New research released on Clean Air Day has found that 27 per cent of UK schools are in areas above WHO air pollution limits.

The rates paid to local authorities for the ‘free childcare’ offer are just two-thirds of what the government itself estimated would be needed.

New Department for Education investment will support pupils in deprived schools in England to take part in The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.

Teachers and school leaders will be better supported to recognise sexual harassment and abuse and teach confidently about issues of consent.

Young people across all corners of Great Britain are now benefitting from new specialist employment support and advice from local Youth Hubs.

More than 90,000 primary school pupils in Scotland will be entitled to new free school meal support in term time.

Labour has proposed a programme for all children to ‘play, learn and develop’ as the post-Covid catch up continues.

Children and young people across England will be offered up to 100 million hours of free tuition to help them catch up on learning lost during the pandemic.

MPs have claimed that the Department for Education had ‘no plan’ and was ‘unprepared’ for the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.

Guaranteeing every child the opportunity to participate in certain types of physical activity could support their academic attainment.

New funding has been introduced for councils to extend support to care leavers, worth £51 million.

A green initiative aimed at encouraging hundreds of thousands of children to walk to school has received £2.1 million in government support.

£118 million for disadvantaged pupils could be lost from school budgets this year due to a change in how Pupil Premium funding is calculated.

The majority of parents of pre-school children are worried about the impact on their child’s overall development or well-being during the pandemic.

A survey of caterers, representing 5,000 public sector sites across the UK, has found that 80 per cent have committed to reducing meat content across menus.

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