19/08/2021 - 10:18
The government has updated its contingency framework for schools for the autumn term to include new Covid case thresholds when extra controls could be put in place.
19/08/2021 - 09:45
Evidence suggests the majority of families eligible for 30 hours of funded childcare are in the top half of earners, while the poorest families can access just 15 hours.
19/08/2021 - 09:25
Education unions, together with Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP, have written to Gavin Williamson urging the government to take firm action to improve ventilation in schools to reduce further Covid disruption.
18/08/2021 - 11:20
The Scottish Government has confirmed that National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher exams will be held in spring 2022 if public health advice allows.
18/08/2021 - 09:36
The Digital Poverty Alliance and Dixons Carphone have released research revealing that almost half of teachers lack adequate tech provision at home to enable them to teach remotely.
18/08/2021 - 09:24
Record numbers of young people have been awarded Computing A-level and are choosing to study computer science at degree level, BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, reveals.
17/08/2021 - 11:29
Schools in Bradford, West Yorkshire, will take part in trials of air purifiers and ultraviolet lights to see if they reduce the spread of Covid-19 in classrooms.
17/08/2021 - 11:04
Twenty-three industry bodies have written to the DfE, urging the government to reconsider plans that would only see sprinklers fitted in buildings over 11 metres high.
17/08/2021 - 09:38
The work experience gave students the chance to virtually meet with Chancellor Rishi Sunak who spoke about his highlights from his first year in the Treasury and his own career so far.
16/08/2021 - 16:54
Children in London are four times more likely to go to school in areas with high pollution levels than children in the rest of England.
16/08/2021 - 16:50
Work to provide every school pupil in Scotland with a laptop or tablet has started, with an estimated 700,000 children set to benefit.
16/08/2021 - 16:15
The Education Committee will question England’s exams regulator Ofqual in the wake of this year’s A-levels and GCSEs.
