The Further Education and Technology Bill plays at part in the government’s social reform agenda to deliver an education system that works for everyone.
Despite concerns of a school recruitment crisis, the education secretary has made the case for keeping teachers’ pay rises capped at an average of 1 per cent next year.
The National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has launched a new toolkit that aims to help schools to deal with the growing issue of mental health and well being.
A philosophy programme that aims to improve the reading and maths skills of primary school children will be trialled in 200 schools with £1.2 million of funding from the Education Endowment Foundation.
Physical education in schools needs to be valued in the same way as core academics subjects, a report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on a Fit and Healthy Childhood says.
