Local authorities have been granted more than £11 million in government funding to deliver projects to improve air quality, with many schools across England to benefit.

Staffordshire County Council has announced that it has gone live with a new education banding tool to allocate top-up funding for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

£25m is being invested in school kitchen and dining infrastructure, as part of plans to roll out free school meals to all primary school children in Wales

The Welsh Government has announced it will extend its programme of school placements for newly qualified teachers (NQTs) until the end of the school year.

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The Digital Poverty Alliance has started to roll out the second stage of its Tech4Teachers project which provides laptops to teachers to improve the quality of teaching at schools.

Ofsted has found that new learners who had enrolled in further education from school were experiencing higher levels of exam anxiety, and providers were offering additional support to help learners increase their stamina and prepare for formal examinations.

Trade unions representing most of England’s school and college leaders have written jointly to Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi calling on him to reconsider the decision to withdraw free Covid testing from pupils and staff.

Many providers have noticed delays in speech and language, while others said babies have struggled to respond to basic facial expressions, which may be due to reduced social interaction during the pandemic.

Three schools in Wales will be among the first buildings to have solar rooftop panels installed as part of project to expand community owned renewable energy in Wales, supported by the Welsh Government.

Ofsted finds that amid strong signs of recovery, it’s also clear that many education providers continue to face challenges, some of which could have longer-term consequences.

The latest round of colleges to receive money from the government’s £1.5 billion Further Education Capital Transformation Fund have been announced.

In partnership with Micro:bit Educational Foundation, Nominet and the Scottish government, 57,000 BBC micro:bit devices will be donated to UK primary schools, alongside teaching resources and online Continuing Professional Development courses.   

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