A £2 million investment in raising standards in reading and writing is set to benefit thousands of pupils across England, following a speech education secretary Bridget Phillipson to the Centre of Social Justice on Monday 3rd February that outlined the success of phonics and the wish to build on that development.
A new survey by Kindred Squared has revealed insights into school readiness, with 90 per cent of parents in 2024 believing that their child is ready for school, even though teachers say a third of children are not.
As part of a century-long collaboration between the UK and Ukraine, the new UK-Ukraine School Partnerships will help build cross-cultural understanding and forge lasting links between the two countries.
More than Scottish 3,500 children have benefited from the Extra Time initiative to provide free after school and holiday sports club for families on low incomes.
The largest trial of its kind in the UK has shown how a low-cost, structured, anti-bullying programme can improve social dynamics in primary schools and reduce victimisation.
A report from Ofsted has revealed that primary schools are having to teach infants how to communicate, as they struggle to make friends or cope with lessons because of speech and language difficulties.
Schools must wait until May to find out their pupil premium funding allocations for the next financial year, the Department for Education has announced.
A report from FFT Education DataLab has found that absence rates among secondary school year groups in key stage 3 were higher last term compared to the year before.