<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Education & Training - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/rss/1000/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Education & Training news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your profession!]]></description><language>en-uk</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:30:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Supporting SEND reform: developing the Experts at Hand offer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance and documents setting out expectations for local authorities and integrated care boards to develop and deliver their Experts at Hand offer in year 1. ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-supporting-send-reform-developing-the-experts-at-hand-offer/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-supporting-send-reform-developing-the-experts-at-hand-offer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faster support for children to get school ready as Tech Sec vows to better connect public services]]></title><description><![CDATA[New project launched to explore how better data-sharing can help ensure kids are school ready.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/faster-support-for-children-to-get-school-ready-as-tech-sec-vows-to-better-connect-public-services/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/faster-support-for-children-to-get-school-ready-as-tech-sec-vows-to-better-connect-public-services/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: UK revenue from education related exports and transnational education activity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics on the estimated revenue generated by education related exports and transnational education (TNE) activity in 2023 and 2024.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-uk-revenue-from-education-related-exports-and-transnational-education-activity/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-uk-revenue-from-education-related-exports-and-transnational-education-activity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Funded early education and childcare: 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Annual January statistics on children under 5 registered for government funded entitlements in England and on providers and staff delivering them.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-funded-early-education-and-childcare-2026/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-funded-early-education-and-childcare-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corporate report: Review of professional development for the children’s homes workforce: terms of reference]]></title><description><![CDATA[Terms of reference setting out the aims and scope of expert-led review.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/corporate-report-review-of-professional-development-for-the-childrens-homes-workforce-terms-of-reference/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/corporate-report-review-of-professional-development-for-the-childrens-homes-workforce-terms-of-reference/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy paper: Enduring relationships for care-experienced children]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government's strategy for ensuring that all children who experience care maintain and build the enduring relationships that will support them through life.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-enduring-relationships-for-care-experienced-children/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-enduring-relationships-for-care-experienced-children/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government hits 70% of pledge, two years into this parliament]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over 3,000 more special and secondary teachers and over 1,600 in further education, backed by a post-pandemic record of those choosing to train to teach.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-hits-70-of-pledge-two-years-into-this-parliament/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-hits-70-of-pledge-two-years-into-this-parliament/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Number and characteristics of schools and pupils in England as collected in the January 2026 school spring census returns.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2026/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: School workforce in England: November 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics on the school workforce in publicly funded schools in England, as collected in the November 2025 school workforce census.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-school-workforce-in-england-november-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-school-workforce-in-england-november-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government backs family reunions for children in care]]></title><description><![CDATA[Children in care and care leavers to be supported to build lifelong relationships, with £8.4 million delivered to expand Family Finding programmes]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-backs-family-reunions-for-children-in-care/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 01:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-backs-family-reunions-for-children-in-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE Update 3 June]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-3-june/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-3-june/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 million free breakfasts served in schools across country]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over five million hours of childcare have been unlocked thanks to the government's Free Breakfast Club programme]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/10-million-free-breakfasts-served-in-schools-across-country/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/10-million-free-breakfasts-served-in-schools-across-country/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Home to school transport: LA data collection 2026/27]]></title><description><![CDATA[Annual data on local authority funded home to school transport, including data on spend, eligibility, mode of transport and school types.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-home-to-school-transport-la-data-collection-202627/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-home-to-school-transport-la-data-collection-202627/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Local Authority School Places Scorecards 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[The scorecard displays a snapshot of the progress local authorities are making in delivering good quality school places.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-local-authority-school-places-scorecards-2026/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-local-authority-school-places-scorecards-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: Academic year 2027/28]]></title><description><![CDATA[Offers made to applicants for secondary and primary school places to start in September 2027, and the number and proportion which received preferred offers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-primary-and-secondary-school-applications-and-offers-academic-year-202728/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-primary-and-secondary-school-applications-and-offers-academic-year-202728/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Education, Health and Care Plans: Reporting year 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics and analysis on education, health and care (EHC) plans in England.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-education-health-and-care-plans-reporting-year-2027/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-education-health-and-care-plans-reporting-year-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Special educational needs in England: Academic year 2026/27]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information from the school census on pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and SEN provision in schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-special-educational-needs-in-england-academic-year-202627/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-special-educational-needs-in-england-academic-year-202627/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Participation in education, training and employment: 16 to 18: 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Updates to national participation figures for the end of 2025, released in June 2026, and provisional estimates for the end of 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-participation-in-education-training-and-employment-16-to-18-2026/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-participation-in-education-training-and-employment-16-to-18-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: Academic year 2026/27]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics on pupils in schools in England as collected in the January 2027 school census.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-academic-year-202627/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-academic-year-202627/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: School Workforce in England: 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics on the school workforce in publicly funded schools in England, as collected in the November 2026 school workforce census.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-school-workforce-in-england-2026/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-school-workforce-in-england-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Attendance mentors intervention: year 2 and 3 evaluation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Findings from the year 2 and 3 evaluation of the attendance mentors intervention.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-attendance-mentors-intervention-year-2-and-3-evaluation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-attendance-mentors-intervention-year-2-and-3-evaluation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Third of people say uni degree not worth it, as student loan inquiry begins]]></title><description><![CDATA[MPs will hear the concerns of graduates about the size of their student debts, and the interest rates.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/third-of-people-say-uni-degree-not-worth-it-as-student-loan-inquiry-begins/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/third-of-people-say-uni-degree-not-worth-it-as-student-loan-inquiry-begins/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Information sharing duty statutory guidance]]></title><description><![CDATA[We would like your views on draft statutory guidance on the information sharing duty introduced in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/information-sharing-duty-statutory-guidance/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/information-sharing-duty-statutory-guidance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: DfE monthly workforce management information: 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Staff numbers and costs for the Department for Education (DfE) group for the financial year 2026 to 2027.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-dfe-monthly-workforce-management-information-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-dfe-monthly-workforce-management-information-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a borough in Merseyside is bucking the UK's youth unemployment trend]]></title><description><![CDATA[Could personalised early intervention help prevent under-16s falling into the Neet trap?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-a-borough-in-merseyside-is-bucking-the-uks-youth-unemployment-trend/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 02:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-a-borough-in-merseyside-is-bucking-the-uks-youth-unemployment-trend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does Neet stand for and why does the UK have so many?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ministers want to tackle the high number of young people not in education, employment or training.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/what-does-neet-stand-for-and-why-does-the-uk-have-so-many/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 13:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/what-does-neet-stand-for-and-why-does-the-uk-have-so-many/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hacking claims, mismatched answer-sheets: Controversies rock school exam in India]]></title><description><![CDATA[Students blame the CBSE's newly-launched digital evaluation system used for marking this year's Grade 12 exams.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/hacking-claims-mismatched-answer-sheets-controversies-rock-school-exam-in-india/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 07:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/hacking-claims-mismatched-answer-sheets-controversies-rock-school-exam-in-india/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Student loans inquiry finds many did not understand terms]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Treasury inquiry is looking at student loan plans in England and whether repayment terms are "reasonable".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/student-loans-inquiry-finds-many-did-not-understand-terms/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 18:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/student-loans-inquiry-finds-many-did-not-understand-terms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some A-level papers voided for students after exams leaked online]]></title><description><![CDATA[Those affected will have to resit, or will get a mark based on their performance in other assignments.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/some-a-level-papers-voided-for-students-after-exams-leaked-online/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 18:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/some-a-level-papers-voided-for-students-after-exams-leaked-online/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emily nearly lost access to her baby because of a hair strand test. Experts fear she's not alone]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are growing concerns over the way hair strand tests are being interpreted in the Family Court.