Education

How to Playfully Promote Early Learning

Early childhood offers unique opportunities as young minds absorb knowledge and transform experiences into learning. Parents who earnestly seek to nurture and enhance their children's cognitive development often find themselves wondering how they might successfully balance ambitious educational goals with the spontaneous, natural joy of childhood play. The solution isn't found in strict academic...

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Revision help for students published for summer exams

Information being published will help students to focus their revision for GCSE, AS and A level exams which are planned to go ahead this summer.

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

Students will have access to information from today (7 February) to help focus their revision for summer GCSE, AS and A level exams, as part of a range of adaptations...

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Further plans to level up opportunities for every child

Plans confirmed for register of children not in school so no child can ‘fall through the cracks’

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

Published 3 February 2022

New measures to make sure children are getting the quality of education they deserve are being announced today, as the government continues its drive to level up opportunities for every child...

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Twinkl and Harry Potter team-up to celebrate 25th anniversary

Global publishers Bloomsbury and Twinkl to take children on a magical journey of reading for the 25th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

With this year’s Harry Potter Book Night taking place on Thursday 3rd February 2022, Bloomsbury has teamed up with Twinkl to take children on a truly magical journey of reading. As 2022 marks 25 years since Harry Potter and the...

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Government outlines ambitious plans to level up activities for young people

Government commits to National Youth Guarantee backed by £560 million funding

From: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport , The Rt Hon Nadine Dorries MP , Nigel Huddleston MP , and The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP

Published 1 February 2022

Youth Investment Fund will deliver up to 300 new and refurbished youth facilities in the most deprived parts of England

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Package to transform education and opportunities for most disadvantaged

Skills, schools and families at the heart of government plans to improve public services and level up left behind areas.

From: Department for Education , Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport , Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities , Kemi Badenoch MP , and The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP

Published 1 February 2022

Education will be at the heart of...

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Children's vocabulary: Fresh opportunities for app boosting young learners' language skills

Children's vocabulary: Fresh opportunities for app boosting young learners' language skills ChatterStars, designed to improve vocabulary among children, has recently received an investment from business accelerator, TwinklHive.

Good vocabulary is crucial to everyone’s development. It helps us to express our opinions, understand complex subjects, and improve our reading skills. It is a...

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Top Benefits of Online Learning

New research reveals that most secondary school parents (74%*) think that digital learning provided by teachers and the government needs to be improved. The parents of one in three children thought that teachers didn’t make lessons exciting enough and one in four said their children couldn’t hear their teacher or classmates properly.

Understandably, schools were not prepared for...

More support for schools and students as plan B comes to an end

£8 million from NHS England to support secondary schools with the in-school vaccination programme.

From: Department for Education , Department of Health and Social Care , NHS England , The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP , and The Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP

Published 24 January 2022

New multi-million-pound funding from NHS England will enable all schools to fully support the in-school...

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Twinkl launch their 'This Year I Will' Campaign

Global call for children to discuss their resolutions for 2022 Twinkl’s ‘This Year, I Will’ project gives school children around the world the opportunity to share their goals and aspirations for 2022, encouraging continuity and determination in the young generations.

The event officially launches on the week commencing 17th of January 2022, as Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day approaches....

Universities pledge to end use of non-disclosure agreements

Ministers and campaigners back new pledge to end the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements within universities to silence complainants in sexual harassment cases

From: Department for Education and The Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP

Published 18 January 2022

Victims of sexual harassment in universities should no longer be silenced by Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), under a new...