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Throughout the period of school closures, we’ve been taking steps to ensure that our 2020 policy provides a greater level of protection for schools in the unfortunate event that the virus affects their workforce.

Downing Street is under increasing pressure to re-open schools before May half term following a shattering forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility which indicates that the UK economy will shrink by 35% as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown.

Two thirds of CGCSE and A-Level students do not believe they will get a fair grade this summer after exams were scrapped due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

As schools across the UK close to most pupils, parents are being urged to keep their children at home unless it is deemed “absolutely necessary”.

Girls are more than twice as likely as boys to achieve a pass in GCSE languages, a study has found. The research, commissioned by the British Council and carried out by the Education Policy Institute, revealed that just 38% of boys sat GCSE languages in 2018, compared to 50% of all girls.