The watchdog has received a flood of positive messages from parents since last week when education secretary @GavinWilliamson encouraged them to report their school to Ofsted if they were unhappy with remote learning. (2/7)
By Monday night, the inspectorate had received 11,000 emails from parents – many of whom spoke positively about their children's schools – up from 5,000 on Friday. (3/7)
But when asked by @tes for an update on the number this morning, the watchdog refused to provide a new figure. (4/7)
.@ASCL_UK leader @RealGeoffBarton said he could not "see why it is difficult for Ofsted to provide updated figures on the number of contacts it receives from parents". (5/7)
"Let's remember that it was the education secretary who started this in a statement to the House of Commons, and Ofsted can hardly be surprised that this has created public interest," @RealGeoffBarton said. (6/7)
The @ASCL_UK leader added: "The education secretary's statement encouraged parents to complain about any problems with remote education. We are pleased that many parents have in fact used this opportunity to praise their children's schools." (7/7)
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Well, we've made it to the end of another jam-packed day for schools. There's been no let up in the news, so there's a huge amount to digest. I've done my best to sum up the headlines for you here 👇 - all via @tes (1/8)
Ah, who doesn't enjoy a dollop of uncertainty with their breakfast? This morning we reported that @BorisJohnson had told MPs that the reopening of schools after the February break will depend on "a number of things" tes.com/news/schools-m… - via @ClaudiaCivinini (2/8)
Then shortly afterwards we turned once again to attendance stats. According to a snap poll by @CharteredColl, eight out of 10 teachers say pupil numbers in class have "increased greatly" compared with the first lockdown tes.com/news/covid-exc… - via @ClaudiaCivinini (3/8)
🚨 NEW: Heads have reported that their pupils "can neither hear or see their remote lessons" due to issues with laptops provided by the government tes.com/news/coronavir… - me via @tes
More here 👇 (1/4)
Reports on social media suggest that some devices supplied by @educationgovuk have arrived with no sound driver installed, causing access issues for pupils learning from home. (2/4)
One headteacher posted on Twitter: "Our DFE laptops arrived last week and we were very excited to give them out....today we discovered they have no sound driver and ch [sic] can neither hear or see their remote lessons. Super 👍". (3/4)
More detail for my fellow data enthusiasts 👇 (1/5)
Around one in seven state school pupils (14 per cent) were in attendance on 11 January, including 20 per cent of primary pupils, and 4 per cent of secondary pupils. (2/5)
The figures also show that 11 per cent of open primary schools reported less than 10 per cent attendance, 47 per cent reported less than 20 per cent attendance, and 98 per cent reported less than 50 per cent attendance. (3/5)
Phew - another hugely busy day for the education world. But the @tes team are with you every step of the way. Here's the main headlines from today 👇 (1/9)
We also learned that thousands of supply teachers are at risk of being "thrown to the wolves" with a sudden loss of earnings due to partial school closures, according to @NASUWTtes.com/news/coronavir… - via @Specktator100 (3/9)
Inspectors who are members of the @FDA_union have voted "overwhelmingly" to call on chief inspector @amanda_spielman to suspend on-site visits during the current Covid-19 lockdown. (2/4)
They have raised serious concerns about the risks posed to both pupils and staff of having Ofsted visit schools during the current public health crisis. (3/4)
So, we revealed today that the school tiers are going down the drain. And not a soul made it beyond Tier 1 (of 4). How did this happen? If you can bear to relive it with me, I'll attempt to piece it all together... (1/16)
Picture it: 28 August 2020. Eat Out to Help Out is still a thing. Life is... well, it's not rock bottom. Meanwhile, @educationgovuk reveals its "worst-case scenario" plan for Covid spikes in the form of a four-tiered system for keeping schools open tes.com/news/dfe-revea… (2/16)
This was:
🚨Tier 1: Face masks in secondary communal areas
🚨Tier 2: Secondaries on rota system
🚨Tier 3: Secondaries open only to vulnerable & key worker kids & some yr groups
🚨Tier 4: All settings open only to vulnerable & key worker kids, except AP and special schools
(3/16)