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/emily-nearly-lost-access-to-her-baby-because-of-a-hair-strand-test-experts-fear-shes-not-alone/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/emily-nearly-lost-access-to-her-baby-because-of-a-hair-strand-test-experts-fear-shes-not-alone/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education secretary to ask competition watchdog to review hidden childcare costs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bridget Phillipson will ask the competition watchdog to examine costs that families are still facing in government-funded childcare.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/education-secretary-to-ask-competition-watchdog-to-review-hidden-childcare-costs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 23:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/education-secretary-to-ask-competition-watchdog-to-review-hidden-childcare-costs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Condition improvement fund: guidance for schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information for schools and colleges on the condition improvement fund (CIF), which aims to keep buildings safe and in good working order.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-condition-improvement-fund-guidance-for-schools/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 17:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-condition-improvement-fund-guidance-for-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Check ILR reports for possible data errors in your return]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance on how to spot errors with your individualised learner record (ILR) data and how to resolve them.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-check-ilr-reports-for-possible-data-errors-in-your-return/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 13:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-check-ilr-reports-for-possible-data-errors-in-your-return/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Condition Improvement Fund: 2026 to 2027 outcome]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information for academies, sixth-form colleges and voluntary-aided schools about the outcome of the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) 2026 to 2027.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-condition-improvement-fund-2026-to-2027-outcome/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-condition-improvement-fund-2026-to-2027-outcome/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Apprenticeships: July 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics on apprenticeships in England from August 2025 to April 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-apprenticeships-july-2026/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 18:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-apprenticeships-july-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: Academic year 2026/27]]></title><description><![CDATA[Offers made to applicants for secondary and primary school places to start in September 2026, and the number and proportion which received preferred offers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-primary-and-secondary-school-applications-and-offers-academic-year-202627/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 18:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-primary-and-secondary-school-applications-and-offers-academic-year-202627/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Further education and skills: July 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Further education and skills summary data, including apprenticeships and detailed education and training, from August 2025 to April 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-further-education-and-skills-july-2026/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 18:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-further-education-and-skills-july-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[£1bn boost to PE and school sport to end fitness postcode lottery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Major funding to support new PE and school sport, with targeted support to ensure all children can access equal opportunities for activity.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/1bn-boost-to-pe-and-school-sport-to-end-fitness-postcode-lottery/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 18:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/1bn-boost-to-pe-and-school-sport-to-end-fitness-postcode-lottery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government sets out next steps for children’s social care reforms]]></title><description><![CDATA[New Implementation Plan sets out major reforms to child protection and social care, following ambitious Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-sets-out-next-steps-for-childrens-social-care-reforms/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 15:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-sets-out-next-steps-for-childrens-social-care-reforms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Industry placements for level 2 and 3 construction qualifications]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance for providers, employers and Mayoral Strategic Authorities on planning and delivering industry placements for level 2 and 3 construction qualifications.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-industry-placements-for-level-2-and-3-construction-qualifications/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 13:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-industry-placements-for-level-2-and-3-construction-qualifications/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Employer support fund: construction and T Level industry placements]]></title><description><![CDATA[Employer declaration form for providers and employers applying to the employer support fund (ESF) for the 2026 to 2027 financial year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-employer-support-fund-construction-and-t-level-industry-placements/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 13:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-employer-support-fund-construction-and-t-level-industry-placements/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Post-16 intervention and accountability]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information about the intervention framework for post-16 education and skills providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-post-16-intervention-and-accountability-2/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 11:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-post-16-intervention-and-accountability-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Delivering the children’s social care reset]]></title><description><![CDATA[An implementation plan for local partners that sets out the next steps for whole system reform of the children’s social care system.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-delivering-the-childrens-social-care-reset/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 11:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-delivering-the-childrens-social-care-reset/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Backlash over Department for Education videos with Gemma Collins]]></title><description><![CDATA[The education secretary defends videos starring The Only Way Is Essex star promoting post-16 education.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/backlash-over-department-for-education-videos-with-gemma-collins/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 20:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/backlash-over-department-for-education-videos-with-gemma-collins/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE Update 20 May 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-20-may-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-20-may-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: National school breakfast programme: secondary school support grant]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance for schools and local authorities on funding for the national school breakfast programme secondary school support grant.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-national-school-breakfast-programme-secondary-school-support-grant/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 13:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-national-school-breakfast-programme-secondary-school-support-grant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schools and colleges: apply for urgent capital support]]></title><description><![CDATA[How eligible schools and colleges can apply for funding to address urgent condition issues that pose the threat of immediate school closure.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-and-colleges-apply-for-urgent-capital-support/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 12:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-and-colleges-apply-for-urgent-capital-support/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Submit your post-16 pathways strategic transition planning statement]]></title><description><![CDATA[How institutions responsible for 16 to 19 education in England can submit their strategic transition planning statements by 6 July 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/submit-your-post-16-pathways-strategic-transition-planning-statement/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/submit-your-post-16-pathways-strategic-transition-planning-statement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: T Level industry placements: guidance for providers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance for providers of T Levels on how to prepare for and oversee industry placements, and what to do at the end of a placement.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-t-level-industry-placements-guidance-for-providers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-t-level-industry-placements-guidance-for-providers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Student guide: preparing for T Level industry placements]]></title><description><![CDATA[Advice and resources to help students prepare for their industry placements.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-student-guide-preparing-for-t-level-industry-placements/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-student-guide-preparing-for-t-level-industry-placements/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Post-16 pathways: implementation plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sets out how the changes we are making to the technical and vocational qualifications a young person can choose from the age of 16 will be delivered.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-post-16-pathways-implementation-plan/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-post-16-pathways-implementation-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regional funding to train next generation of construction workers]]></title><description><![CDATA[£96 million to be allocated to create tens of thousands of placements on building sites across the country to plug skills gaps and boost housebuilding]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/regional-funding-to-train-next-generation-of-construction-workers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 01:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/regional-funding-to-train-next-generation-of-construction-workers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Home to school transport: LA data collection 2025/26]]></title><description><![CDATA[Annual data on local authority funded home to school transport, including data on spend, eligibility, mode of transport and school types.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-home-to-school-transport-la-data-collection-202526/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 14:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-home-to-school-transport-la-data-collection-202526/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Risk factors for becoming NEET: a statistical analysis using linked data]]></title><description><![CDATA[Analyses risk factors for being not in education, employment or training (NEET) at ages 17 to 19 and 20 to 24.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-risk-factors-for-becoming-neet-a-statistical-analysis-using-linked-data/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-risk-factors-for-becoming-neet-a-statistical-analysis-using-linked-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Sandwich placement fee limits: regulatory bodies list]]></title><description><![CDATA[A list of regulatory bodies referred to in regulation 11(3) of the draft Lifelong Learning (Fee Limits) Regulations 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-sandwich-placement-fee-limits-regulatory-bodies-list/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 18:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-sandwich-placement-fee-limits-regulatory-bodies-list/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Lifelong learning entitlement (LLE) modules: standardised transcripts]]></title><description><![CDATA[How higher education and further education providers offering LLE modules should implement and handle standardised transcripts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-lifelong-learning-entitlement-lle-modules-standardised-transcripts/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 18:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-lifelong-learning-entitlement-lle-modules-standardised-transcripts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Transfer of advanced learner loans to lifelong learning entitlement: approved qualifications]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lists the qualifications that have been approved to be funded by the lifelong learning entitlement (LLE).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-transfer-of-advanced-learner-loans-to-lifelong-learning-entitlement-approved-qualifications/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 18:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-transfer-of-advanced-learner-loans-to-lifelong-learning-entitlement-approved-qualifications/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Lifelong learning entitlement (LLE): secondary legislation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information on the secondary legislation being introduced to implement the lifelong learning entitlement fee limit and funding system.