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• Welsh government admits free school meals failing

  29-02-2024 20:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ministers admit acting unlawfully but say there is not the money to bring back free holiday meals.
  
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• Parents in England: have you recently switched to home education?

  29-02-2024 18:40
  
  We would like to hear from parents who began home schooling their child in the last year. What was the main reason for the change?The number of children being homeschooled in England rose by nearly 14% last autumn, official figures show, with parents increasingly citing mental health as the main reason for home education.Department for Education (DfE) statistics showed that 92,000 children were recorded as being home schooled on one day last term, compared with 80,900 at the same point in autumn
  
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• The value of studying alongside international students | Letter

  29-02-2024 18:13
  
  Dr Angus Holford, Dr Greta Morando and Dr Julián Costas-Fernández respond to news about falling numbers of overseas students coming to BritainThe focus of recent articles on international student numbers (Warnings of economic damage to UK as international student numbers fall by a third, 29 February; Are international students taking over UK universities? No – in fact, they’re propping them up, 31 January) has been on their overall value to the UK economy or to universi
  
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• Research: Working lives of teachers and leaders – wave 2

  29-02-2024 18:02 via gov.uk
  
  The findings of the second wave of the working lives of teachers and leaders survey.
  
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• Policy paper: Evidence to the STRB: 2024 pay award for teachers and leaders

  29-02-2024 18:00 via gov.uk
  
  The Education Secretary’s evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) about the 2024 pay award.
  
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• Number of children home schooled in England rises by more than 10,000

  29-02-2024 17:35
  
  Mental health being increasingly cited as main reason for parents choosing home education, official figures findThe number of children in England being home schooled increased by more than 10,000 last autumn, with mental health being increasingly cited by parents as the main reason, according to official figures.The statistics published by the Department for Education (DfE) showed that 92,000 children were recorded as being home schooled on one day last term, compared with 80,900 at the same poi
  
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• Research: Developing a method for obtaining pupil insight for building in use reviews

  29-02-2024 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  Exploratory research testing approaches to getting pupils’ views on outdoor space, for Department for Education building in use reviews.
  
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• North Yorkshire schools could face £11m deficit

  29-02-2024 16:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The deteriorating financial position of local schools is a "repeating pattern", councillors hear.
  
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• Irish government to fund 50 medical student places

  29-02-2024 14:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The first 25 places at QUB will be available for students from the island of Ireland from September.
  
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• School absence fines for parents to rise by £20

  29-02-2024 13:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Most of the fines in England are for unauthorised term-time holidays, the education secretary says.
  
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• Transparency data: List of teaching school hubs

  29-02-2024 13:00 via gov.uk
  
  A list of each teaching school hub in England funded by government.
  
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• Guidance: Find a teaching school hub

  29-02-2024 13:00 via gov.uk
  
  Get support with teacher training and professional development from school-led centres of excellence.
  
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• Official Statistics: Elective home education: autumn term 2023

  29-02-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Information on the number and characteristics of children in elective home education (EHE) in England.
  
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• Official Statistics: Children's social work workforce 2023

  29-02-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Annual statistics on children and family social workers including agency children and family social workers in England.
  
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• Official Statistics: Children missing education: autumn term 2023

  29-02-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Information on the number and characteristics of children missing education (CME) in England.
  
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• Guidance: EHC plans when a child or young person moves

  29-02-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Dealing with education, health and care (EHC) plans for children and young people who move into or out of a local authority area or England.
  
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• Budget 2024: Hunt urged to boost UK economy by fixing ‘broken’ childcare system

  29-02-2024 10:11
  
  London business group says clarifying funding for providers could deliver £11bn economic prize by freeing more adults to workBusiness live – latest updatesJeremy Hunt is being urged by business leaders to fix the UK’s broken childcare system to secure a boost to the economy worth £11bn by enabling more parents and carers to work.In the run-up to next week’s budget, industry leaders said the chancellor needed to clarify funding arrangements for childcare providers be
  
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• Warnings of economic damage to UK as international student numbers fall by a third

  29-02-2024 09:36
  
  University leaders accuse ministers of wanting to ‘diminish our success’ as figures show a plunge in visas issued to overseas studentsImmigration restrictions imposed on international students threaten to damage the UK economy, according to university leaders, with the number enrolling from overseas falling by a third.Universities UK (UUK), which represents mainstream universities and colleges, said the government’s new curbs, coupled with steep visa fee increases and threats t
  
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• The Tories have sucked the joy from the education system. Here are three ways Labour can bring it back | Polly Toynbee

  29-02-2024 09:00
  
  Keir Starmer should revitalise Sure Start, focus on children’s happiness – and give a crucial boost to further educationOur writers and experts name the pledges Labour must include in its manifestoChildren became unhappier in the past decade, according to the annual Good Childhood report. The number of eight to 16-year-olds with mental health problems rose sharply. It wasn’t their parents’ fault: children were happier with their families, but their distress coincided with
  
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• Anger at plan to demolish landslide risk school

  29-02-2024 07:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Demolition of a school abandoned five years ago over landslip concerns is set to begin on Friday.
  
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• Press release: New regulations for schools in next stage of attendance drive

  29-02-2024 01:01 via gov.uk
  
  Every state school in England will now share their daily attendance registers across the education sector.
  
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• Fines for unauthorised absence from school in England to rise by 33%

  29-02-2024 01:01
  
  Daily registers will also be shared online with DfE as part of government drive to improve attendanceTaking an unauthorised family holiday is about to get more expensive, with the government announcing that fines for children in England missing school are to rise by 33%.The education secretary, Gillian Keegan, is to overhaul the way local authorities fine parents for unauthorised school absences by bringing penalties “under a national framework to help tackle inconsistencies”. Contin
  
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