When it comes to education recovery, the LGA says there needs to be a much greater focus on pupils with SEND who typically face a longer time to recover lost learning than other pupils

Schools in Wales are to get additional support to enable the introduction of the new Curriculum for Wales to continue and to rollout in primary schools and non-maintained nursery settings from September 2022.

Pupils across the UK have lost out on a third of their learning time since the pandemic started, even once learning at home is taken into account, new research finds.

New research from Lenovo reveals that seven in 10 (70%) parents and teachers in the UK believe digital skills gained during the pandemic will help children for life beyond school.

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has told parliament of government plans for schools during the next stage of the pandemic, saying that key restrictions will come to an end as the country moves to step 4.

Labour is calling on the government to set out plans for 2022 assessments by the return to school on 1 September, as new analysis reveals that the average year 10 pupil has missed one in four days of face-to-face GCSE or BTEC teaching this year.

The recommendations aim to strengthen quality standards for initial teacher training courses, including a new accreditation process, new intensive school placements and high-quality mentoring for trainees.

Dr Nick Capstick, chief executive of the White Horse Federation, will chair a working group which aims to put nutritious food at centre stage for all children in schools

Three education unions have written to the Education Secretary expressing their concern that school and college leaders still have "little idea of the government’s Covid management plans for September and how they will be expected to run their settings."

The Scottish Government and local authority leaders have reached an agreement to increase

The National Audit Office has found that a new national funding formula has contributed to a shift in the balance of funding from more deprived schools to less deprived schools.

Rules requiring secondary school pupils to wear masks in class should be scrapped, the children's commissioner for Wales Sally Holland has said.

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