The money will be used to support work to safeguard vulnerable children including children with disabilities, those who are critically ill, care leavers and children in the early years.

Northern Education Trust is sending hundreds of books to care home residents and encouraging them and students to send book reviews to one another.

The Education Secretary has announced measures to boost support for students, stabilise the admissions system and ease pressures on universities’ finances

A consortium of school travel associations is calling on the government to provide some certainty to all schools by setting an official embargo for school visits, with an end date

The best interests of children and overall public health considerations must be central to decisions to reopen schools, the guidelines by UNESCO, UNICEF, WFP and World Bank say.

A virtual cyber security school has been launched to teach young people cyber security skills, such as how to crack codes, fix security flaws and dissect criminals’ digital trails

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has warned that predicted grading during the COVID-19 pandemic could mean that disadvantaged young people are subjected to conscious or unconscious bias.

Since the start of the coronavirus lockdown there has been an almost 20 per cent increase in calls to the NSPCC from adults concerned about child abuse.

Local authorities, working closely with their schools, will utilise the funding to provide digitally excluded learners with repurposed school devices and 4G MiFi connectivity

A group of Northern MPs have said that without the funding, the attainment gap, which affects Northern children even more than most, will get even bigger.

Gavin Williamson has given evidence to the Parliamentary education committee this morning on how schools can re-open after the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in school closures for the majority of pupils.

The government has confirmed that supply teachers can be furloughed for periods which include school holidays, provided they meet the eligibility criteria

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