Almost one in five (19%) young people in Wales reported very high levels of mental health symptoms before the COVID-19 pandemic, a Cardiff University report reveals.

Farming business Pilgrim’s UK has pledged £60,000 of funding to ensure schoolchildren across the country receive free meals during lockdown and the school holidays.

Geoff Barton will serve a second term as General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders after being re-elected unopposed.

The Welsh Government has announced a new international learning exchange programme, following the UK Government’s decision to withdraw from the Erasmus+ scheme.

A new report has found that good progress is being made towards closing the poverty-related attainment gap in Scotland.

The project saw the Scottish Government provide £1.13 billion and local authorities contribute £665 million to build 117 new schools.

A new study from the Education Policy Institute highlights inconsistencies in how children with special educational needs and disabilities in England are identified and supported.

Government announces plans to deliver next-generation broadband to public buildings, including schools, in rural Scotland.

Area SEND inspections, which Ofsted carry out jointly with the Care Quality Commission, are set to begin again after they were paused in March 2020 due to COVID-19.

Results from a NAHT survey show that the £6,000 average funding for the ‘recovery premium’ has been entirely wiped out for many schools because of a change in how the government calculates the number of children eligible for pupil premium funding.

A new coalition has been launched to help local authorities make a success of the government’s expanded £220 million Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme

The Department for Education has said they are aiming to announce the next 50 school rebuilding projects under its ten year programme this summer.

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