Warning over school places in face of huge Brentwood development
Planned development in Brentwood could leave children having to travel miles to primary school, Essex County Council (ECC) has been warned.
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Mass COVID testing impossible without funding for extra staff say Havering schools
Havering schools insist a lack of funding will make it impossible for them to carry out mass COVID testing of
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School exclusions halved since launch of action group to tackle county lines threat
The number of permanent exclusions in schools across Essex have halved since the county council formed an action group to
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Essex schools and colleges set to move to remote learning for start of Spring Term
Following the latest announcement by the Department for Education (DfE), secondary schools and colleges across Essex will be included in
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Calls build for schools to remain closed as COVID cases continue to rise sharply
by Joe Talora – Local Democracy Reporter The Government is coming under increasing pressure to reverse its decision to reopen
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Thousands miss school in Essex due to coronavirus
Almost 30,000 children may have been missing school due to COVID-19 – latest figures have shown. Of the approximate 200,000
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Waltham Council leader calls for school to close early to all but vulnerable and keyworkers’ children
Waltham Forest schools have been advised to close their doors to almost all children as the borough faces “very serious”
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Mass COVID testing to begin for East London schools
Students at schools in seven east London boroughs are set to be tested for COVID-19 in a bid to stop
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Schools feel the strain after half term leads to more staff going into isolation
Barking and Dagenham schools are starting to “creek” under the pressure of rising COVID-19 cases and increasing numbers of staff
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Exams should go ahead say headteachers
Leading headteachers today said exams in England must go ahead to stop children “falling further behind” following Wales’ decision to
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