A new four-year strategy has been launched by the Youth Sport Trust, which aims to stop the decline in children’s physical, mental and social wellbeing with physical activity.
The Department for Education has announced that assessments to measure pupil progress from the start of primary school are to be designed and delivered by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER).
Teachers at the annual NASUWT conference have stated that some academy school leaders are receiving excessive salaries and that there needs to be “greater transparency” on the finances of academy schools and MATs.
The Department for Education (DfE) has announced a package of measures designed to make sure children receive the best education, whether at home or outside of school.
The Department of Health & Social Care has announced £1.5 million extra funding into sports and activity prosthetics, such as running blades, for children with limb loss or who were born with a limb deficiency.
Programme includes opportunities with the British Film Institute, sessions with the National Youth Dance Company, and funding to continue Historic England’s Heritage Schools
School standards minister Nick Gibb has announced £96 million to help pupils of music, drama and dance to gain opportunities to kick start their careers.
School support staff such as teaching assistants and school administrators are working overtime as a result of increasing workloads and cuts to school staff, new research shows.