The Education Secretary is launching a Call for Evidence on the funding arrangements for pupils with complex Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
Teaching primary pupils ways to support their working memory and getting them to practise these by playing online games can boost their maths results by three months, according to new trial.
The Mayor’s Skills for Londoners Capital Fund will go to projects focusing on construction and digital skills, as well as training those with special education needs and disabilities.
The research finds that there needs to be an increase in post-16 students’ access to work experience as older students tend to get more out of placements than younger pupils.
Mid-year financial audit reviews would avoid failings going onto the public record and give management teams the time to resolve the issues before the accounts have to be signed.
The DfE has granted £2.4 million of funding to the ‘Gender Balance in Computing’ project which will trial a number of new initiatives aimed at improving girls’ participation in computing.
A survey has found that the easiest times table to recall perfectly was the two times table, with 76 per cent of the British population being able to do so.