17/12/2020 - 19:24
Secondary schools and colleges will operate a staggered return after the Christmas break, offering all non-exam year groups remote education, with face-to-face education for all starting on 11 January.
17/12/2020 - 11:19
Families in five local authorities in Scotland who defer entry to primary one for their child next year will automatically receive an extra year of funded early learning and childcare (ELC).
17/12/2020 - 10:18
Education Minister Kirsty Williams has provided further details of how the system put in place to replace examinations for general qualifications in 2021 will work.
17/12/2020 - 09:27
Over 6,500 schools have signed up for the ‘catch up’ programme, which aims to raise speaking and language skills for pupils whose communication may have suffered as a result of missed time in education.
16/12/2020 - 10:18
Almost three-fifths of schools told inspectors they had at least one pupil whose parents had removed them from school to be home educated since the start of the autumn term.
16/12/2020 - 10:07
Ofsted has published the third and final set of reports looking at the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and young people.
16/12/2020 - 09:55
The Chair of Ofqual, Roger Taylor has informed the Secretary of State for Education that he will step down at the end of the year.
15/12/2020 - 14:42
Every secondary school and college in England, as well as special schools and alternative provision, will have access to rapid coronavirus testing from January to help keep staff and students as safe as possible and in education.
15/12/2020 - 10:04
The total number of full time equivalent teachers has risen to its highest figure since 2008, official statistics confirm.
15/12/2020 - 09:46
The Welsh Government has announced plans to roll out serial testing in schools from January.
15/12/2020 - 09:11
The education secretary Gavin Williamson has ordered Greenwich council to withdraw its early school closure request, after it had urged schools to move to online learning in the last week of term.
14/12/2020 - 13:14
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, will fund a new network of sensors at key locations in London, including schools, as part of his Breathe London air quality monitoring project.
