Young people with experience of being out of education, employment and training will help shape policy as part of a new Youth Guarantee Advisory Panel.

A new initiative will see primary school children becoming junior active travel inspectors, with a new mission to help more kids cycle, walk, wheel, and scoot to schools.

Overstretched children’s social care services has led to an alarming number of children leaving the care system and becoming homeless, not in employment or not in education, according to a report by the Education Committee.

The framework gives teachers guidance to plan high quality lessons and teach writing from reception and throughout primary school.

A report from the Children’s Commissioner calls for improved access to school transport so as many children as possible benefit from free bus travel, and for all eligible children to be auto-enrolled to receive free school meals.