BBC News – Education & Family

• ‘Collapse’ in secondary school attendance warning
  Covid disruption worsens for England's secondary schools as 22% of pupils sent home.
• Two Covid tests for students in England before quick Christmas exit
  For Christmas break, students will leave university within 24 hours of two negative Covid tests.
• Special educational needs support 'offered after exclusion'
  Thousands of children with special educational needs get offers of help only after they are excluded.
• Covid-19: Masks compulsory in Welsh schools communal areas
  Pupils in secondary schools in Wales will be expected to wear masks in all areas outside classrooms.
• Covid fears prompt 38% rise in parents home educating
  A huge rise in home education is revealed amid parents' fears of Covid-19 in England's schools.