23/08/2021 - 11:50
The Youth Sport Trust has announced the return of The School Games National Finals, the UK’s biggest youth multi-sport event, next month after a three-year break.
23/08/2021 - 09:34
Temporary Covid recovery funding of £80 million that helped to recruit 1,400 teachers and 250 support staff is to be made permanent in Scotland.
23/08/2021 - 08:21
The new monitors will enable staff to act quickly where ventilation is poor and provide reassurance that existing ventilation measures are working.
20/08/2021 - 10:44
The Northern Ireland Executive has published revised Covid guidance setting out how schools and educational settings should plan ahead for the new academic year.
19/08/2021 - 10:18
The government has updated its contingency framework for schools for the autumn term to include new Covid case thresholds when extra controls could be put in place.
19/08/2021 - 09:45
Evidence suggests the majority of families eligible for 30 hours of funded childcare are in the top half of earners, while the poorest families can access just 15 hours.
19/08/2021 - 09:25
Education unions, together with Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP, have written to Gavin Williamson urging the government to take firm action to improve ventilation in schools to reduce further Covid disruption.
18/08/2021 - 11:20
The Scottish Government has confirmed that National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher exams will be held in spring 2022 if public health advice allows.
18/08/2021 - 09:36
The Digital Poverty Alliance and Dixons Carphone have released research revealing that almost half of teachers lack adequate tech provision at home to enable them to teach remotely.
18/08/2021 - 09:24
Record numbers of young people have been awarded Computing A-level and are choosing to study computer science at degree level, BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, reveals.
17/08/2021 - 11:29
Schools in Bradford, West Yorkshire, will take part in trials of air purifiers and ultraviolet lights to see if they reduce the spread of Covid-19 in classrooms.
17/08/2021 - 11:04
Twenty-three industry bodies have written to the DfE, urging the government to reconsider plans that would only see sprinklers fitted in buildings over 11 metres high.
