Nick Gibb has said that school funding will be made simpler, fairer and more transport as a result of government efforts to ‘level up’
The Local Government Association has stressed that children and young people need to be at the heart of the national recovery.
The NAO has found that a new national funding formula has contributed to a shift in the balance of funding from more deprived schools to less deprived schools.
More than twice as many childcare places have been lost during the winter lockdowns than in the first six months of the pandemic.
England’s largest councils have called for urgent action in this year’s Spending Review to address a spiralling deficit in special educational needs services.
The government is asking teachers and school leaders for views on managing good behaviour, including on the use of mobile phones in the school day.
Adoption UK is warning of a mental health emergency amongst some of the UK’s most vulnerable children.
The Youth Endowment Fund has launched a new Toolkit to help local authorities provide support to children at risk of involvement in violence.
The number of children needing foster care in England is set to rise by almost a third by 2030, but councils have inadequate plans in place.
Pupils are set to benefit from improved school facilities, thanks to almost half a billion pounds being invested in school buildings this year.
MPs have claimed that white working-class pupils have been badly let down by decades of neglect and muddled policy thinking.
Labour has accused the government of already failing to live-up to their promise of a ‘tutoring revolution’ for UK pupils.
The LGA has claimed that investing in libraries is key to driving the national recovery from coronavirus and enabling children to catch up on lost learning.
Children with a social worker in England will benefit from further dedicated support in school and at college to help level up their outcomes in education.
New research released on Clean Air Day has found that 27 per cent of UK schools are in areas above WHO air pollution limits.