The Government’s Flexible Working Ambassadors Programme has been extended for a further year, enabling teachers to plan lessons from home, job-share or work flexible hours.

The government is providing additional investment of £615 million, but schools are expected to find the first 1% of the pay award.

A new report outlines the barriers and potential solutions that could significantly reduce the £16.3 billion investment gap to decarbonise the UK’s 32,149 schools.

The government has rejected a recommendation to produce statutory guidance over the use of smart phones in schools, as recommended in the Education Committee's report.

A new Tes Safeguarding Report has highlighted the increasing pressure that schools are under to protect children from online harm, especially with most online activity occurring outside the school setting.

The Department for Education has released updated guidance following the introduction of a new faster border clearance scheme for school groups travelling via Dover to Europe.

More than one in four pupils begin to disengage from school during Year 7, according to the largest-ever study of pupil engagement in England.

Working closely with partners at the OECD, the DfE will be shaping the global consensus on how generative AI can be deployed safely and effectively to boost education around the world.

Speech and Language UK and the Centre for Mental Health are calling for urgent policy and practice reforms to support the record-high two million children in the UK who have speech and language challenges.

A new report has found a number of blockers preventing practical science lessons being delivered to school children, with the number one issue being the demands of the curriculum.

Secondary school pupils

New research by The Sutton Trust has revealed that disadvantaged children from London have much greater opportunities, with 20 constituencies with the highest ranking for opportunity being in London.

School children sat in a row

As part of the government’s pledge that all school pupils will have access to mental health support by 2029-30, recent steps will mean that 900,000 pupils are to benefit from mental health support in school this year. 

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