Bubble Schools and the Long Road from Lockdown: The Educational Legacy of COVID-19

Cover
Endorsement
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Table of Contents
Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Author
1 The Optimism of September: And the Subsequently Broken Promise of Normality
	Schooling in a Bubble
	The Pervasive Impact of Background
	Summary
	Recommendations
2 After the Grading Crisis: What the Class of 2020 Did Next, and What this Might Mean for Higher Education After Lockdown
	‘Going’ to University?
	Towards a More ‘Open’ University Sector, Or a More Delineated One?
	Summary
	Recommendations
3 It All Ends in Tiers: The Different Experiences of Different Learners in Different Settings
	Tiers and Bubbles: The Multiple Experiences of Lockdown Across the UK
	Bubbles and the Organisation of Schools
	Bubbles: The Route to Calmer Schooling?
	On Course for Normality?
	Summary
	Recommendations
4 Crisis at Christmas: Schools and the Second Surge
	To Close Or Not to Close? The Rise of the ‘Kent’ Variant
	And So to the New Year: The Term That Never Was
	The Long Shadow of a Lost Christmas
	Summary
	Recommendations
5 Better Connected?: Home-Learning Second Time Around
	Parents and Schooling: A Changing Relationship?
	Summary
	Recommendations
6 ‘Examining’ the Class of 2021: Exploding the Myths of ‘Teacher Bias’ and ‘Grade Inflation’
	New School Year: New Start?
	A Lesson From Lockdown (Belatedly) Learned: Examination Plans for 2022
	The Return of an Annual Ritual: The Exam Grading Season
	The Shift From Centre Assessed Grades (CAGs)
	The Case for Returning to Written Papers, Post-COVID
	The Switch to Teacher Assessed Grades (TAGs)
	Examination Outcomes in 2021
	Beyond COVID Or Beyond Examinations?
	Assessment Beyond Lockdown
	Summary
	Recommendations
7 Beyond Lockdown: Building Curricula for Catch-Up, Recovery and Much More
	The Need for Curricular ‘catch-Up’ and ‘Recovery’
	Cultural Capital, Curriculum ‘catch-Up’ and the ‘Knowledge Gap’
	Time for the Appointment of an Educational ‘Catch-Up’ Tzar?
	Beyond Attainment: The Collins Proposals
	The Case for Family Learning
	Recapturing the Water-Cooler Moments of Childhood
	Student Wellbeing and Disruptions to Further and Higher Education
	Summary
	Recommendations
8 Leadership and Governance in a Hybrid World: The Long Road to Genuinely Blended Provision
	COVID Governance: Oversight From a Distance, and Up Close
	Leadership Beyond Lockdown: Navigating a Re-Emergent Compliance Culture
	Same Old Pressures: Brand New Inspection Framework
	Lockdown Starters: A Resource for Next-Generation Schooling?
	System and School Leadership in Light of Lockdown: A Sustainable Challenge?
	Summary
	Recommendations
9 Personalising Learning for All: Utilising E-Tech and Bringing SEND Strategies Into the Mainstream
	SEND Strategies and Pedagogies, and the Personalisation of Learning
	Teaching Assistants and Curriculum Personalisation
	The Lost Children of Lockdown?
	Shifting the Lens From ‘Lost Learning’ to ‘Learning Disruption’
	Personalisation, Blended Provision and ‘Next Generation Schooling’
	The Second School Lockdown: EdTech Comes of Age
	Technology, Curricular Breadth and School Leadership
	Summary
	Recommendations
10 Autumn’s Return: A Testing Time (And Term) for All
	Summary
	Recommendations
Next Steps: Leading Schools Out of Lockdown
	Education for a Greener and Post-Industrial Future?
	A. Education for Personal Development and Wellbeing
	B. Education for Citizenship, Civic Engagement and Political Participation
	C. Education for Sustainability Against the Backdrop of Climate Emergency
	D. Education for Creativity and Entrepreneurship
	E. Education for More Than Employability
	Endnote: Towards a Scorecard for Educational Change
Appendix A Research Methodology
Appendix B Research Participants
Appendix C Recommendations
	Chapter 1: The Optimism of September
	Chapter 2: After the Grading Crisis
	Chapter 3: It All Ends in Tiers
	Chapter 4: Crisis at Christmas
	Chapter 5: Better Connected?
	Chapter 6: ‘Examining’ the Class of 2021
	Chapter 7: Beyond Lockdown
	Chapter 8: Leadership and Governance in a Hybrid World
	Chapter 9: Personalising Learning for All
	Chapter 10: Autumn’s Return
Appendix D Recommendations From Lessons From Lockdown
	Chapter 1: Schools During Lockdown
	Chapter 2: Parental Engagement and the Experience of Learning at Home
	Chapter 3: Economics, Education and Inequalities
	Chapter 4: Breadth, Balance, the Curriculum and Its Assessment
	Chapter 5: Making the Grade: The Class of 2020
	Chapter 6: Catching Up On ‘Lost’ Learning
	Chapter 7: Pupil Wellbeing and Emotional Recovery
	Chapter 8: Leadership and Governance
	Chapter 9: Inspection, Research and System Performance
	Chapter 10: Recasting the Learning Blend: Technology and Pedagogy
Appendix E Critical Reaction to Lessons From Lockdown
	Pre-publication Endorsements
	Post-publication Reviews and Reactions
References
Index