Around three quarters of looked after children live in foster care. Foster parents provide a stable family environment when a child cannot live with their birth parents. Children in foster care deserve to lead fulfilling lives in nurturing environments that ...
Young people who are considering going to university next year should be thinking about their applications and what grades/qualifications they need. But how does that process work? Here, we answer your questions. I'm at school/college in England - how do ...
Teaching is an attractive profession for a range of reasons; as well as it being interesting, no two days being the same and it provides the chance to shape young people's lives. Teacher's pensions are also among the best and ...
The Early Career Framework (ECF) and sets out a framework of standards to help early career teachers succeed at the start their careers. In this blog, practitioners share how they support their early career teachers to apply the content of the provider-led training programmes to their school's context.
Free school meals are only available during term time. Families on low incomes may be able to access food vouchers and other types of support over the half term through their local authorities. Delivered through the Department for Work and ...
The deadline for secondary school applications is coming - but you don't need to worry as it's a simple and straightforward process. Here we provide everything you need to know about secondary school applications. When is secondary school application deadline ...
National Professional Qualifications provide training and support for teachers and school leaders at all levels and help them to deliver improved outcomes for young people. These 8 teachers explain what taking an NPQ has brought to their classroom practice or leadership skills over the last year.
Primary and secondary schools are offering one-to-one or small group tuition to pupils that need extra help. Through the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) over two million tutoring sessions have started. The programme is now in its third year, and we look at the impact ...
Several schools from across the country share their different ways and approaches to supporting pupil and staff mental health and wellbeing.
In this blog post, Kieren Done - School Business Manager at St Ambrose College, a grammar school in Altrincham, Manchester, shares his experience of using Get help buying for schools and how it could help you with your buying too.
Getting vaccinated against the flu virus and COVID-19 offers the best protection. Not only does it protect us as individuals but also those around us and limits the disruption to pupils' education. Here's what you need to know about the ...
Your child's education starts at home long before they enter the classroom. And even when they start nursery or school the home is where a significant amount of their learning happens. That's why it's really important to build a positive ...
Thousands of early years professionals will benefit from investment to drive quality and training, and to better support the next generation of children.
We publish a range of data and information to help parents understand school performance - here we explain more. How is school performance measured? At both primary and secondary school, we focus on the progress pupils in a school make ...
Lara Marshall, Libraries Engagement Management at RNIB, writes about the resources available for library users with visual impairments.
Baroness Sanderson writes about her first set of library visits as Chair of the new advisory panel on public libraries.
Over 180 million now available to attract trainee teachers in high priority subjects for courses starting in 2023/24.
In this blog post, Megan Grimshaw, Procurement Projects Delivery Lead at YPO, highlights YPO's Buildings in Use framework, which includes both catering and cleaning lots as well as much more. Megan will explain what the framework can offer, how it works, and how it can benefit schools. If you are looking for a catering service or want to outsource your cleaning, this could be the framework for you.
Primary school pupils to benefit from phonics and literacy teaching thanks to new government funding.
Prisoners at open prisons in England are to start high-quality apprenticeships at big name employers thanks to change in law and the Government's skills agenda.
Government and Ofqual confirm exam arrangements for students in 2023.
Alastair Field, headteacher at Roundhay School's Primary Campus in Leeds, shares why he believes a key part of his role is to spread the word about his fantastic team and the remarkable things they do for their students.
The new university term started for most students this month. Whether you are a fresher or a returning student, we have pulled together answers to some of the important topics that you might have wondered about as you head into ...
Deputy Headteacher, Rebecca Kingston explains how their school have partnered with MyTutor through the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) to support students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has launched a new and improved version of its agency supply framework. Tom Harper is the Supply Teachers Category Manager at CCS. In this blog post, Tom will highlight the improvements to the framework and how you can access it.
