Funding for the Government’s flagship education recovery programme to double for secondary schools next year, supporting pupils to catch up on lost learning
Children across the country will be supported to reach their full potential as funding to support children’s education recovery will be doubled in secondary schools from next year.
Teacher training qualifications to be free for the next two academic years to upskill teachers across the country
Every teacher in the country will have access to free, high-quality, ongoing training as part of the Government’s continued drive to ensure every pupil in England is taught by an excellent teacher, levelling up education across the country.
Government commits to major reforms to improve the lives of England’s most vulnerable children and families
Vulnerable children and families in England will be better supported by a fundamental shift in how children’s social care services are delivered, guided by the findings of an independent review of children’s social care published today.
£10 million to extend senior mental health lead training to reach more schools and colleges
Thousands of young people will benefit from additional mental health support in their schools, colleges and universities, the government has announced.
To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, the Department for Education is today (12 May 2022) announcing a further £7 million for schools and...
Primary school children across the UK will begin to receive ‘Queen Elizabeth: A Platinum Jubilee Celebration ’
Children in state-funded primary schools across the United Kingdom will, from mid-May, begin to receive a free commemorative book to mark Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.
Designed as an official once-in-a-lifetime commemoration of the Platinum Jubilee and written in...
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...
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...
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...
