New research from Cognassist has found that apprentices who engage with support tailored to their learning needs increase in both confidence and motivation to learn over time.
As part of new Coronavirus guidelines, the government has said it will lift its recommendation that masks be worn in secondary classrooms from today (20 January).
The move on banning school closures is proposed by senior Tory MP Rob Halfon, the chairman of the education select committee, who wants school closures to be banned unless they are voted for in parliament.
State school teachers were far more likely to offer a gloomy forecast of how long it would take pupils to catch up compared to teachers in private schools, according to a survey of 4,690 teachers for EdTech event, Bett.
Ministers and campaigners have backed a new pledge to end the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements within universities to silence complainants in sexual harassment cases.
Guidance has been published to ensure food served outside lunchtimes, such as at breakfast clubs and after school clubs, adheres to school food standards.
A new report by NFER warns that recent and anticipated changes to free school meal (FSM) eligibility will make it ‘almost impossible’ to track the attainment of disadvantaged pupils relative to their non-disadvantaged peers over the next decade.
A new initiative to divert young people away from criminality has been launched after cyber attacks designed to block access to schools’ networks or websites more than doubled during the Covid-19 pandemic.