Poorer Havering schools miss out on pupil premium funding
Schools and academies in Havering will miss out on more than £500,000 for their poorest pupils this year after an
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Southend schools report 94% attendance for first week back after lockdown
94 per cent of primary and secondary school children in Southend returned to the classroom last week following the easing
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Testing urged before return to school
Southend’s Director of Public Health is encouraging parents and carers to get their children tested to support the safe return
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Teachers will not support forced return to school for summer catch-up
Teachers will not support being forced to return to the classroom for summer schools, a national education union has said.
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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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