£500m for energy efficiency upgrades in schools and colleges, and extra £2bn for schools next year to be split between mainstream schools and high needs
Schools and colleges in England will be allocated a share of £500 million to spend on energy efficiency upgrades, helping to save on bills during the winter months and manage energy consumption.
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) publish a report on the area SEND consultation and a new area SEND inspection framework.
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have today launched a new joint framework for inspecting provision for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) within a local area. Beginning in January 2023,...
Today Ofsted has published a commentary on inspection outcomes for previously exempt outstanding schools reinspected in 2021/22.
From 2012, schools that had been judged outstanding were legally exempt from further regular inspection, unless there were specific concerns about the school. The exemption was lifted in 2020.
Read the report: A return to inspection: the story (so far) of...
School holidays can be particularly difficult for some families because of increased costs, such as food, especially now when costs of living are so high and rising.
So, we have arranged a programme of funded holiday-time activities, with hot meals, to run for up to four days over the Christmas 2022 school holiday.
The government-funded programme for the Christmas 2022 holiday has...
Virgin Money has relaunched its innovative financial education programme, Make £5 Grow, with additional tools and resources designed to prepare schoolchildren and provide the skills they need to better manage their finances in the future.
Delivered in schools, Make £5 Grow is a free scheme which works with and encourages both younger and older children, to develop innovative business...
Primary school pupils to benefit from phonics and literacy teaching thanks to new government funding
More primary school pupils will benefit from high quality phonics and expert literacy teaching as part of new funding announced today (Sunday 9 October).
Over £24 million is set to be invested in building children’s literacy skills as the government continues to support pupils’...
Neil Leitch, CEO of the Early Years Alliance, said:
“Labour’s plans to introduce breakfast clubs for every primary school in England will make a real difference to parents with school-aged children trying to balance their careers and their childcare needs, as well as ensuring that no children start the school day hungry, and so we warmly welcome this proposal.
Commenting, Neil Leitch, CEO of the Early Years Alliance, said:
“We welcome the appointment of Kelly Tolhurst as the new schools and childhood minister, and look forward to working with her in her new role.
"We hope that the fact that early years now sits within the remit of a minister of state, rather than a parliamentary under-secretary, signifies a growing recognition...
If your child is currently in year 6 at primary school, you'll need to start thinking now about applying for a place for them to attend their preferred secondary school, to start in September 2023.
Applications must be made before Monday 31 October 2022 and parents and guardians will be contacted with the result to their application on national offer day, 1 March 2023.
