Almost half of university applicants think that the coronavirus crisis will have a negative impact on their chances of getting into their first choice university
The money will be used to support work to safeguard vulnerable children including children with disabilities, those who are critically ill, care leavers and children in the early years.
The Education Secretary has announced measures to boost support for students, stabilise the admissions system and ease pressures on universities’ finances
A consortium of school travel associations is calling on the government to provide some certainty to all schools by setting an official embargo for school visits, with an end date
The best interests of children and overall public health considerations must be central to decisions to reopen schools, the guidelines by UNESCO, UNICEF, WFP and World Bank say.
A virtual cyber security school has been launched to teach young people cyber security skills, such as how to crack codes, fix security flaws and dissect criminals’ digital trails
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has warned that predicted grading during the COVID-19 pandemic could mean that disadvantaged young people are subjected to conscious or unconscious bias.
Since the start of the coronavirus lockdown there has been an almost 20 per cent increase in calls to the NSPCC from adults concerned about child abuse.
Local authorities, working closely with their schools, will utilise the funding to provide digitally excluded learners with repurposed school devices and 4G MiFi connectivity