Global award goes to UK teacher

Andria Zafirakou, a teacher at a London School, has received this year’s Global Teacher Prize.

Scottish council gives VR headsets to all schools

East Renfrewshire Council has spent £250,000 on over 900 ClassVR headsets for 30 primary and secondary schools.

£26 million funding to boost schools breakfast clubs

More children across the country will get a healthy and nutritious breakfast to set them up for the school day, thanks to an investment of up to £26 million.

Scotland’s attainment gap is closing thanks to national fund, heads say

Three-quarters of school heads believe the attainment gap has started to close and almost all expect progress in the next five years as a result of national attainment funding, new research has shown.

Programme to boost leadership opportunities for teachers announced

School standards minister Nick Gibb has launched a government-funded programme designed to help schools in areas of greatest need.

Almost half of girls find STEM subject too hard

New research shows that nearly half of UK girls (49 per cent) find STEM subjects too difficult to learn.

£17 million DfE funding to improve children's services

Children and Families Minister Nadhim Zahawi has announced a £17 million package of support for councils to improve outcomes for vulnerable children.

DfE announces steps to improve education for children with additional needs

Steps to transform education for children with additional needs and ambitious plans to improve the experiences of children in alternative provision have been announced.

Consultation into strengthening teacher-examiner safeguards announced

Ofqual has set out how it intends to strengthen its regulation of awarding organisations’ involvement of teachers in the development of confidential assessment materials.

Violence against teachers cannot be tolerated, union says

Budget cuts, rising class sizes and the cutting of specialist support services are leading to increases in physical and verbal abuse against staff, according to NASUWT .

Programme to help teachers return to the classroom announced

Schools from across the West Midlands and the South East are being asked to take part in a government programme designed to help teachers return to the classroom after a career break.

Pilot lessons developed for secondary schools to raise awareness of gambling harms

Demos think tank has been piloting lessons in secondary schools to prevent gambling-related harms among school-age children.

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