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.

Schools could be required to mix with children from different backgrounds

Schools which have pupils from a single ethnic or religious community could soon be forced to ensure they mix with children from other backgrounds.

BGIS no longer to take over school Carillon facilities management contracts

Global real estate and facility management services provider BGIS has announced that it will no longer be taking over contracts from Carillion.

CV-Library takes over Education-Jobs website

Independent job board CV-Library has announced that it has acquired the Education-Jobs.co.uk.

Less schools are applying to be academies, figures show

The number of schools applying to become academies has dropped according to figures by the Department for Education.

Phillip Hammond, Chancellor

The Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced in his Spring Statement that an extra £80 million will be released to help small businesses take on apprentices.

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