12/05/2021 - 09:33
New internet laws are included in the draft Online Safety Bill to protect children online and tackle some of the worst abuses on social media
11/05/2021 - 10:02
Step 3 of the roadmap out of lockdown can go ahead, which means that residential education visits happen from 17 May
11/05/2021 - 09:55
In line with data on the continuing decrease in deaths and hospitalisations, pupils will no longer be required to wear face coverings in the classroom or communal areas in schools and colleges
11/05/2021 - 09:32
The Skills and Post-16 Education Bill aims to reform the post-16 and adult education and training system to introduce new opportunities for everyone
10/05/2021 - 11:03
Up to 7,800 schools and colleges in England will be offered funding worth £9.5 million to train a senior mental health lead from their staff in the next academic year.
10/05/2021 - 10:39
The Environment Agency has launched new resources, looking at plastic pollution, to help schools take part in World Ocean Day (WOD) on 8 June.
10/05/2021 - 10:24
The Inclusion 2020 programme has started 2,170 young people with SEND on their learn-to-swim journey, and supported 9,328 schools with continuing professional development to ensure sport and Physical Education is inclusive to every child.
07/05/2021 - 09:45
Morrisons has launched a book donation and exchange station for children – the Morrisons Little Library – which aims to promote reading and literacy in children
07/05/2021 - 09:32
A study by the EEF has found that the attainment gap did not widen or shrink during the Autumn 2020 term, suggesting that gaps caused by Covid are unlikely to close without intervention.
06/05/2021 - 10:34
46,900 pupils were off last Thursday because of potential contact in-school, up from 25,200 on Thursday 22 April.
05/05/2021 - 13:54
BESA has launched a new initiative, the Catch-up Challenge School Support Scheme, which brings together over 50 trusted UK education suppliers who have pledged to offer free advice to schools.
05/05/2021 - 10:28
Educational unions, parents and students have written to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson to express concern at reported Government plans to stop requiring children to wear face coverings in secondary school classrooms in England from 17 May.
