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Lockdown in This Issue Coronavirus N a Dramatic Television Broadcast Last Night, the Prime Minister Gave a News EDUCATION InJcorpOorating UChildren’Rs ServiceNs WeeklAy and EdLucation Founded in 1996 No. 407 ISSN: 1364-4505 Tuesday 24 March, 2020 Lockdown In this issue Coronavirus n a dramatic television broadcast last night, the Prime Minister gave a News. Editorial. simple order to the British people. For the vast majority of us it was “stay at Parliament. home”. Boris Johnson said: “To put it simply, if too many people become Pages 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, seriously unwell at one time, the NHS will be unable to handle it, meaning 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, Imore people are likely to die, not just from coronavirus but from other illnesses 14, 40 and 41 as well.” This followed large numbers of people ignoring government advice over the weekend as they flocked to parks, beaches and other beauty spots as Governance the weather improved. News. Yesterday was the first day that all schools and colleges in the UK were Page 12 ordered to close, with a few remaining open for the children of key workers and those deemed vulnerable. Most parents respected the closure and kept their Data literacy children at home, although a few turned up at school demanding their children Research. be allowed in claiming that their work was essential when it was not. Page 15 The death toll rose to 335, a one day increase of 54. The leaders of schools kept open demanded clearer government advice on safety for staff and Reading and ITT on whether pupils needed masks. The need for this was sadly illustrated by one Research. of the day’s deaths being of primary school head Wendy Jacobs. Teachers are in Pages 16 to 20 the front line as well. On Thursday Gavin Williamson, the Education Secretary, made a TALIS ministerial statement in the House of Commons announcing the closure of International. schools and further education colleges and the cancelling of public examinations Pages 21 to 25 in the summer. Although it was not part of his statement, in reality the rest of the school year was cancelled. HE access Schools, colleges and universities have all been scrambling to develop Document. ways of working on-line. The BBC has cut back its production of some Page 26 programmes, including its most popular soap, EastEnders, and even some news Special needs programmes to free up resources to produce educational programmes. Parliament. Independent training providers are also trying to develop remote ways of Pages 42 and 43 working. Joe Crossley, CEO of Qube Learning, said: “Up to this point, Qube Learning have been working collaboratively with our employers to ensure that F&HE in coastal we can continue to deliver training to their employees. We are working closely and rural areas with our employers to offer solutions to ensure that we can support our Parliament. students, we have moved to a mainly remote enrolment process and our Page 44 monthly student visits are also being delivered remotely.” ISSUE 407 24 March 2020 EDUCATION JOURNAL 1 C ONTENTS Editorial 12 Governance not recognised by Ofsted 4 The role of teachers and school leaders The role that good governance plays in In a week that started with a national ensuring schools deliver a high standard of lockdown and most schools closing because education is not consistently being of COVID-19, it is important not to forget recognised by Ofsted, a report from the that today is also the day that TALIS volume National Governance Association claimed. 2 is published. It is the most important research on teacher attitudes ever 13 Testing education staff published. The NEU has called for the testing of education staff to be made an urgent News priority in efforts to tackle coronavirus. 1 Lockdown Last night the Prime Minister ordered almost NFER COVID-19 update everybody to stay at home, while most NFER has announced that it has introduced a schools closed. range of measures to help it to continue operating safely across all parts of the 5 Details on exams and grades announced organisation. The Secretary of State for Education announced the details on arrangements for UCAS update on coronavirus exams which had been cancelled to fight the UCAS will work through the implications of spread of the coronavirus. the announcements on coronavirus for students, teachers, universities and colleges. 