The Northern Ireland secretary James Brokenshire has announced that more funds will be poured into the education sector following reallocation of money.
The government’s academy trust survey for 2017 has shown that 71 per cent of single-academy trusts converted to “obtain more funding for frontline education”.
Education secretary Justine Greening has announced that the government’s plans to have 90 per cent of pupils studying all EBacc subjects by 2020 has been pushed back.
The chief inspector of schools, Amanda Spielman, has warned that the new GCSE exams are threatening the chances of pupils receiving a “broad and balanced” education.
According to figures released by Public Health England (PHE), less than a fifth of primary children get the recommended amount of exercise by the time they leave school.