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What does the Spring Budget mean for children & young people?

Last week, the Government set out spending measures in its spring Budget, which contained a number of commitments targeted specifically...

£60 million to make schools and colleges across Wales more sustainable

Schools and colleges across Wales are set to benefit from £60 million in funding to make buildings more energy efficient. The Minister...

German given boost as part of new schools language programme

New flagship language programme launched, designed to boost the quality of language lessons in primary and secondary schools Programme to...

Art should command an important place in every school

Ofsted has published its latest curriculum research review, this time looking at art education in schools. Today’s report explores the...

More two-year-olds across Wales to benefit from funded childcare with further £10 million investment

The extra funding is part of a phased plan to expand early years provision to all two-year-olds in Wales, with a particular emphasis on...

School Wellbeing Service extended.

A service providing mental health and wellbeing support for teachers and education staff has been awarded over £600k, the Minister for...

How to do your bit for the environment in 2023

As we enter a brand new year and set our new year’s resolutions, it’s a great time to reflect on how we can do our bit to help conserve...

Hundreds of formerly outstanding schools reinspected

Today Ofsted has published a commentary on inspection outcomes for previously exempt outstanding schools reinspected in 2021/22. From...

Funding for early years likely to fall by 8% to 2024 as a result of faster-than-expected cost rises

"Early years providers are facing rapidly rising costs that are eroding the value of their budgets." The early years sector in England...

Bumper £24 million to boost children’s literacy

Primary school pupils to benefit from phonics and literacy teaching thanks to new government funding. More primary school pupils will...

£20m to improve ALN facilities

The Education Minister Jeremy Miles has announced £20m of funding for local authorities to improve or create inclusive spaces and...

"Exciting new era for education in Wales”

The Minister for Education and Welsh Language, Jeremy Miles, has heralded an “exciting new era” for education in Wales, as he visited a...

Changes to inspection handbooks for September 2022

Ofsted has today published updated inspection handbooks for all our education remits. This is standard practice to ensure the handbooks...

Ofsted and CQC launch consultation for new inspection provision framework for children and young peo

A consultation from Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission presents a new draft framework for inspecting provision for children and young...

England opens doors to world’s best teachers

The best teachers from across the world will be supported to work in schools in England from 2023, as part of the government’s commitment...