Morrisons is giving customers the opportunity to support children and their families who may struggle with the cost of going back to school by creating stationery Pick Up Packs in store which can be bought and donated in time for the new school year.

The Welsh Government is exploring whether flexible voting pilots can take place in next year’s local government elections.

A scheme to provide children in eligible pre-school settings in Scotland with milk and a portion of fruit or vegetables has started.

Companies can now bid for a share of a £7 million fund to support the creation of new flexible apprenticeships.

Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Cabinet recently approved the Engagement and Progression Strategy which aims to reduce the number young people not in education, employment, or training (NEET).

The Government has announced the next phase of the £16.4m Mandarin Excellence Programme, and the fourth year of the £4.8 million modern foreign languages pilot, which supports schools to teach French, German and Spanish up to GCSE.

The Department for Education has launched the Latin Excellence Programme, which will give students across the country the opportunity to learn Latin.

The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has urged the government to renew efforts to get people exercising, after indications that the pandemic has caused weight gain and a fall in activity levels in children.

Union ASCL has written to Ofqual asking it to conduct a formal review of exam fees this summer and the discounts provided by the respective awarding organisations.

Twelve education organisations have written to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson urging him not to scrap the vast majority of applied general qualifications such as BTECs. 

Students from poorer families were treated fairly when grades were awarded last year, a new Ofqual report has found.

Three quarters of eligible secondary schools have signed up to host a summer school over the holidays, which offer academic and extra-curricular activities to help children catch up from lost school time.

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