Stressed young person

A new inquiry into children and young people’s mental health has been launched by the Education and Health and Social Care committees.

Pupils

Time spent dealing with pupil behaviour and providing pastoral support plays a significant role in teachers choosing to leave the profession.

A new roundtable focused on delivering high-performance, sustainable school buildings will launch at Education Business Live on 26 March at Old Billingsgate, London.

Classroom

The government has launched its new ten-year Education Estates Strategy, backed by £1 billion.

Building

The Education Committee says that despite government progress towards removing RAAC from schools, significant concerns remain about the condition of England’s school estate.

Spending on schools across Scotland has increased by more than £1 billion in real terms over the past decade, statistics show.

New training to empower school staff to improve mental health and wellbeing support for neurodivergent students has been launched by Anna Freud, a mental health charity transforming care for children and young people.     

Business meeting

Data from BAE Systems’ annual Apprenticeship Barometer found that 63% of parents said they would prefer their child to choose an apprenticeship over a degree after school.

Crowd of kids

The work builds on guidance launched by Cardiff Council in autumn 2025, which provides clear and practical advice for schools responding to incidents where weapons are brought onto school premises.

EB Live

Schools are invited to take part in a practical, hands-on roundtable at Education Business LIVE 2026, exploring the complex relationship between wellbeing, attendance and behaviour in schools.

Kids with notepads

A new report has show that Scottish primary schools are demonstrating strong language teaching and that rising numbers of senior pupils sitting language exams, but that structural barriers remain in secondary schools.

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