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-lifelong-learning-entitlement-lle-secondary-legislation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 18:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-lifelong-learning-entitlement-lle-secondary-legislation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Headship national professional qualification]]></title><description><![CDATA[A course to help headteachers and leaders in educational settings develop the knowledge behind expert leadership and apply it to become outstanding headteachers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/headship-national-professional-qualification/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/headship-national-professional-qualification/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New international alliance to support children with SEND]]></title><description><![CDATA[Education Secretary calls on global leaders to join International Alliance to deliver opportunity for all children with SEND.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-international-alliance-to-support-children-with-send/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 12:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-international-alliance-to-support-children-with-send/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education Secretary speech at Education World Forum]]></title><description><![CDATA[In her speech, Bridget Phillipson called on global leaders to join an International Alliance to deliver opportunity for all children with SEND.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/education-secretary-speech-at-education-world-forum/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 12:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/education-secretary-speech-at-education-world-forum/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statutory guidance: School organisation: local-authority-maintained schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statutory guidance for proposers and decision-makers about opening, closing or making organisation changes to local-authority-maintained schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/statutory-guidance-school-organisation-local-authority-maintained-schools-2/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/statutory-guidance-school-organisation-local-authority-maintained-schools-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statutory guidance: Opening new schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance on establishing new schools from 1 September 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/statutory-guidance-opening-new-schools/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/statutory-guidance-opening-new-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canvas hack: is it ever a good idea to pay a ransom, and what happens to the data?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Businesses are advised against paying &ndash; but as the Canvas platform hack shows, many are prepared to deal to protect users&rsquo; privacyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAfter a week of outages, hundreds of millions of students&rsquo; data stolen, delayed assignment due dates, and school login pages being defaced by hackers, US tech firm Instructure &ndash; which operates the education platform Canvas, used by education providers worldwide &ndash; announced it had]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/canvas-hack-is-it-ever-a-good-idea-to-pay-a-ransom-and-what-happens-to-the-data/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/canvas-hack-is-it-ever-a-good-idea-to-pay-a-ransom-and-what-happens-to-the-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[La Gradiva review – stunning coming-of-age story of young love and sexual tension]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cannes film festival: Marine Atlan&rsquo;s debut film follows a group of French high-school kids and their long-suffering teacher on a visit to Pompeii and NaplesHere is cinematographer turned director Marine Atlan&rsquo;s beautiful debut film about young love, superbly acted and directed. It is a reminder of how fundamentally dishonest and pseudosophisticated it is to laugh dismissively at the emotional dramas of our teen years, and to claim we just want to tell our younger selves to relax and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/la-gradiva-review-stunning-coming-of-age-story-of-young-love-and-sexual-tension/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 13:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/la-gradiva-review-stunning-coming-of-age-story-of-young-love-and-sexual-tension/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Notice to improve: The Chester Catholic Academies Partnership]]></title><description><![CDATA[A notice to improve issued to The Chester Catholic Academies Partnership by the Department for Education.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-notice-to-improve-the-chester-catholic-academies-partnership/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-notice-to-improve-the-chester-catholic-academies-partnership/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Notice to improve: St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Trust]]></title><description><![CDATA[A notice to improve issued to St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Trust.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-notice-to-improve-st-clare-catholic-multi-academy-trust/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-notice-to-improve-st-clare-catholic-multi-academy-trust/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Notice to improve: SAND Academies Trust]]></title><description><![CDATA[A notice to improve issued to SAND Academies Trust by the Department for Education.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-notice-to-improve-sand-academies-trust/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-notice-to-improve-sand-academies-trust/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Special educational needs in England: Academic year 2025/26]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information from the school census on pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and SEN provision in schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-special-educational-needs-in-england-academic-year-202526/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 12:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-special-educational-needs-in-england-academic-year-202526/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After viral graduation walk, paraplegic student calls for greater accessibility: ‘It doesn’t have to be so hard’]]></title><description><![CDATA[After a truck accident left him paralyzed, Jaiden Picot crossed his graduation stage in a robotic exoskeletonJaiden Picot, who was paralyzed in 2024 after a truck hit him, never imagined that video of him recently walking across Virginia Union University (VUU)&lsquo;s graduation stage in a futuristic robotic suit would go viral.But since it did, he says he wants the world to know that he intends to spend his professional career trying to help make the place more accessible to people who &ndash;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/after-viral-graduation-walk-paraplegic-student-calls-for-greater-accessibility-it-doesnt-have-to-be-so-hard/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 11:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/after-viral-graduation-walk-paraplegic-student-calls-for-greater-accessibility-it-doesnt-have-to-be-so-hard/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Providers approved for lifelong learning entitlement modular funding]]></title><description><![CDATA[List of approved subjects and providers for lifelong learning entitlement (LLE) modular funding.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-providers-approved-for-lifelong-learning-entitlement-modular-funding/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-providers-approved-for-lifelong-learning-entitlement-modular-funding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[King’s College and Cranfield hope to be stronger together in surprise merger]]></title><description><![CDATA[News will come as a shock to staff, especially at Cranfield, but the institutions&rsquo; bosses say intention is growthThe announcement that King&rsquo;s College London is to absorb Cranfield University came as a surprise but not a shock to England&rsquo;s higher education leaders, who have been braced for sudden announcements about job cuts and course closures.But for staff and students at both institutions the news will have come as a shock, particularly at Cranfield, the smaller, highly focus]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/kings-college-and-cranfield-hope-to-be-stronger-together-in-surprise-merger/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/kings-college-and-cranfield-hope-to-be-stronger-together-in-surprise-merger/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adults locked out of learning to access education with new reform]]></title><description><![CDATA[Government announces first 130 universities and colleges approved to offer new bite-sized courses, with applications opening this September.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/adults-locked-out-of-learning-to-access-education-with-new-reform/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/adults-locked-out-of-learning-to-access-education-with-new-reform/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apply to access the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance on how to apply to access the LEO standard extract through the Office for National Statistics secure research service.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/apply-to-access-the-longitudinal-education-outcomes-leo-dataset/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 15:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/apply-to-access-the-longitudinal-education-outcomes-leo-dataset/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Devolved areas post-16 capacity allocations]]></title><description><![CDATA[How the post-16 capacity funding 2026 to 2030 allocation for devolved areas is calculated.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-devolved-areas-post-16-capacity-allocations/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 15:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-devolved-areas-post-16-capacity-allocations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[King’s College London to merge with Cranfield University]]></title><description><![CDATA[Merged institution will become second largest mainstream university in UK with about 47,000 studentsKing&rsquo;s College London has agreed to merge with Cranfield University, creating a new UK &ldquo;super-university&rdquo; that would rival many of its international competitors in size and research output.The merger would result in King&rsquo;s taking on another 5,000 mainly postgraduate students and becoming the second largest mainstream university in the UK, with about 47,000 students, overtak]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/kings-college-london-to-merge-with-cranfield-university/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 13:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/kings-college-london-to-merge-with-cranfield-university/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Privately educated CEOs seen as ‘safer bet’ by investors, study finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Privilege being mistaken for competence as study reveals no evidence to suggest companies run by state-educated peers underperformChief executives who attended private school are perceived by investors as a &ldquo;safer bet&rdquo;, according to a study, despite there being no evidence they perform or behave differently to their state-educated counterparts.Companies run by privately educated bosses tend to experience lower stock market volatility, even though there are no meaningful differences i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/privately-educated-ceos-seen-as-safer-bet-by-investors-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 13:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/privately-educated-ceos-seen-as-safer-bet-by-investors-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statutory guidance: Children’s social care national framework]]></title><description><![CDATA[The purpose, principles and outcomes local authorities should achieve for children and families, and the enablers of good practice.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/statutory-guidance-childrens-social-care-national-framework-2/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 13:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/statutory-guidance-childrens-social-care-national-framework-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Further education workforce in England, 2024 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics on the size and characteristics of the further education workforce in England from the 2024 to 2025 academic year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-further-education-workforce-in-england-2024-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-further-education-workforce-in-england-2024-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Fostering innovation fund: application guidance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Application guidance for regional care co-operatives and end-to-end fostering hubs.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-fostering-innovation-fund-application-guidance/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-fostering-innovation-fund-application-guidance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Children accommodated in secure children's homes: 31 March 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics on approved placements by type, sex, age, ethnicity and length of stay.