New education secretary makes first school visit

Education secretary Damian Hinds has paid its first visit to at a primary school in Cambridgeshire.

Scottish pupils can now request addition educational support

Changes to the Additional Support for Learning Act 2004 have come into force, extended a range of rights for Scottish children aged 12 to 15.

Rise in education salaries for the first time in four years

Advertised salaries in the education sector rose by 4.2 per cent in 2017, the first yearly increase in four years.

Stratford-upon-Avon MP becomes education minister

Nadhim Zahawi, who is the MP for Stratford-upon-Avon has been named education minister in the cabinet reshuffle.

Following the appointment of a new education secretary amid the Prime Minister’s cabinet reshuffle, plans to widen access in grammar schools for disadvantaged pupils have been delayed.

Sensitive pupil data being taken by local authorities without consent

New research shows that authorities are pulling data about pupils in alternative provision without seeking consent from the children or parents.

Ofqual announce revised arrangements for GCSE computer science

Ofqual has announced that non-exam assessment will not count to the final 9 to 1 grade in GCSE computer science in 2018 or 2019.

Greening replaced as education secretary following cabinet reshuffle

Damian Hinds has replaced Justine Greening as education secretary in the prime minister’s cabinet reshuffle.

Parents have safety concerns over children walking or cycling to school, poll shows

Twenty-nine per cent of parents have said that a lack of cycle routes was a barrier for their child travelling actively to school each day

Government called on to ensure children in unregistered schools are safe

Hackney Council’s Children and Young People’s Scrutiny Commission has released a report into unregistered educational settings, calling on the government to strengthen legislation to ensure children in unregistered ‘schools’ are safe.

£26m fund for English hubs to boost child literacy

A Centre of Excellence for Literacy Teaching has been announced by education secretary Justine Greening to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds master the basics of reading in primary school.

 Healthy snacking resources for primary schools to be launched

Change4Life will be launching a suite of new resources for primary schools in order to inform pupils and families about healthier snacking choices.

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