9 Supporting pupils on free school meals Low-income families whose children are 14 Family Zone launched by Literacy Trust eligible for free school meals will be offered In response to school closures the National vouchers, food or meals to make sure that Literacy Trust has launched a free they continued receiving the support, even if comprehensive online zone for parents who they were no longer attending school due to are looking for ideas while children are off the coronavirus outbreak. school because of COVID-19. Teaching and research during COVID-19 Free maths resources on-line A group of publishers, aggregators and National Numeracy is offering free activities suppliers of digital content and software had to help families keep up with their maths offered a range of solutions to help together during school closures following the institutions maintain their teaching and Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. research activity during the coronavirus crisis. Research 15 Inequality and data literacy 10 Ofsted suspends all routine inspections A significant proportion of young people, Ofsted will temporarily suspend all routine often identified as “digital natives”, have the inspections of schools, further education, weakest understanding of how their data is early years and social care providers. harvested online and used, according to research by the University of Liverpool. 11 Reactions to school closures Reactions from around the world of 16 Who controls reading in ITT? education to the closure of most schools In an original research article, Professor due to COVID-19. Margaret Clark notes that there has been a growing insistence by the government that in the teaching of early reading in primary schools there should be a focus on phonics. 2 EDUCATION JOURNAL 24 March 2020 ISSUE 407 TALIS supplement Parliament 21 Teaching and Learning Volume 2 38 Parliamentary calendar In an introduction to our TALIS supplement Parliamentary business last week and in the we look at what TALIS is and what it is trying weeks ahead. to do. Parliament - Debates 22 The launch of TALIS Volume 2 40 Education settings and coronavirus John Bangs reports from the launch of TALIS The Education Secretary made a statement volume 2. on closing schools and other measures as a result of the coronavirus. The statement was 24 Effective teaching and learning repeated in the Lords. A document review of TALIS 2018 Results. Volume 2. Teachers and School Leaders as 42 Local government and public service Valued Professionals, from the OECD. Barbara Keeley (Lab, Worsley and Eccles South) introduced a debate on the statutory Document reviews and broader local government 26 New HE restrictions could be unlucky responsibilities for public services. TALIS 2018 Results. Volume 2. Teachers and School Leaders as Valued Professionals, from Special educational needs HEPI. The former Education Secretary Lord Blunkett (Lab) asked the Government when People it expected to publish the outcome of its 27 Sir Peter Lauener departmental review into children with Sir Peter Lauener has been appointed as special educational needs. chairman of the Student Loans Company. 44 F&HE in rural and coastal areas Opinion Lord Bassam of Brighton (Lab) asked the 28 Thinking differently Government what support it planned to Professor Jan Willem de Graaf looks at the introduce, to assist universities and further way autistic people like him think differently. education colleges to address issues with higher education provision in rural and coastal areas. Consultations 29 Consultations and consultation outcomes There was one consultation outcome Parliament - Questions published last week. 45 Answers to written questions Answers to questions to the Department for Education, the Department for Digital, Education and Children statistics Culture, Media and Sport, the Department 30 Statistics from government and agencies of Health and Social Care, H M Treasury and Government statistics published last week. the House of Lords. Policy papers Publisher information 34 Policy papers published last week 62 Subscription rates Policy papers from government, parliament Writers and subscription details. and think tanks. Delegated legislation 36 Statutory instruments There were two education statutory instruments issued last week. ISSUE 407 24 March 2020 EDUCATION JOURNAL 3 C OMMENT The role of teachers and school leaders he sad death of primary school head Wendy Jacobs, one of 54 people to die of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, is evidence if any were needed of how teachers are in the front line of dealing with the pandemic. While the decision of the government to shut most schools was correct, a number will have to stay open for the children of key workers and vulnerable children. While children are the Tleast at risk from this virus, teachers are not and the older they are the more vulnerable they are. Schools need clearer guidance on keeping teachers and staff safe. After too slow a start, the Government is trying to ramp up testing. The one key piece of advice from the World Health Organisation is “test, test, test”. Those countries in Asia that have suffered major outbreaks of COVID-19 but have limited both the death rate and the spread, have been testing at a far higher rate than the UK. South Korea, for example, has been testing 100,000 people a day. The British Government’s aim is for 25,000 tests a day. It is actually testing 8,000 a day. Yesterday, in his television address, the Prime Minister spoke of the Government buying “millions” of test kits.
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