SCHOOLS,EDUCATION & CHILDCARE

Awarding organisation coronavirus (COVID-19) information pages

Information for parents and carers: coronavirus (COVID-19)

Coronavirus (COVID-19) local restrictions in education and childcare settings

National Reference Test 2021 - updated information for schools

Ofsted: coronavirus (COVID-19) rolling update

Supplier relief for schools

Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing in schools and colleges: grant funding

Daily contact testing in schools: statement from PHE and NHS TT about next steps

Vocational, technical and other general qualifications in 2021

Review your remote education provision

What's working well in remote education

Asymptomatic testing in schools and colleges

Schools and childcare settings: return in January 2021

Coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce fund for schools

Coronavirus (COVID-19) asymptomatic testing in schools and colleges

DfE exam support service: claiming costs

Ofsted's plans: January 2021

Coronavirus (COVID-19) contingency framework for education and childcare settings

Help with accessing and buying resources for remote education

Catch-up premium: coronavirus

Making a childcare bubble with another household

School curriculum and teaching

• Providing remote education information to parents: template

• Get help with remote education

• Induction for newly qualified teachers during the coronavirus outbreak

• Get help with technology during coronavirus (COVID-19)
  

• Early years foundation stage statutory framework

• Get technology support for children and schools during coronavirus

• Early years ITT requirements and supporting advice

• Help children with SEND continue their education during coronavirus

• Help children aged 2 to 4 to learn at home during coronavirus

• Help primary school children continue their education during coronavirus

• 10 top tips to encourage children to read

• initial teacher training (ITT)

• teaching about mental wellbeing

• school governance

• Help secondary school children continue their education during coronavirus

• supporting your children's education during coronavirus
  
• online education resources
• remote education during coronavirus
• adapting teacher practice for remote education

School funding: exceptional costs associated with coronavirus 

Assessment processes for selective school admissions

Changes to faith school admission arrangements

Claiming exceptional costs associated with coronavirus (COVID-19)

Pupil wellbeing and safety(inc childcare & early years)

• Asymptomatic testing: early years staff in different settings

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) asymptomatic testing for staff in primary schools and nurseries

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) test kits for children's homes

• Remote education good practice

• Remote Education Temporary Continuity Direction: explanatory note

• Use of the NHS COVID-19 app in schools and further education colleges

• Educational psychologists: support for coronavirus (COVID-19) recovery

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): home test kits for schools and FE providers
  

• Face coverings in education

• Protective measures for holiday or after-school clubs and other out-of-school settings for children

• Check if you can get Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare 

• supervised toothbrushing programmes

• Transport to school and other places of education: autumn term 2020

• Get laptops and tablets for children who cannot attend school due to coronavirus (COVID-19)

• Laptops, tablets and 4G wireless routers provided during coronavirus (COVID-19)

• This Directorate Children and Young People (DCYP) COVID-19 page provides important advice and updates for service parents. 

• School attendance: guidance for schools

• Guidance on temporary changes to special educational needs and disability legislation during the coronavirus

• Guidance on isolation for residential educational settings

• School governance update(July 2020)

• Local lockdowns: guidance for education and childcare settings

• Managing school premises during the coronavirus  outbreak

• PE and sport premium for primary schools

• Changes to the law on education, health and care needs assessments and plans due to coronavirus

• Young carers and young adult carers - providing care

• Local authority children's services

• Guidance for full opening: special schools and other specialist settings

• Local lockdowns - guidance for educational and care settings

• Protective measures for holiday or after school clubs and other out-of-school settings

• Guidance for parents and carers of children attending out-of-school settings

• Reducing burdens on educational and care settings
  

• Guidance on managing playgrounds and outdoor gyms

• Guidance on exceptional costs funding

• Supporting children and young people with SEND in preparation for wider opening of schools/colleges 

• Early years and childcare

• Guidance for schools

• What parents and carers need to know about schools and other education settings during the coronavirus outbreak
  

• financial support for education, early years and children's care
  
• Safeguarding in schools and colleges
• What parents and carers need to know about schools and other education settings during the coronavirus outbreak
• actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak
• supporting children and young people's mental health and wellbeing

• Providing school meals during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

• free school meals
• implementing protective measures in education and childcare settings
• supporting vulnerable children and young people during coronavirus
• Safe working in education, childcare and children's social care
• Guidance for educational settings
• Actions for early years and childcare providers during the corona
• Guidance for schools and other educational settings
• Prepare for the wider opening of schools from 1s
• virus outbreak
• Supporting wellbeing
• Planning guide for early years and childcare settings

Exams/Qualifications

• Student guide to awarding: summer 2021

• General Qualifications Alternative Awarding Framework

• Information for centres about making objective judgements

• Submission of teacher assessed grades, summer 2021: info for teachers

• GCSE, AS and A level qualifications in 2021

• Vocational, technical and other general qualifications in 2021

• Guidance to support the summer 2021 exams

• GCSE subject-level conditions for 2021

• GCE subject-level conditions for 2021

• Awarding organisation appeals and complaints links

• Arrangements for the assessment and awarding of Vocational and Technical Qualifications and Other General Qualifications in 2020 to 2021
  

• Your results - what next?
  

• Providing apprenticeships during the coronavirus outbreak

• Taking exams during the coronavirus outbreak
  

• Decision on additional GCSE, AS and A level exams

Local Authority children's services

Support for vulnerable pupils leaving Alternative Provision

University/Higher Education/Further Education

• Further education (FE) providers: return in January 2021

• Workforce funding for colleges

• Package of support for students who have to defer their studies

• Further and higher education: coronavirus

• Guidance-for-current-students
  

• Guidance for prospective students

• re-opening buildings and campuses
• student number controls - higher education
• actions for FE colleges and providers
• introduction of temporary student number controls
• university students and Covid-19 FAQ
• university admissions
• student loans current
• student loans prospective
• student guide to coronavirus FAQ
• actions for higher education providers