Students have been marked based on predicted grades given by their teachers rather than the more traditional exams, which were cancelled due to coronavirus. 

PM makes A-level pledge as Sturgeon 'sorry' over Scottish exam results

What does the science say as schools prepare to open their doors?

Questions answered on the science behind coronavirus and schools

Teachers, scientists, opposition politicians and the children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield have all called for improvements to testing.

'Little evidence' Covid-19 transmitted in schools, Gavin Williamson says

The Prime Minister is understood to favour only closing schools as the last resort.

PM 'would close shops and pubs ahead of schools' in severe local lockdowns

Children's commissioner Anne Longfield said children were too often “an afterthought” during the first lockdown.

Pubs prioritised over schools in relaxing lockdown, commissioner suggests

The coronavirus lockdown caused exams to be scrapped for the first time in history

124,500 Scots pupils have exams results downgraded - but pass rates rise

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The authors found that 'with increased levels of testing… and effective contact tracing and isolation, an epidemic rebound might be prevented'.

Coronavirus: Test and Trace needs 'scaling up' for schools to reopen safely

Pupils across Scotland received their exam results on Tuesday morning.

Scottish exam results: What to do if you don't get the grade you want 

The general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union said the Government needed to reassure parents and teachers that schools are safe.

Schools 'need clarification’ on reopening amid rise in Covid-19 cases

Chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty has said the country is ‘near the limit’ for opening up society.

Pubs 'may have to close for schools to reopen' as virus cases rise

with pupils having been away from school for almost five months, some councils may adopt a phased approach to the return.

Coronavirus: Schools in Scotland to fully reopen, Sturgeon confirms

A huge expansion in the number of children been given free school meals is needed to avert a "slow-motion disaster" in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, a new report has said

Expansion in free school meals needed to avert 'slow-motion disaster'

The Government has committed to the second year of a three-year financial settlement for state schools.



Labour said the increases would still leave schools worse off than they were when the Conservatives first came to power in 2010.

Schools in England to receive £2.2 billion funding boost 

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The sculpture, entitled A Surge of Power (Jen Reid), was installed without the knowledge or consent of Bristol City Council.

Statue of Black Lives Matter protester taken down

Child psychologist Laverne Antrobus says the mental health toll of the pandemic on young people 'feels enormous'. Here's her advice on how to talk to children about the crisis.

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