The Department for Education has announced that all National Tutoring Programme funding will go direct to schools to simplify the programme and reach as many pupils as possible.

Special schools, alternative provision and SEND units in mainstream schools will no longer be advised to test twice weekly for Covid from Friday, the government has confirmed.

The first year of the programme, which replaced the UK’s participation in the Erasmus+ scheme, has seen UK students embark on journeys to over 100 countries.

Scotland’s schools will receive more than half a billion pounds over the next four years to help close the attainment gap.

The DfE has said that early career teachers absent for reasons related to COVID-19 will not have their induction period extended.

The DFE proposes to make alternative provision an integral part of local SEND systems by requiring new SEND partnerships to deliver an alternative provision service focused on early intervention.

The government has published its SEND and alternative provision green paper, which sets out its vision for a single, national SEND and alternative provision (AP) system that will introduce new standards in the quality of support given to children

As part of a series of new measures outlined in the Schools Whitepaper, schools will be asked to offer a minimum school week of 32.5 hours by September 2023.

Local authorities are to be permitted to establish trusts and gain the legal power to request their non-academy schools join a trust.

The Education Secretary will launch the first Schools White Paper in six years, which includes a promise that any child who falls behind in maths or English will get the support they need.

The Welsh Government has announced that funding for mental health and well-being support for teachers delivered in schools will be trebled in the next financial year.

A tender notice published by the Department for Education reveals they are looking for an organisation to recruit and train mentors to provide targeted one-to-one support to youngsters and their families to overcome attendance barriers.

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