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School support staff members are the glue that keeps children’s education together but they are paid a pittance.

For the 67th time in her reign, the Queen has visited Parliament for its state opening, at which she delivers a speech setting out the Government’s plans for its legislative programme in the months ahead.

Thousands of children and young people will benefit from better support and expert advice in school and college thanks to a new £17 million package of mental health support designed to help them recover from the challenges of the pandemic.

Taking place this year from 10 to 16 May, Mental Health Awareness Week has nature as its theme, after research on the mental health impacts of the pandemic showed going for walks outside was one of people’s top coping strategies.

Students who receive a teacher assessed grade this summer will be eligible to take GCSE, AS or A level exams in the same subject in autumn 2021, Ofqual has confirmed.

The Education (School Day and School Year) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/541) come into force on 1 June amending the Education (School Day and School Year) (England) Regulations 1999.

This month the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is launching a review into the provision of children and young people’s mental health services during the pandemic.

The call for evidence on shaping the future of women’s healthcare has been be extended by two weeks, with a new closing date of 13 June 2021.

The Covid-19 vaccine take-up among ethnic minority groups has increased from 1.89 million to 5.78 million between 7 February and 7 April, amounting to an increase of 235%.

A family member, who attended the Leys & St Faith’s Foundation School in Cambridge to watch an evening performance in February 2017, fell and was fatally injured.