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-children-accommodated-in-secure-childrens-homes-31-march-2026/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-children-accommodated-in-secure-childrens-homes-31-march-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[£12.4 million boost to modernise foster care]]></title><description><![CDATA[New fund aims to make fostering more accessible and support more people to become carers, as part of wider drive to create 10,000 new foster places.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/124-million-boost-to-modernise-foster-care/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 01:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/124-million-boost-to-modernise-foster-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The south London community where ‘pioneering’ scholarship choristers are made]]></title><description><![CDATA[St John the Divine, Kennington has built one of UK&rsquo;s largest youth choral programmes in area marked by deprivation St Paul&rsquo;s Cathedral school, one of the UK&rsquo;s most prestigious private schools, has long been associated with the musical elite. So was seven-year-old N&rsquo;raeah, from south London, nervous about auditioning for its internationally renowned choir?&ldquo;No,&rdquo; she said, beaming. &ldquo;Everybody&rsquo;s counting on me to sing beautifully.&rdquo; Continue readi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-south-london-community-where-pioneering-scholarship-choristers-are-made/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 20:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-south-london-community-where-pioneering-scholarship-choristers-are-made/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buy musical instruments, equipment and technology]]></title><description><![CDATA[Use this framework to buy musical instruments, equipment and technology from Department for Education (DfE) approved suppliers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/buy-musical-instruments-equipment-and-technology/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 15:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/buy-musical-instruments-equipment-and-technology/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE Update 13 May 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-13-may-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 14:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-13-may-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: RISE school improvement resources: South West]]></title><description><![CDATA[The regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE) programme, support, networks, hubs and education advisers for the South West region.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-rise-school-improvement-resources-south-west/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 11:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-rise-school-improvement-resources-south-west/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Revised direction issued to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council: March 2023]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statutory direction issued to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in relation to children’s services.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-revised-direction-issued-to-solihull-metropolitan-borough-council-march-2023/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-revised-direction-issued-to-solihull-metropolitan-borough-council-march-2023/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Improvement notice issued to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council: November 2023]]></title><description><![CDATA[An improvement notice issued to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council following an Ofsted inspection in June 2023.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-improvement-notice-issued-to-oldham-metropolitan-borough-council-november-2023/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-improvement-notice-issued-to-oldham-metropolitan-borough-council-november-2023/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Termination of funding agreements]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance for training providers on the termination of funding agreements.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-termination-of-funding-agreements/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 16:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-termination-of-funding-agreements/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: RISE attendance and behaviour hubs: guidance for partner schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance on what is expected of schools that join the programme and how they will benefit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-rise-attendance-and-behaviour-hubs-guidance-for-partner-schools/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-rise-attendance-and-behaviour-hubs-guidance-for-partner-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How is Keir Starmer getting on with his pledges to deliver change?]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the end of 2024, Keir Starmer announced key government targets including on NHS waiting lists and building new homes, how is he getting on?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-is-keir-starmer-getting-on-with-his-pledges-to-deliver-change/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 09:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-is-keir-starmer-getting-on-with-his-pledges-to-deliver-change/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students at risk if universities go bust, say MPs]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Education Select Committee report finds the government needs to make urgent plans for universities facing insolvency.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/students-at-risk-if-universities-go-bust-say-mps/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 02:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/students-at-risk-if-universities-go-bust-say-mps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calls for 'urgent action' on baby-sleep industry after BBC investigation]]></title><description><![CDATA[The BBC investigation revealed how some self-described sleep experts have been giving new parents advice that goes against NHS guidelines.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/calls-for-urgent-action-on-baby-sleep-industry-after-bbc-investigation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 02:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/calls-for-urgent-action-on-baby-sleep-industry-after-bbc-investigation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PM vows to tear up “status quo” that failed young people on apprenticeships and skills]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister will meet with apprentices to underline the Government’s drive to overhaul the apprenticeship system, break down barriers to opportunity for young people and ensure the economy works for people in every part of the country.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pm-vows-to-tear-up-status-quo-that-failed-young-people-on-apprenticeships-and-skills/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 23:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pm-vows-to-tear-up-status-quo-that-failed-young-people-on-apprenticeships-and-skills/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Investigation outcome report: DRL Services Ltd]]></title><description><![CDATA[A investigation outcome report into DRL Services Ltd.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-investigation-outcome-report-drl-services-ltd/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 18:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-investigation-outcome-report-drl-services-ltd/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: Academic year 2025/26]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics on pupils in schools in England as collected in the January 2026 school census.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-academic-year-202526/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 14:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-academic-year-202526/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: School Workforce in England: 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics on the school workforce in publicly funded schools in England, as collected in the November 2025 school workforce census.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-school-workforce-in-england-2025/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 14:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-school-workforce-in-england-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Schools block funding formulae 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Analysis of local authorities’ schools block funding formulae.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-schools-block-funding-formulae-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 11:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-schools-block-funding-formulae-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Improvement notice issued to Plymouth City Council: November 2023]]></title><description><![CDATA[An improvement notice issued to Plymouth City Council following an Ofsted inspection in June 2023.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-improvement-notice-issued-to-plymouth-city-council-november-2023/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-improvement-notice-issued-to-plymouth-city-council-november-2023/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Improvement notice issued to Oxfordshire County Council: November 2023]]></title><description><![CDATA[An improvement notice issued to Oxfordshire County Council following an Ofsted inspection in July 2023.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-improvement-notice-issued-to-oxfordshire-county-council-november-2023/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-improvement-notice-issued-to-oxfordshire-county-council-november-2023/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New missions to transform childhoods of most disadvantaged]]></title><description><![CDATA[New education missions launched to open doors for children in the most under-served communities]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-missions-to-transform-childhoods-of-most-disadvantaged/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 01:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-missions-to-transform-childhoods-of-most-disadvantaged/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers in England to vote on striking over pay]]></title><description><![CDATA[The National Education Union says it will hold a formal ballot this autumn without "urgent action".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teachers-in-england-to-vote-on-striking-over-pay/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 20:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teachers-in-england-to-vote-on-striking-over-pay/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Free meals in further education guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance to help provide free meals to disadvantaged 16 to 18 year old students in further education funded institutions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-free-meals-in-further-education-guide/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 13:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-free-meals-in-further-education-guide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Free school meals expansion grant: 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Methodology and conditions of grant for the 2026 to 2027 financial year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-free-school-meals-expansion-grant-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-free-school-meals-expansion-grant-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: How to register on the learning records service]]></title><description><![CDATA[Registration documents for learning providers and awarding organisations to gain access to the learning records service (LRS) portal and services.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-how-to-register-on-the-learning-records-service/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 11:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-how-to-register-on-the-learning-records-service/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Widening Participation in Higher Education: 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Annual statistics on higher education initial entrants and estimated percentages of participation, including participation by student characteristics.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-widening-participation-in-higher-education-2026/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 19:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-widening-participation-in-higher-education-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My kids are taking their first big exams – and revealing my own anxieties about AI and long division | Emma Brockes]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the traditional route of school, university and entry-level job is ever more precarious, it&rsquo;s no wonder parents are feeling the strainCalled on to do long division, how would you fare? I had no illusions going in. I couldn&rsquo;t do it the first time round and, four decades later, it seemed unlikely the situation had improved. (For a split second I thought AI might help, but it was like listening to street directions, only worse.) And so, while parents of 11-year-olds offer sympathy an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/my-kids-are-taking-their-first-big-exams-and-revealing-my-own-anxieties-about-ai-and-long-division-emma-brockes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/my-kids-are-taking-their-first-big-exams-and-revealing-my-own-anxieties-about-ai-and-long-division-emma-brockes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: DfE funding agreements and contracts: 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grant funding agreements and contracts issued to providers, which are either extensions of the 2025 to 2026 agreements and contracts, or recently procured contracts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-dfe-funding-agreements-and-contracts-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 16:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-dfe-funding-agreements-and-contracts-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Support for local authorities delivering post-16 further education]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information about the range of help and support available from the FE Commissioner.