Scotland has seen an increase in the number of young people in work, training or further study nine months after they have left school, at 93.1 per cent in 2023-24.
The Scottish government have expanded their childcare provision through several projects backed by Access to Childcare Funding, which will see almost £1.5 million distributed across seven initiatives over the next two years.
Stephanie Slater, founder and chief executive of School Food Matters, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for her services to children.
The Education Committee has launched a new inquiry into the financial viability of universities as they face the challenges of rising costs and falling numbers of international students.
Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, has said that the scale of feedback received on the consultation means the final response will now be published in September.
Schools and colleges are being invited to become ‘test beds’ for evaluating new EdTech products, creating an evidence base for technologies that genuinely improve both teaching quality and pupil outcomes.
The Chancellor has announced around £2.4 billion per year to be invested in the School Rebuilding Programme over the next four years, reaffirming the commitment to rebuild over 500 schools
The Department for Education has published its first ever AI guidance for schools and colleges, setting out how schools can safely and effectively use AI to transform the classroom experience for students.
With excess speed a factor in a quarter of fatal road crashes, the charity urges the Minister to prioritise measures that will make children’s journeys to and from school safer as part of its Road Safety Strategy.
Data released by the government shows nearly 4,000 PE hours lost in the last year amid worsening school sport crisis, with 11–14-year-olds hit the hardest.