Families with SEND children will benefit from grants to buy equipment to make their lives easier while implementing social distancing measures, including computers, specialist equipment and educational toys.

Children from better-off households are spending 30% more time each day on educational activities than are children from the poorest fifth of households

The council is investing up to £220,000 to prevent children and young people from going hungry during the May half-term.

£450,000 of the Welsh Government funding will also go towards supporting mental health and well-being of the school workforce

The Department for Education has published an overview of the scientific advice it has received about the safe re-opening of schools, after several calls from unions and school leaders.

Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield has said that schools cannot wait for a vaccine before re-opening.

The Welsh Government has published a document setting out its thinking behind the next phase for education.

The British Medical Association (BMA) has said that they back teaching union NEU in their concerns over schools reopening, saying that case numbers had to be much lower first

A consortium of organisations has set out three ways to support schools by helping them enable high quality learning experiences in school grounds, local spaces and home environments,

The National Association of School-Based Teacher Trainers (NASBTT) has launched a new resource to support the professional learning and development of teacher educators.

 The Local Government Association has said that councils should have the power to close schools or nurseries if testing indicates clusters of new COVID-19 cases.

A survey found that almost a quarter (23.8%) of teachers have either been furloughed or had their contracts cancelled as a direct consequence of the pandemic.

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