The Department for Education (DfE) is doubling the funding that primary schools receive for PE and sport provision, from £160 million to £320 million a year.

The government needs to urgently look at ways to provide better part-time working for secondary schools, a new report recommends.

Forty-six per cent of secondary school parents feel exams are too pressured for their children - only slightly higher than much younger children, at 40 per cent

Healthy canteen

A report from the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation calls on schools to become "healthy zones" where pupils' health and wellbeing are promoted throughout all parts of school life

The Church of England's national programme for developing school leaders has been awarded National Professional Qualification status by the Department for Education.

The Environment Agency has launched a competition for north east schools to design a new logo for the region's Flood Wardens.

More than half (53%) of Brits now believe that learning coding in school is just as important as learning a foreign language, such as French or Spanish.

New figures from PHE's National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) have shown that obesity has risen for the second year in a row in reception year children in 2016 to 2017.

New route into teaching for aspiring graduates

A new postgraduate teaching apprenticeship has been announced which aims to offer talented graduates an alternative route into the profession.

New classroom self-review video system launched

ONVU Technologies has launched its new 360o classroom self-review tool, LessonVU, which aims to help teachers maximise learning.

 Twenty-hour computer science test to be restarted by schools following security concerns

Exam board Edexcel has replaced the non-examined assessment (NEA) of its computer science GCSE following an error in the security settings.

Rise in schoolchildren seeking Childline counselling

There has been a 15 per cent rise in young people seeking Childline counselling sessions about suicide, Childline has revealed.

Pages