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Schools in England to benefit from major funding boost

State schools to receive extra cash in May following additional £2 billion investment

Every state school in England is to receive a cash boost, as primary and secondary schools are allocated extra funding for the next academic year.

The additional cash is part of a £2 billion injection of new funding for schools – being made in both this year and next year – topping up budgets to...

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Ten tips for the 11 plus exam

If your child is settling into year 5, as a parent it is time to start thinking about their secondary education.

If you are considering grammar schools or selective independent schools, your child will most likely need to take an entrance exam in autumn 2023 to be eligible for a place.

Known as the 11 plus exam, it is designed to be challenging, identifying pupils whose academic...

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Education recovery funding doubles for secondary schools

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.

Children and young people faced unique...

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Free cyber skills training for thousands of school pupils

Free online cyber security learning rolled out across UK secondary schools

From: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Julia Lopez MP

Published 23 February 2022

  • Cyber Explorers will teach 11 to 14-year-olds essential digital skills to meet demand for future talent in the cyber security sector
  • Schools in Newport, Newry, Inverclyde, Birmingham
  • ...
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94% of secondary schools provide free period products to students

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...

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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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Public health experts working closely with schools and colleges to reduce risk of transmission

Schools and colleges have reopened for most, and with it coronavirus measures – some different, some familiar – to help reduce risk to pupils and staff.

With most of Devon’s schools back, pupils and their families will be familiarising themselves with new routines.

Secondary schools and colleges are asking pupils to take two in-school assisted lateral flow tests, days apart...

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Majority of schools sign up to boost education over the summer

Nearly three quarters of eligible mainstream secondary schools across England to host a summer school

From: Department for Education and The Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP

An overwhelming majority of eligible secondary schools in England have signed up to host a summer school over the holidays, offering a mixture of academic and extra-curricular activities to boost catch up for...

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