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Coronavirus update - 23 March 2020
Update on our current service level during the current period of reduced pupil numbers
Budget focuses on coronavirus, maths schools and e-books
Arts and PE teaching also receive details of funding boost, but concern over lack of funds to tackle asbestos
UK lagging behind other nations in technical education - report
Leading European nations spend more on technical than on academic education - reverse is true in UK
Big variations in support staff spending by schools
Number of teaching assistants has trebled since 2002, report by EPI finds
High-quality professional development improves outcomes, says study
More effective than performance related pay, research suggests
Review how EYFS profile data is used, Ofqual urges DfE
Concern over incentives to 'depress or inflate outcomes'
Government backs MP’s bill on school uniform costs
Bid to give government guidance legal force
Private schools warn of potential class bias
Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference claims independent schools 'play an important role in getting disadvantaged students into university'
Union leader calls for performance table reform
End 'perverse incentives' urges ASCL head
SATS maladministration investigations rise for second year running
More results amended or annulled too.
Legal action on Teachers' pensions begins
Initial group of around 300, but thousands could claim says legal firm
Seclusion and restraint can make behaviour worse - mental health charity
Restrictive interventions can mirror past traumatic events which pupils have experienced
Decrease in number of schools used as polling stations
But few councils take up offer of government funding to find alternative venues
Avoid ‘leaving children to their own devices’ says Heads’ union
NAHT issues advice on Christmas tech gifts
PISA results highlight pupil wellbeing concerns
UK rises in subject rankings, but pupils unhappier than other countries
Half of parents want schools to listen to them more
Many parents also confused confused about school governance models
Education in top 3 election issues for parents, NEU poll finds
More than half of those surveyed think school funding in their area 'insufficient'