The proportion of secondary school applicants who received an offer of their first preference school for September 2020 has increased by 1.3 percentage points to 82.2%, Department for Education data has show.

The guidance for schools in Wales, that are due to open from 29 June, is divided into two sections: on operational matters and on learning.

A further 88 education providers have been selected to deliver T Levels from September 2022, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced.

Sally Collier, Ofqual's chief regulator, spoke at the the Parliamentary education committee this morning, saying that a consultation on plans for next year will start in the coming weeks.

Pupils from Scotland's deprived communities will benefit from the Attainment Scotland Fund to help close the poverty-related attainment gap.

The Scottish parent association Connect have gathered the views of parents over lockdown to get their views on how to make home schooling and the return to school work.

Fifty-two per cent of education settings that normally accept reception, year 1 and year 6 welcomed back at least one of those year groups on Thursday 4 June.

Public Health England will be running a new voluntary COVID-19 study to assess and monitor the prevalence of COVID-19 among pre-school, primary and secondary school pupils and teachers.

The government has agreed to implement all seven recommendations put forward by an Expert Advisory Group on school staff wellbeing in a letter sent by Schools Minister Nick Gibb.

The government's aim for all primary school years in England to go back to school before the end of term is to be dropped

New guidance will help teachers and councils in Scotland prepare for combining both classroom and home learning when schools re-open in August.

The Department for Education is looking to run a Pupil and Parent Online Panel to monitor the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on children and inform policy development.

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