Twiselton OBE, Director of Sheffield Institute of Education, explores the impact of the coronavirus crisis on new teachers.

Schools North East Trustee and CEO of SMART Academy Colin Lofhouse introduced the second day of CelebrateEd emphasising the importance of grassroots educational practice and the burgeoning educational culture of the North East leading the way in education.