Three more schools in Edinburgh have joined the School Streets Scheme, meaning streets around the schools will be closed to traffic during school run times
The average cost of compulsory school uniform and sportswear items is £101.19 per pupil, the Schoolwear Association has found, following the largest survey of school uniform costs in the UK.
Ofqual has said it is working with exam boards and the DfE and are planning for a range of scenarios, but the advice for now is to prepare for exams as normal.
Emergency legislation is likely to be drawn up to allow schools to ignore rules governing class sizes and pupil-to-staff ratios so they can take pupils from closed schools.
The government is putting in £8.9million to continue funding science education programmes including Science Learning Partnerships and Stimulating Physics Networks
The Welsh Government has extended a programme which uses IT to connect schools in rural areas, making the programme available in schools in Powys and Carmarthenshire.
The government is funding new projects to support groups of students research suggests could be more ‘at risk’ of developing a mental health condition.