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
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...
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.
Plum Play’s Discovery Range Encourages Children to Explore the Great Outdoors, with fun, Education, and sustainability at the Heart of Play. Get Messy, Get Outside.
Nurture through nature and little ones can get messy or dirty and embrace the garden with outdoor role play. Leading active play toy specialist Plum Play has the fantastic Discovery® range, that combines hands-on play and...
New trust set up to run services for vulnerable children and families in Bradford, following recommendations made by Commissioner
From: Department for Education and The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP
Published 25 January 2022
Bradford’s children’s social care services are set to be lifted into a Trust that will drive rapid improvements, following recommendations made to the...
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...
The government has set out plans for revised modern foreign languages GCSEs, helping to make the content more accessible for students.
From: Department for Education and Robin Walker MP
Students will study reformed language GCSEs from 2024, following government changes to make the subjects more accessible and attractive for students, and boost take up by making it clearer what they...
Changes to how these GCSEs will be assessed in future confirmed by Ofqual.
From: Ofqual
Changes to how GCSEs in French, German and Spanish will be assessed in future have been confirmed today by Ofqual.
They are needed because the government is changing from 2024 how students will be taught and assessed in these subjects - to help young people develop their language skills...
