The Government is said to be considering a number of options as part of its catch-up plans for youngsters who have missed out.

Schools are to be handed hundreds of millions in ‘catch-up’ funding to draft in private tutors and pay teachers to extend their working day in a summer school plan drawn up by Sir Kevan Collins.

Headteacher Nicholas Hewlett plans to tell students at St Dunstan’s College in Catford, south east London, that he is gay during an online assembly held tomorrow morning

Last year questions were raised about the reliability of lateral flow tests following an article in the British Medical Journal which claimed the rapid test kits were not sensitive enough.

The phenomenal milestone has been reached thanks to UK reader generosity – and a stunning donation from Lloyds. The banking giant has offered 1,000 laptops worth £500,000.

SAGE experts have been told that keeping secondary schools open during the recent lockdown contributed to the spread of the new variant in such as Kent and London, according to the I.

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson is expected to make an announcement later that the January 4 and 5 restart will be replaced with online lessons amid fears about the spread of coronavirus.

Pupils at Dartford Grammar School in Kent, pictured, have been told they must not wear face masks bearing the Black Lives Matter logo while on school grounds.

School visited by Boris Johnson – Castle Rock High School in Leicestershire – put a number of pupils into self-isolation after a staff member tested positive.