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...
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
New data on government’s free period product scheme shows strong take up across the country
From: Department for Education and Will Quince MP
New data on the government’s free period product scheme shows schools and colleges stepping up to make sure no student has to miss lessons because of their period.
The data published today (Thursday 27 January) shows the value of...
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.
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...
Over 585 former teachers have already come forward to support face-to-face learning
From: Department for Education
Hundreds of former teachers have signed up with supply agencies following the Education Secretary’s call for them to temporarily return to the profession, data published (on Wednesday 12 January) shows.
Initial data from around ten per cent of supply agencies...
School choice fails to empower parents, study finds Policies to increase school choice have not given parents a greater sense of control over their children’s education, new research has found. Parents given multiple options for their child’s school are no happier about education than those who have little choice, according to research published in the Journal of Social Policy.
