Education Minister for Wales Kirsty Williams has published an updated action plan setting out the next steps for the new Curriculum for Wales, due to be introduced in 2022.

The inaugural Tes Staff Wellbeing Report has revealed a quarter of school staff don’t feel they have enough time to do their job effectively.

Ninety-one per cent of state-funded schools were fully open the week 1-8 October, slightly down from 92% the previous week, with Covid-19 being the reason for most partial closures

Trainee Biology PGCE teachers will be able to access additional support of up to £20,000, for graduates with a first class or a Master’s degree.

A partnership between National Grid and MyKindaFuture will inspire pupils from diverse backgrounds to consider careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

A pre-COVID-19 evaluation of the £750 million Attainment Scotland Fund shows nine out of 10 headteachers (91%) say the fund is helping pupils in the most deprived areas meet their full potential.

Seventy-seven per cent of primary school headteachers in Ireland feel overwhelmed by the challenges of COVID-19, a new study by Trinity College Dublin has found.

The Department for Education has announced AS, A levels and GCSEs will be held three weeks later next year to help address the disruption caused by the pandemic.

Far fewer state schools appear to be providing key services to support vulnerable students, including on-site counselling and parental support programmes, than were doing so a decade ago, says a new IPPR report.

Twenty-nine per cent of children aged 8-17 are registered for Free School Meals, with 42 per cent of these children (900,000) newly registered to the scheme.

Among those honoured are the headteachers of the Oak National Academy, and a head who made sure pupils with SEND could still attend school during lockdown.

The government’s second annual State of the Nation report suggests that returning to school or college is likely to be playing a vital role in improving the mental wellbeing of many pupils by easing some of the main worries identified in the research.

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