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The year ahead for Education
I recently set out my areas of focus on education in our 2023-24 Business Plan. My ambition is to make schools places where children want...
Apr 22, 20232 min read


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...
Apr 1, 20232 min read


£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...
Mar 10, 20232 min read


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...
Mar 3, 20232 min read


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...
Feb 24, 20232 min read


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...
Feb 17, 20232 min read


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...
Jan 28, 20232 min read


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...
Jan 7, 20232 min read


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...
Nov 25, 20222 min read


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...
Nov 12, 20223 min read


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...
Oct 14, 20222 min read


£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...
Oct 7, 20222 min read


"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...
Sep 23, 20222 min read


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...
Jul 17, 20222 min read


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...
Jun 18, 20222 min read
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