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The Department for Education (DfE) and Ofqual have confirmed contingency plans to support students in the unlikely event that exams in England cannot go ahead next year due to the pandemic.

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has announced a range of new measures at COP26 to ensure climate change is put at the heart of education.

Young people will be empowered to take action on the environment as part of new measures designed to make climate change a central feature of education.

The Department for Education (DfE) has launched a consultation seeking views on proposals to reform how local authorities' school improvement functions are funded.

Following the delivery of the Chancellor’s Budget speech, the Department for Education (DfE) has given more details of the funding he allocated to schools and colleges.

What follows may not come as a total surprise, given that the Government has leaked most of its good news about transport, health and education in advance. This is why Chancellor Rishi Sunak was sharply reminded by the Deputy Speaker, Dame Eleanor Laing, that MPs expect to hear the news from him, not the media.

The Treasury has announced that the National Living Wage will increase next April to £9.50 per hour. This represents a 6.6% increase. These new rates will be effective from 1 April 2022.

School-based counselling needs to be fully funded by the Government and available in all state-funded secondary schools and academies to help support rising numbers of children and young people reporting mental health issues during Covid-19.

New trainee teachers can get bursaries of up to £24,000 while existing teachers in all state schools can access free courses to develop their skills, the Department for Education (DfE) has announced.

With new data showing that nearly 20% of the most critically ill Covid patients are pregnant women who have not been vaccinated, the NHS is encouraging them to get the vaccine.