The plan will involve up to 40 schools, and will focus on raising the quality of teaching through sharing expertise with successful schools.
First Minister Carwyn Jones said: "If we’re to raise standards and performance in education in Wales across the board we need to boost attainment levels of schools which are underperforming and we know could do better. The significant funding we’ve announced today is going to make a huge difference to those schools chosen to take on Schools Challenge Cymru."
The number of eligible children taking up the offer of free school meals in Scotland has increased for the second year running, according to the latest statistics.
Schools in England must take “proactive” action to identify and support children at risk of falling out of the education system, according to updated statutory guidance.
According to a new survey, science teachers are struggling to deliver practical lessons – and could face the problem of lab technicians leaving the profession.
Fifty two of the schools with targeted grant funding have had RAAC removed, and a further 71 schools with RAAC are in the process of being rebuilt under the School Rebuilding Programme.
RISE teams are now due to reach more than 200,000 children in total, working with ‘stuck’ schools that have received consecutive poor Ofsted judgements.