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-support-for-local-authorities-delivering-post-16-further-education/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 13:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-support-for-local-authorities-delivering-post-16-further-education/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE Update 6 May  2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-6-may-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 13:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-6-may-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Register to provide a specified ITT (FE) course]]></title><description><![CDATA[Providers of initial teacher training for further education must register with the Department for Education before the start of the 2026 to 2027 academic year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/register-to-provide-a-specified-itt-fe-course/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/register-to-provide-a-specified-itt-fe-course/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dangerous baby-sleep advice given to parents by self-described experts, secret filming reveals]]></title><description><![CDATA[The advice puts babies at risk of serious harm, even death, medical professionals have told the BBC.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/dangerous-baby-sleep-advice-given-to-parents-by-self-described-experts-secret-filming-reveals/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 07:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/dangerous-baby-sleep-advice-given-to-parents-by-self-described-experts-secret-filming-reveals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revise, recall, then rest - your exam season survival guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Teachers and tutors share tips for students to get through exam season.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/revise-recall-then-rest-your-exam-season-survival-guide/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 01:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/revise-recall-then-rest-your-exam-season-survival-guide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Non-medical help for higher education students through the Disabled Students’ Allowance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Research report on the experiences and perceived quality of non-medical help through the Disabled Students’ Allowance.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-non-medical-help-for-higher-education-students-through-the-disabled-students-allowance/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-non-medical-help-for-higher-education-students-through-the-disabled-students-allowance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Further education targeted retention incentive evaluation: interim report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Findings from the first year of the theory-based evaluation of the further education targeted retention incentive (academic year 2024 to 2025).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-further-education-targeted-retention-incentive-evaluation-interim-report/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-further-education-targeted-retention-incentive-evaluation-interim-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Flexible working ambassador MATS and schools (FWAMS) research]]></title><description><![CDATA[Findings from qualitative research on delivery of the FWAMS programme.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-flexible-working-ambassador-mats-and-schools-fwams-research/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-flexible-working-ambassador-mats-and-schools-fwams-research/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Apprenticeships in England by industry characteristics: 2024 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Official statistics in development on apprenticeship starts and achievements between the 2018 to 2019 and 2024 to 2025 academic years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-apprenticeships-in-england-by-industry-characteristics-2024-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-apprenticeships-in-england-by-industry-characteristics-2024-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Longer Term Destinations 2024/25]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sustained destinations of the 2019 to 2020 cohort at one, three and five years after completing Key Stage 4.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-longer-term-destinations-202425/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-longer-term-destinations-202425/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Children accommodated in secure children’s homes, England and Wales: 31 March 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics on approved placements by type, gender, age, ethnicity and length of stay.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-children-accommodated-in-secure-childrens-homes-england-and-wales-31-march-2027/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-children-accommodated-in-secure-childrens-homes-england-and-wales-31-march-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Serious incident notifications:  2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Annual statistics for England on serious incidents that involve death or serious harm to a child due to abuse or neglect, and any death of a looked after child.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-serious-incident-notifications-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-serious-incident-notifications-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Ofsted and how does the new school ratings system work?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The rating system changed after the death of head Ruth Perry highlighted the pressure of inspections.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/what-is-ofsted-and-how-does-the-new-school-ratings-system-work/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/what-is-ofsted-and-how-does-the-new-school-ratings-system-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families to save up to £1,000 as children’s reforms become law]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cost-of-living measures become law, including free breakfast clubs, expanded free school meals and limits of branded uniforms]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/families-to-save-up-to-1000-as-childrens-reforms-become-law/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/families-to-save-up-to-1000-as-childrens-reforms-become-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Turing Scheme funding outcomes 2024 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[How funding was allocated and used by successful applicants to the fourth year of the Turing Scheme.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-turing-scheme-funding-outcomes-2024-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-turing-scheme-funding-outcomes-2024-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta in row after workers who say they saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta and its subcontractor disagree over why over 1000 Kenya-based workers were made redundant.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/meta-in-row-after-workers-who-say-they-saw-smart-glasses-users-having-sex-lose-jobs/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/meta-in-row-after-workers-who-say-they-saw-smart-glasses-users-having-sex-lose-jobs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Family Hubs Transformation Fund: management information 2022 to 2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[Aggregated management information of family hubs activity delivered through the Family Hubs Transformation Fund between December 2022 and September 2024.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-family-hubs-transformation-fund-management-information-2022-to-2024/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-family-hubs-transformation-fund-management-information-2022-to-2024/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Family Hubs and Start for Life: maturity self assessment 2022 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Annual maturity self assessment showing how much the 75 local authorities have developed Family Hubs and Start for Life services from 2022 to 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-family-hubs-and-start-for-life-maturity-self-assessment-2022-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-family-hubs-and-start-for-life-maturity-self-assessment-2022-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Family Hubs and Start for Life: management information 2022 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Aggregated management information on the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme across 75 local authorities from August 2022 to March 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-family-hubs-and-start-for-life-management-information-2022-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-family-hubs-and-start-for-life-management-information-2022-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statutory guidance: How to complete the SCAP survey: guide for local authorities]]></title><description><![CDATA[How local authorities should collect and submit data for the annual school capacity survey.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/statutory-guidance-how-to-complete-the-scap-survey-guide-for-local-authorities/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/statutory-guidance-how-to-complete-the-scap-survey-guide-for-local-authorities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Forecasting demand for SEND provision for SCAP: guidance for local authorities]]></title><description><![CDATA[How local authorities should produce forecasts of demand for specialist provision places for pupils with education, health and care plans (EHCPs).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-forecasting-demand-for-send-provision-for-scap-guidance-for-local-authorities/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-forecasting-demand-for-send-provision-for-scap-guidance-for-local-authorities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: spring term 2024 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Levels of suspension and permanent exclusion in the spring term 2024 to 2025 by school type, with reasons for suspensions and permanent exclusions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-suspensions-and-permanent-exclusions-in-england-spring-term-2024-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-suspensions-and-permanent-exclusions-in-england-spring-term-2024-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I took an algorithm to court in Sweden. The algorithm won | Charlotta Kronblad]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gothenburg promised to optimise school admissions with a piece of code. The resulting chaos showed how unaccountable systems are ruining livesWe like to imagine that injustice announces itself loudly. That when something goes wrong in the public system, alarms go off and someone takes responsibility or is held accountable if they do not. But in 2020 in Gothenburg, injustice arrived quietly, disguised as efficiency.For the first time, the city used an algorithm to allocate places in its schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-took-an-algorithm-to-court-in-sweden-the-algorithm-won-charlotta-kronblad/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-took-an-algorithm-to-court-in-sweden-the-algorithm-won-charlotta-kronblad/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[University wins record freedom of speech fine challenge]]></title><description><![CDATA[A record fine had been issued by the Office for Students over the university's trans and non-binary inclusion policy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/university-wins-record-freedom-of-speech-fine-challenge/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/university-wins-record-freedom-of-speech-fine-challenge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Local authority measures to support attendance (LAMSA) data collection, 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance on collecting data for LAMSA, formerly known as the parental responsibility measures for attendance collection.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-local-authority-measures-to-support-attendance-lamsa-data-collection-2027/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-local-authority-measures-to-support-attendance-lamsa-data-collection-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE Update 29 April 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-29-april-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-29-april-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call for evidence into antisemitism in schools and colleges]]></title><description><![CDATA[Government-commissioned independent review launches call for evidence as part wider government commitment to strengthen social cohesion and tackle prejudice.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/call-for-evidence-into-antisemitism-in-schools-and-colleges/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/call-for-evidence-into-antisemitism-in-schools-and-colleges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: 16 to 19 subcontracting data: academic year 2024 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information about 16 to 19 subcontracting data for further education institutions funded by the Department for Education.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-16-to-19-subcontracting-data-academic-year-2024-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-16-to-19-subcontracting-data-academic-year-2024-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Independent review into antisemitism]]></title><description><![CDATA[This call for evidence invites feedback to understand experiences of antisemitism in schools and colleges in England.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/independent-review-into-antisemitism/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/independent-review-into-antisemitism/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Participation measures in higher education]]></title><description><![CDATA[Higher Education initial entrants and estimated percentages of participation. Annual statistics that include student characteristics and provider type.<br />
