ISC Daily News Summary

According to The Telegraph, teachers could be asked to submit predicted grades and draw up rank orders ahead of next year's exams. By Camilla Turner.

Schools Week reports there have been 18,450 entries for the autumn GCSE exams so far, with the figure set to rise once English and maths entries have been added to the data. By Freddie Whittaker.

Public service union Unison has raised concerns that lower-paid non-teaching staff, who are employed by private companies and not given full sick pay, might spread coronavirus if they fall ill because they cannot afford to take time off. By Dave Speck, Tes.

Tes also reports on new analysis from the research institute FFT Education Datalab, which shows pupils living in the poorest areas are missing out on the most schooling during the pandemic. By Amy Gibbons.

A poll by the Early Years Alliance has found one in six childcare providers in England may close by Christmas. By Sally Weale, The Guardian.

Headteachers are calling for the current suspension of full Ofsted inspections to continue until September 2021. By John Roberts, Tes.

Sarah Driver, founder of education charity the Driver Youth Trust, writes in The Telegraph criticising the lack of specialist teachers for children with dyslexia.