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The Benefits of a Tutor

Discover the benefits of a tutor, from personalised learning and exam preparation support to confidence-building and lifelong study skills. A practical guide for parents.

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Strong signs of recovery across education, but challenges remain

Ofsted has today published the second set of reports in a series looking at the pandemic’s continued impact on education providers.

From: Ofsted

Published 4 April 2022

The reports find that much good progress has been made across the education sector to help children and learners recover the knowledge and skills they missed out on during the pandemic. However, amid strong...

Cash boost to transform colleges across England

Students to benefit from £400 million investment to upgrade college campuses, the next phase in the Further Education Capital Fund

From: Department for Education and Alex Burghart MP

Published 4 April 2022

Sixty-two further education colleges are to benefit from a share of more than £400 million to upgrade buildings and transform campuses. The cash boost will make sure even...

Return of NDNA’s Annual Conference

Educational recovery and excellence in early years practice will be the top priorities as National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA)’s annual national nursery conference returns in 2022 following an enforced two year absence. To reflect the sector’s great commitment to children and families, and their efforts to rebuild recovery following the most difficult years of the pandemic, the theme for...

National Tutoring Programme simplified to reach as many pupils as possible

Plans have been set out for the next year of the National Tutoring Programme, where schools will receive funding directly to help reach pupils most in need of support.

From: Department for Education and The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP

Published 31 March 2022

Children and young people will benefit from more tutoring through their school from next year, with all funding going...

Schools White Paper delivers real action to level up education

Schools White Paper, Opportunity for All, sets out plans to make sure every child can reach the full height of their potential.

From: Department for Education , Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street , The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP , and The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP

Published 28 March 2022

Any child who falls behind in maths or English will get the support they need to get...

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Support SEND Kids secures funding to fast-track creation of pioneering EHCP

Support SEND Kids secures funding to fast-track creation of pioneering EHCP digital workflow

24th March 2022: Support SEND Kids , a charity focused on helping children with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) access the right educational support, has today announced that it has secured a grant of just under £10,000 from the Worship Company of Information Technologists (...

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Around £55m of early years funding unspent as childcare providers struggled through Covid challenges

National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has discovered that at least £55 million of early years funding was either left unspent or allocated against other budget pressures in 2020/21 by local authorities.

A huge proportion of this sat in designated schools grant reserves.

This was for the financial year during the worst of the Covid pandemic from April 2020 to March 2021 when three...

A level playing field – all pupils entitled to high-quality PE

Ofsted has published the latest in a series of reviews into different subjects across the curriculum. Today’s review looks at physical education (PE).

From: Ofsted

The review draws on a range of sources, including our education inspection framework (EIF) and other literature, to identify factors that can contribute to a high-quality PE curriculum, assessment, pedagogy and systems. We...

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All schools to have high speed internet by 2025

Every school in England will have access to high speed internet by 2025, as part of the latest plans to roll out lightning-fast gigabit broadband across the UK.

From: Department for Education , Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport , and The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP

Published 23 March 2022

Every school across the country will be able to access high speed internet...

One million tutoring courses delivered to help children catch up

The National Tutoring Programme has reached one million courses since it began, with new measures announced to help support even more pupils

From: Department for Education and The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP

One million courses have been started by children across the country through the National Tutoring Programme, the Education Secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, announced today (Friday 11 March...