Please note that this publication will be merged into the Widening Participation in Higher Education release going forward and will be available instead in the release:<br />
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/widening-participation-in-higher-education-2026]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-participation-measures-in-higher-education/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-participation-measures-in-higher-education/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DfE education and skills agreements and accountability agreements: 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information about DfE education and skills agreements and accountability agreements for 2026 to 2027]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/dfe-education-and-skills-agreements-and-accountability-agreements-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/dfe-education-and-skills-agreements-and-accountability-agreements-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[16 to 19 performance measures]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are seeking views on proposals to improve 16 to 19 performance measures.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/16-to-19-performance-measures/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/16-to-19-performance-measures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guardian view on screens in schools: big tech is finally under the microscope | Editorial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scrutiny of the impact of technology on children&rsquo;s lives and education should be welcomedA new law banning mobile phone use in schools in England, which ministers reluctantly agreed to last week, is on one level the result of political manoeuvring by Liberal Democrat and Conservative peers &ndash; who forced their hand by threatening to derail the schools bill. Until now, the government&rsquo;s position has been that advice to headteachers was sufficient. But whether or not a ban turns out]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-guardian-view-on-screens-in-schools-big-tech-is-finally-under-the-microscope-editorial/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-guardian-view-on-screens-in-schools-big-tech-is-finally-under-the-microscope-editorial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Ministerial Group for Digital Inclusion: terms of reference]]></title><description><![CDATA[Terms of reference for Ministerial Group for Digital Inclusion.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-ministerial-group-for-digital-inclusion-terms-of-reference/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-ministerial-group-for-digital-inclusion-terms-of-reference/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Ministerial Group for Digital Inclusion: meeting summaries]]></title><description><![CDATA[Summary of minutes of the meetings for the Ministerial Group for Digital Inclusion.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-ministerial-group-for-digital-inclusion-meeting-summaries/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-ministerial-group-for-digital-inclusion-meeting-summaries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corporate report: Academies consolidated annual report and accounts: 2023 to 2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[Report on academy school sector expenditure and performance for the year ended 31 August 2024.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/corporate-report-academies-consolidated-annual-report-and-accounts-2023-to-2024/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/corporate-report-academies-consolidated-annual-report-and-accounts-2023-to-2024/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Post-16 L2 and L3 qualifications: 2027 proposed subject content]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are seeking views on the proposed subject content for new qualifications at level 2 and level 3 to be first taught from September 2027.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/post-16-l2-and-l3-qualifications-2027-proposed-subject-content/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/post-16-l2-and-l3-qualifications-2027-proposed-subject-content/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Secretary of State sets out policy steers to Ofqual]]></title><description><![CDATA[Policy steers to Ofqual in relation to reforms to level 2 and level 3 vocational and technical qualifications.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-secretary-of-state-sets-out-policy-steers-to-ofqual/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-secretary-of-state-sets-out-policy-steers-to-ofqual/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Further education college workforce using teacher pension data]]></title><description><![CDATA[Analysis of the further education college workforce in England using teachers’ pensions scheme data.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-further-education-college-workforce-using-teacher-pension-data/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-further-education-college-workforce-using-teacher-pension-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Level 2 and 3 attainment by young people aged 16 to 25 in 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information on the attainment of young people aged 16 to 25 in 2025, based on matched administrative data.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-level-2-and-3-attainment-by-young-people-aged-16-to-25-in-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-level-2-and-3-attainment-by-young-people-aged-16-to-25-in-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['I can't stop using it' - under-16s have their say on possible social media ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thirty three children discussed possible limits the government are considering on social media.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-cant-stop-using-it-under-16s-have-their-say-on-possible-social-media-ban/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-cant-stop-using-it-under-16s-have-their-say-on-possible-social-media-ban/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calls for clarity over schools smartphone ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[Minister plan to ban smartphones in English schools, but headteachers and campaigners have called for more direction on how to enforce it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/calls-for-clarity-over-schools-smartphone-ban/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/calls-for-clarity-over-schools-smartphone-ban/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was wrong about the danger of smartphones in schools. It’s far, far worse than I thought | Lola Okolosie]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new ban in England should be welcomed. But teachers like me know that enforcement is time-consuming &ndash; and even, sometimes, dangerousIt seems unbelievable now, but a decade ago we were debating the potential merits of mobile phones in schools. Back then, some private school headteachers insisted these mini-computers were a &ldquo;powerful resource&rdquo; teachers should &ldquo;harness&rdquo; rather than fear. To counter what I can now only call a fantasy, in these pages I argued the opp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-was-wrong-about-the-danger-of-smartphones-in-schools-its-far-far-worse-than-i-thought-lola-okolosie/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-was-wrong-about-the-danger-of-smartphones-in-schools-its-far-far-worse-than-i-thought-lola-okolosie/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE Update 22 April 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-22-april-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-22-april-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Graduate Labour Market Outcomes (LEO)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This publication will provide updated graduate and postgraduate employment and earnings outcomes for those who graduated with a first degree (Bachelors), level 7 (Masters) or level 8(PhD) qualification. These have been published in previous tax years under the heading of, ‘LEO Graduate and Postgraduate Outcomes’. It will also, for the first time, include comparisons of employment and earnings outcomes between those who achieved a Level 6, Level 4 or 5, or up to Level 3 qualification.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-graduate-labour-market-outcomes-leo/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-graduate-labour-market-outcomes-leo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phones to be banned in schools by law in England under government plans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Education minister Jacqui Smith said the move would create "a clear legal requirement for schools".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/phones-to-be-banned-in-schools-by-law-in-england-under-government-plans/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/phones-to-be-banned-in-schools-by-law-in-england-under-government-plans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New powers to protect vital free speech at universities]]></title><description><![CDATA[New complaints scheme introduced by the Education Secretary for the next academic year to raise concerns about suppression of freedom of speech.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-powers-to-protect-vital-free-speech-at-universities/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-powers-to-protect-vital-free-speech-at-universities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Huge relief' as students given loans 'in error' get repayment reprieve]]></title><description><![CDATA[Approximately 22,000 weekend students had been told their courses were never eligible for student finance.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/huge-relief-as-students-given-loans-in-error-get-repayment-reprieve/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/huge-relief-as-students-given-loans-in-error-get-repayment-reprieve/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: 2024 to 2025 early years assurance programme findings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Summary of the Department for Education (DfE) findings from the early years assurance activity carried out in 2024 to 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-2024-to-2025-early-years-assurance-programme-findings/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-2024-to-2025-early-years-assurance-programme-findings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Local authority early years oversight self-assessment checklist]]></title><description><![CDATA[Checklist to support local authorities in the assessment of their financial oversight of early years activity and related Department for Education (DfE) funding.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-local-authority-early-years-oversight-self-assessment-checklist/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-local-authority-early-years-oversight-self-assessment-checklist/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New university free speech complaints system to come into force this year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Universities could face fines of &pound;500,000 or 2% of their income if they are found to have failed to protect free speech.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-university-free-speech-complaints-system-to-come-into-force-this-year/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 01:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-university-free-speech-complaints-system-to-come-into-force-this-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fee hikes, big bonuses, then bosses exit: the curious case of City &amp; Guilds privatisation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sale of vocational training brand and million-pound executive pay deals now subject to Charity Commission inquiryWhen electrician Charlie Butler was contacted by City &amp; Guilds last autumn, he received a shock.He had branched out to launch a new company schooling future sparkies in Essex, offering City &amp; Guilds-affiliated courses and qualifications. When the representative from the training charity called, Butler was expecting a quick conversation about a small uptick in the annual fees.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/fee-hikes-big-bonuses-then-bosses-exit-the-curious-case-of-city-amp-guilds-privatisation/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/fee-hikes-big-bonuses-then-bosses-exit-the-curious-case-of-city-amp-guilds-privatisation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My weekly juggling act - being a teacher to other children and a mum to my own]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many teachers say they struggle to balance the pressures of their job with the demands of being a parent.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/my-weekly-juggling-act-being-a-teacher-to-other-children-and-a-mum-to-my-own/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/my-weekly-juggling-act-being-a-teacher-to-other-children-and-a-mum-to-my-own/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Changes for 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Details of what’s changed for 2026 to 2027.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/changes-for-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/changes-for-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wireless network: core standard]]></title><description><![CDATA[Use the latest wireless network standards for performance, coverage, management and security in your school or college.