Over £44m is being awarded to projects to support key priorities in education in Wales, focusing on areas including literacy, numeracy and science over the next three years.
The National Delivery and Advocacy Plan stresses that without equitable access to digital tools, pupils risk being left behind in a digital-first education system.
Approximately 300,000 neurodivergent children across 1,200 primary schools will be able to access better support, thanks to a £9.5 million funding package for the Partnership for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools (PINS) programme.
A report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies says that if the DfE is treated as an ‘unprotected’ area, it could face a 3% real-terms cut to its budget over the next Spending Review period.
The government is extending its Early Language Support for Every Child (ELSEC) programme until March 2026, allowing it to support up to 20,000 more children.