What teachers need to know about the DfE guidance on how all pupils can return to school full-time in September

From singing to assembles, PE to field trips - there's a lot in the government guidance schools need to be aware of. We've rounded some of the extra bits you need to know below

Back-to-school guidance for school reopening in September was published today, but some key questions about how schools mitigate the coronavirus risk remain

What does the new government guidance mean for school timetables? We take a look at how implementing bubbles could work

When students return to school in September there will be new guidance in place around how bubble groups should be used to minimise the spread of coronavirus. But how will these groups work?

Teachers can 'operate across different classes and year groups' to deliver school timetable from September, new DfE guidance says

Giving early years providers more flexibility to reopen is a good move - but it will be for naught if the wider financial precipice facing the sector isn't acknowledged and addressed

Shielding staff can return, with risks to 'extremely clinically vulnerable' mitigated, says DfE on September school openings

New rules to keep staff and pupils make sense – but rural locations such as Cornwall may struggle to balance safety with access, writes Kate Martin

Singing, wind and brass instrument playing should not take place in larger groups, when schools open in September, DfE says

Teachers may need to quarantine at start of next term if they go abroad this summer so heads need to check travel arrangements, says DfE

KS1 and KS2 Sats, phonics and multiplication tests to take place next year, DfE confirms, despite calls for cancellation