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/wireless-network-core-standard/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/wireless-network-core-standard/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: DfE: special advisers’ gifts, hospitality and meetings, October to December 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data on gifts and hospitality received by special advisers, and meetings they attended with senior media figures.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-dfe-special-advisers-gifts-hospitality-and-meetings-october-to-december-2025/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-dfe-special-advisers-gifts-hospitality-and-meetings-october-to-december-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Apprenticeships: November 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apprenticeships statistics covering the full 2025 to 2026 academic year in England, with additional official statistics relevant to the apprenticeship service.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-apprenticeships-november-2026/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-apprenticeships-november-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Participation in education, training and employment: 16 to 21: 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Updates to national participation figures for the end of 2024, released in June 2025, and provisional estimates for the end of 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-participation-in-education-training-and-employment-16-to-21-2025/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-participation-in-education-training-and-employment-16-to-21-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘No cheeseburgers … they would go bankrupt’: pupils reject plan to cut fatty foods from lunch menus]]></title><description><![CDATA[Though welcomed by chefs and campaigners, many schools say the government&rsquo;s plan to remove &lsquo;grab and go&rsquo; options from the menu is a step too farIt is lunchtime at Richard Challoner school, a Catholic comprehensive for boys in New Malden, south-west London. The familiar smell of school lunch is beginning to waft around the corridors.In the canteen, there is a moment of calm as the kitchen team make final preparations before year 7 descend &ndash; a mass of chatting, laughing boy]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/no-cheeseburgers-they-would-go-bankrupt-pupils-reject-plan-to-cut-fatty-foods-from-lunch-menus/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/no-cheeseburgers-they-would-go-bankrupt-pupils-reject-plan-to-cut-fatty-foods-from-lunch-menus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Edtech and AI companies invited to help build safe AI tutoring tools for disadvantaged pupils]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government is inviting EdTech companies and AI labs to bid to develop safe, personalised AI tutoring tools designed to improve learning outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged pupils.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/edtech-and-ai-companies-invited-to-help-build-safe-ai-tutoring-tools-for-disadvantaged-pupils/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/edtech-and-ai-companies-invited-to-help-build-safe-ai-tutoring-tools-for-disadvantaged-pupils/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: The Erasmus+ programme]]></title><description><![CDATA[How to apply for the Erasmus+ programme that provides funding for individuals and groups to take part in learning, training or work activities abroad.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-the-erasmus-programme/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-the-erasmus-programme/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Serious incident notifications:  2025 to 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Annual statistics for England on serious incidents that involve death or serious harm to a child due to abuse or neglect, and any death of a looked after child.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-serious-incident-notifications-2025-to-2026/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-serious-incident-notifications-2025-to-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New practical advice for families to get children school ready]]></title><description><![CDATA[New government guidance and practical advice launched on primary school offer day to help families get children ready for school, backed by language support.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-practical-advice-for-families-to-get-children-school-ready/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-practical-advice-for-families-to-get-children-school-ready/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Service pupil premium]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information for service personnel with children in state schools, and for the schools themselves, about eligibility for the service pupil premium (SPP).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-service-pupil-premium/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-service-pupil-premium/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics:  Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2025/26]]></title><description><![CDATA[Absence statistics on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england-autumn-term-202526/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england-autumn-term-202526/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things can't go on like this with online safety, Starmer tells tech bosses]]></title><description><![CDATA[It comes as the government continues to consult on whether to ban under-16s from social media in the UK.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/things-cant-go-on-like-this-with-online-safety-starmer-tells-tech-bosses/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/things-cant-go-on-like-this-with-online-safety-starmer-tells-tech-bosses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The city where primary school places come with a toilet-training guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Teachers say more children are starting school without skills like basic communication and potty training.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-city-where-primary-school-places-come-with-a-toilet-training-guide/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-city-where-primary-school-places-come-with-a-toilet-training-guide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Getting children ready for reception: supporting effective transition]]></title><description><![CDATA[How schools and early years settings, including childminders, can work with parents and carers to support children’s transition into reception.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-getting-children-ready-for-reception-supporting-effective-transition/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-getting-children-ready-for-reception-supporting-effective-transition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nine universities start legal action over student loan error row]]></title><description><![CDATA[About 22,000 students in England were told they were given loans by mistake and must immediately pay the money back.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/nine-universities-start-legal-action-over-student-loan-error-row/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/nine-universities-start-legal-action-over-student-loan-error-row/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government to examine deaths of vulnerable care leavers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Review into deaths of young people leaving the care system to be published later this year, led by Ashley John-Baptiste and Clare Chamberlain]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-to-examine-deaths-of-vulnerable-care-leavers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-to-examine-deaths-of-vulnerable-care-leavers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Apprenticeships in England by industry characteristics: 2023 to 2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[Official statistics in development on apprenticeship starts and achievements between the 2018 to 2019 and 2023 to 2024 academic years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-apprenticeships-in-england-by-industry-characteristics-2023-to-2024/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-apprenticeships-in-england-by-industry-characteristics-2023-to-2024/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics:  Longer Term Destinations  2023/24]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sustained destinations of the 2018 to 2019 cohort at one, three and five years after completing Key Stage 4.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-longer-term-destinations-202324/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-longer-term-destinations-202324/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics:  Further education workforce in England]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics on the size and characteristics of the further education workforce in England.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-further-education-workforce-in-england-2/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-further-education-workforce-in-england-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics:  Children accommodated in secure children’s homes, England and Wales: 31 March 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics on approved placements by type, gender, age, ethnicity and length of stay.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-children-accommodated-in-secure-childrens-homes-england-and-wales-31-march-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-children-accommodated-in-secure-childrens-homes-england-and-wales-31-march-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE Update 15 April 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-15-april-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-15-april-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: 16 to 19 funding: in-year growth for 2025 to 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information about in-year growth funding for 16 to 19 education (including up to 24 for those with high needs) for academic year 2025 to 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-16-to-19-funding-in-year-growth-for-2025-to-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-16-to-19-funding-in-year-growth-for-2025-to-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK and EU finalise agreement to bring UK into Erasmus+ in 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thousands across the UK set to benefit from re-opening of the historic Erasmus+ programme]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uk-and-eu-finalise-agreement-to-bring-uk-into-erasmus-in-2027/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uk-and-eu-finalise-agreement-to-bring-uk-into-erasmus-in-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: How much lifelong learning entitlement (LLE) you could get]]></title><description><![CDATA[How we'll work out your LLE when you have previously studied and used student finance.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-how-much-lifelong-learning-entitlement-lle-you-could-get/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-how-much-lifelong-learning-entitlement-lle-you-could-get/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: School-age childcare sufficiency funding for local authorities]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance for local authorities on the local authority capacity support funding for school-age childcare.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-school-age-childcare-sufficiency-funding-for-local-authorities/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-school-age-childcare-sufficiency-funding-for-local-authorities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: School-age childcare guidance for schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance for schools and academy trusts on how to set up and deliver school-age childcare provision and their role in supporting families to access provision during term times and holidays.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-school-age-childcare-guidance-for-schools/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-school-age-childcare-guidance-for-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Experts at Hand &amp; Local Authority SEND Transformation Fund]]></title><description><![CDATA[Funding for local authorities for 2026 to 2027 through the Experts at Hand &amp; Local Authority SEND Transformation Fund.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-experts-at-hand-amp-local-authority-send-transformation-fund/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-experts-at-hand-amp-local-authority-send-transformation-fund/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Kinship Zones grant allocations: section 31 grant determination]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grant determination for local authorities taking part in the Kinship Zones programme.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-kinship-zones-grant-allocations-section-31-grant-determination/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-kinship-zones-grant-allocations-section-31-grant-determination/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada was once a dream destination for Indian students. Is that changing?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tighter rules, rising costs and visa risks are forcing Indian students to rethink studying in Canada.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/canada-was-once-a-dream-destination-for-indian-students-is-that-changing/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/canada-was-once-a-dream-destination-for-indian-students-is-that-changing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regional CONTEST co-ordinators]]></title><description><![CDATA[How regional counter-terrorism strategy (CONTEST) co-ordinators can help education providers with the Prevent duty.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/regional-contest-co-ordinators/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/regional-contest-co-ordinators/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parental responsibility measures attendance census]]></title><description><![CDATA[How local authorities should collect and submit data for the annual attendance measures census.