Wandsworth Council has expanded its free school meals eligibility for secondary pupils, meaning hundreds of additional children will be able to access free food from September 2025.
The government has unveiled new Technical Excellence Colleges, which will be situated up and down the country to train and deliver the workforce needed to build new homes, schools, and hospitals.
Teacher Tapp’s 2024-25 end of year report reveals that student absence was a major worry, with 69 per cent of primary and 80 per cent of secondary teachers saying it was disrupting learning.
Scotland has seen an increase in the number of young people in work, training or further study nine months after they have left school, at 93.1 per cent in 2023-24.
A new skills programme is to equip young people with tech and AI skills, as part of a £187 million package to train up students for tech careers of the future.
A recent TeacherTapp survey found that only half of parents attended parents evening appointments at secondary schools, while a much higher percentage attend for primary schools.
The Department for Education has published its report on children's mental health interventions, with the research carried out by Education for Wellbeing over three waves between 2018 and 2024.
Following agreements reached between the Scottish government and the Scottish Liberal Democrats and the Scottish Green Party, Scotland have been able to table amendments to the 2025-26 Budget Bill.
Young people who were suspended at least once while at secondary school in England are twice as likely to be out of education, employment or training by the age of 24 as their peers.
A major study found that secondary school students in England feel less able to express ideas at school or take part in creative activities than their peers in many other countries.