School closures during the first national lockdown had a ‘dramatic impact’ on the number of child protection referrals made to local authorities, Amanda Spielman has said, launching Ofsted's annual report.

Young Food Ambassadors have met with Children’s Minister Vicky Ford to discuss healthy eating and activities, following confirmation the government’s extended support for disadvantaged children.

The Social Mobility Commission has made a series of recommendations towards plans for next year's exams in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Updated government guidance has said that it will review its advice on overnight residential education visits in February 2021 with the possibility that they will resume from Easter 2021

Funding to support schools and colleges during pandemic

The Department for Education has announced a new short-term Covid workforce fund, to help keep education settings open.

New teacher pay by 2022 pledge facing delay

The government has announced that it will no longer be bringing in teacher starting salaries of £30,000 by September 2022.

Ofqual has found there is no evidence that the system for awarding GCSEs and A-levels this year systematically disadvantaged poorer pupils or pupils with protected characteristics.

A £2.2 billion uplift for the core schools’ budget in 2021-22 has been confirmed in the Chancellors Spending Review, making way to delivering a commitment of an extra £7.1 billion by 2022-23.

The NCCE’s Impact Report shows that, despite the pressures of coronavirus, teachers have continued to engage with its training to enable them to teach computing more effectively.

More than 23,000 iPads and Chromebooks are being distributed among digitally excluded low-income families and care leavers in Scotland

Staff and learners in secondary schools and colleges in Wales will be expected to wear face coverings in all areas outside the classroom and on school transport.

The government’s COVID Winter Plan says rapid testing in schools will continue to be piloted.

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