Minister for Children and Families Will Quince has resigned, following a string of resignations over Boris Johnson’s leadership, which included Rishi Sumak and Savid Javid leaving cabinet.
A £10 million summer programme has been launched by the Scottish government which will allow children from low-income families to benefit from free childcare, activities and healthy food.
Currently only schools with Inadequate Ofsted ratings are eligible for this type of intervention, but 900 schools across the country with consecutive Ofsted ratings below Good will now newly be eligible.
The number of children in England approaching councils for special needs support has increased by almost a quarter in a year, latest figures reveal, with 170 young people now starting support plans each day.
The Department for Education has launched a review, which will look at the standards trusts are held to, and the thresholds at which the government uses its powers to intervene in rare cases of underperformance.
164 leading entrepreneurs and educators have signed a letter arguing that schools are failing students by not adequately equipping them with the skills that they need for the future.