The Public Bill Committee has opened a Call for Evidence on its Children’s Wellbeing and Schools bill, which has passed its first and second reading in the House of Commons.
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have published guidance for their next visits that will look at how well children with special educational needs and/ or disabilities (SEND) are being supported.
The government has set aside £1 million for 16 developers to create AI tools which will help with marketing and giving students personalised feedback, leaving more time for teachers to deliver their lessons.
The government has launched a formal review of the national professional qualification (NPQ), which is designed to support the professional development of teachers and leaders.
The education and training inspectorate for Wales, Estyn, will lead a review to understand how Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) is currently used in schools across Wales.
The National Education Union (NEU), at a meeting held this week, has agreed to go ahead with a preliminary online ballot of teacher members in England.
A new report from the Social Market Foundation (SMF) finds that in the last 12 months over £400 million of apprenticeship funding has been spent on young people and adults who already have a degree.
Some of the measures included in the Bill include the introduction of registers for children not in school and allocating a unique identifying number for every child.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has reminded parents and carers of the small changes they can make to ensure their children have a healthy start to the new year and a new school term.
Former schools minister for the Conservative government Nick Gibb has been knighted in the new year’s honours, while former union leader Geoff Barton received a CBE.
The Education Committee has launched a new inquiry focused on finding solutions to the crisis in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision.