The work experience gave students the chance to virtually meet with Chancellor Rishi Sunak who spoke about his highlights from his first year in the Treasury and his own career so far.

Three million children going to schools in areas with toxic air

Children in London are four times more likely to go to school in areas with high pollution levels than children in the rest of England.

Devices for 700,000 school children in Scotland

Work to provide every school pupil in Scotland with a laptop or tablet has started, with an estimated 700,000 children set to benefit.

Gibb and exams regulator to face Education Committee

The Education Committee will question England’s exams regulator Ofqual in the wake of this year’s A-levels and GCSEs.

All 16- and 17-year-olds to be offered vaccine by next week

All young people aged 16-17 are to be offered a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine by 23 August before returning to school.

Pupils on free school meals half as likely to get top grades

Analysis of Ofqual data shows that children on free school meals were less than half as likely to get a Grade 7 (A) or above in their GCSE results.

Record passes and top grades for GCSEs this year

GCSE students have received another set of record grades, in the second year of disruption to exams.

Collins makes warning over private and state school gap

Sir Kevan Collins has voiced his concern that the ‘educational legacy of Covid could be growing inequality’ across the UK.

Study finds lower prevalence of coronavirus in schools

A coronavirus study has found that prevalence of the virus was lower in schools in June 2021 than in the autumn term 2020.

Johnson urged to put defibrillators in all schools

The father of a boy who died from an undiagnosed heart condition has called for defibrillators to be as common in public buildings as fire extinguishers.

Data shows soaring private school grades

Data released by Ofqual has shown that private schools have seen their grades soar compared to state schools this year.

Record numbers of students take up university places

More than 210,000 18-year-old students in England have had their university places confirmed, with 192,000 at their first choice.

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