22/02/2021 - 10:33
The British Psychological Society is urging the government to reconsider its emphasis on the idea that children and young people need to ‘catch up’ on their education, as they believe it places unnecessary psychological pressure on them.
19/02/2021 - 14:18
The campaign, #BreakfastInTheBudget, is asking people to email their MP before the 2021 Budget is announced, asking the government to extend funding for school breakfasts
19/02/2021 - 11:18
A report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies found that during the first lockdown, the longer schools were closed, the less work pupils did.
19/02/2021 - 09:23
The Scottish Government has extended the eligibility of its £22 million in Higher Education and £3 million in Further Education funds to overseas students facing hardship as a result of the pandemic.
18/02/2021 - 13:21
Vauxhall will be donating 70 refurbished laptops and desktops local to schools to help students cope with remote learning.
18/02/2021 - 12:01
An Education Policy Institute report showed that English and Scottish catch-up programmes are poorly targeted, with a lower proportion of funds directed to disadvantaged pupils.
18/02/2021 - 08:16
The Welsh Government will invest a further £15 million in educational technology for schools in the next financial year.
17/02/2021 - 09:54
The majority of primary and secondary school pupils will continue with remote learning until at least mid-March, while children in primaries 1 to 3 will return full-time to classrooms from Monday 22 February.
17/02/2021 - 09:41
The DfE has delivered more than one million laptops and tablets to the most disadvantaged children across the country, as part of its £400 million scheme to aid remote learning.
17/02/2021 - 09:22
The DfE has announced proposals for creating a New Free Speech Champion and registration condition for higher education providers.
16/02/2021 - 11:07
Labour has said that the decision not to extend free school meals over February half-term has left 1.4 million children facing a "five-day postcode lottery in food support".
16/02/2021 - 10:11
An academic study has shown that there is no evidence that schools are playing a significant role in driving spread of the Covid-19 virus in the community, particularly in primary schools.