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/parental-responsibility-measures-attendance-census/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/parental-responsibility-measures-attendance-census/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: View your education data (VYED): user guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance for schools, trusts and local authorities on the VYED service, including how to get access, and which parts of the service are relevant to them.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-view-your-education-data-vyed-user-guide/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-view-your-education-data-vyed-user-guide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: School workforce census 2026: technical information]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information on the scope and business rationale of the school workforce census 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-school-workforce-census-2026-technical-information/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-school-workforce-census-2026-technical-information/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next generation empowered through Technical Excellence Colleges]]></title><description><![CDATA[19 new Technical Excellence Colleges will equip young people with the high-level technical skills needed to access well-paid, high-skilled jobs.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/next-generation-empowered-through-technical-excellence-colleges/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/next-generation-empowered-through-technical-excellence-colleges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prepare for the FE data collection – dry run 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[How further education (FE) colleges can prepare to meet DfE requirements for granular spend submissions in the dry run data collection for 2026 to 2027.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/prepare-for-the-fe-data-collection-dry-run-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/prepare-for-the-fe-data-collection-dry-run-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School Food Standards: updating the legislative framework]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seeking views on updating the School Food Standards, so that every school is supported with the latest nutrition guidance.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-food-standards-updating-the-legislative-framework/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-food-standards-updating-the-legislative-framework/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decision: Direction: Gregory Hill barred from managing independent schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[A decision from the Secretary of State to direct that Mr Gregory Hill should be prohibited from the management of independent schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/decision-direction-gregory-hill-barred-from-managing-independent-schools/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/decision-direction-gregory-hill-barred-from-managing-independent-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep-fried food banned in new plans for school dinners]]></title><description><![CDATA[Schools are being told to cut down on sugary desserts, and provide more vegetables and whole grains.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/deep-fried-food-banned-in-new-plans-for-school-dinners/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/deep-fried-food-banned-in-new-plans-for-school-dinners/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The surprising reality of how teenage girls still define themselves]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite strides in feminism, why do teen girls still seem to view themselves through the lens of boys?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-surprising-reality-of-how-teenage-girls-still-define-themselves/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-surprising-reality-of-how-teenage-girls-still-define-themselves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government scraps high-sugar food from school menus  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[High-sugar and deep-fried food taken off the menu in new plans to overhaul school dinners amid health crisis facing children, helping to tackle obesity]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-scraps-high-sugar-food-from-school-menus-/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-scraps-high-sugar-food-from-school-menus-/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The parents using play to stop children getting 'trapped' by screens]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers say more speech and interaction around children can aid the development of young brains.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-parents-using-play-to-stop-children-getting-trapped-by-screens/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 01:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-parents-using-play-to-stop-children-getting-trapped-by-screens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do student tuition and maintenance loans work?]]></title><description><![CDATA[There has been a growing debate around the repayment terms of Plan 2 student loans in England.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-do-student-tuition-and-maintenance-loans-work/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-do-student-tuition-and-maintenance-loans-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[22,000 students told to pay back 'mis-sold' maintenance loans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Those affected have been told their courses were never eligible for maintenance or childcare loans]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/22000-students-told-to-pay-back-mis-sold-maintenance-loans/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/22000-students-told-to-pay-back-mis-sold-maintenance-loans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Masquerading as a university’: inside the brazen rightwing plan to conquer American schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[As teachers eagerly adopt its free lesson plans and the White House boosts its videos, PragerU is intent on one goal: attracting young people to conservatismIn the fall of 2013, a silver-haired conservative radio host named Dennis Prager flew to Texas to woo a pair of rightwing billionaires. A few years earlier, Prager had co-founded a digital education non-profit, Prager University, which created snappy five-minute videos that promoted capitalism and &ldquo;Judeo-Christian values&rdquo;. The bi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/masquerading-as-a-university-inside-the-brazen-rightwing-plan-to-conquer-american-schools/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/masquerading-as-a-university-inside-the-brazen-rightwing-plan-to-conquer-american-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schools in knife crime hotspots to get specialist training]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new partnership will provide training for school leaders about knife-crime risk, the government says.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-in-knife-crime-hotspots-to-get-specialist-training/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-in-knife-crime-hotspots-to-get-specialist-training/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pupils back to school in holidays to deal with fallout from cyber attack]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Education Authority says as of Tuesday morning about 80% of post-primary schools are back online.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pupils-back-to-school-in-holidays-to-deal-with-fallout-from-cyber-attack/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pupils-back-to-school-in-holidays-to-deal-with-fallout-from-cyber-attack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cyber security: core standard]]></title><description><![CDATA[Keep your school or college cyber secure, and control and secure user accounts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/cyber-security-core-standard-2/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/cyber-security-core-standard-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Teacher demand and postgraduate trainee need: 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Annual teacher demand trajectories by phase, and postgraduate initial teacher trainee need for those starting training in the 2026 to 2027 academic year, in England, by subject.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-teacher-demand-and-postgraduate-trainee-need-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-teacher-demand-and-postgraduate-trainee-need-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plan 2 student loan interest rates capped at 6% in England]]></title><description><![CDATA[The cap on Plan 2 and postgraduate loan interest rates comes amid a risk of rising inflation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/plan-2-student-loan-interest-rates-capped-at-6-in-england/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/plan-2-student-loan-interest-rates-capped-at-6-in-england/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interest rate cap introduced to protect Plan 2 borrowers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Interest on Plan 2 and 3 student loans will be capped at 6%, instead of RPI+3%, to provide borrowers with certainty in an uncertain world.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/interest-rate-cap-introduced-to-protect-plan-2-borrowers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/interest-rate-cap-introduced-to-protect-plan-2-borrowers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Our teachers use AI to mark mock exams']]></title><description><![CDATA[Headteacher Julia Polley says students get quicker and more detailed feedback, without teacher bias.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/our-teachers-use-ai-to-mark-mock-exams/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/our-teachers-use-ai-to-mark-mock-exams/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I see it as trafficking’: the brutal reality of life as a foreign student in the UK]]></title><description><![CDATA[Universities in Britain rely on overseas applicants paying full fees, which has given rise to some unscrupulous recruiters and left many hopefuls and their families deep in debtWhen Sam started looking into studying abroad, it didn&rsquo;t take long for his phone to start ringing. At 24, he was living with his parents in a small city in the eastern Indian state of Odisha and he&rsquo;d been stuck in an entry-level job for four years. He hoped a master&rsquo;s degree in the UK might lead to a hig]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-see-it-as-trafficking-the-brutal-reality-of-life-as-a-foreign-student-in-the-uk/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-see-it-as-trafficking-the-brutal-reality-of-life-as-a-foreign-student-in-the-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ban for teacher who told pupils about drunken night]]></title><description><![CDATA[Natasha Blackmore, 36, met students outside of school and told them of relationships and drunken nights.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ban-for-teacher-who-told-pupils-about-drunken-night/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ban-for-teacher-who-told-pupils-about-drunken-night/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former pupil restrained at school has damages cut]]></title><description><![CDATA[The former pupil was awarded &pound;18,900 in 2024 but that was reduced after an appeal by the school.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/former-pupil-restrained-at-school-has-damages-cut/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/former-pupil-restrained-at-school-has-damages-cut/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paramedic recruitment freeze driving students abroad, as UK-wide impact expected]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Royal College of Paramedics said it expected to see similar recruitment freezes across the UK.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/paramedic-recruitment-freeze-driving-students-abroad-as-uk-wide-impact-expected/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/paramedic-recruitment-freeze-driving-students-abroad-as-uk-wide-impact-expected/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers' union warns of 'masculinity crisis brewing' in schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASUWT's leader said there is a "ticking time bomb" if male pupils cannot be helped with misogyny.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teachers-union-warns-of-masculinity-crisis-brewing-in-schools/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:37:00 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+0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-outcomes-for-children-in-need-including-children-looked-after-by-local-authorities-in-england-2024-to-2025-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Regulating independent schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[How we regulate and intervene in independent schools, and details of when we take legal action against unregistered schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-regulating-independent-schools/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-regulating-independent-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers vow to 'fight censorship' after school book row]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UK's largest education union says librarians have reported "internal and external censorship".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teachers-vow-to-fight-censorship-after-school-book-row/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teachers-vow-to-fight-censorship-after-school-book-row/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Special needs teacher 'threw stones at pupils']]></title><description><![CDATA[Thomas Hayward and Alison Simmons worked at the Build-a-Future Independent School in Boston.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/special-needs-teacher-threw-stones-at-pupils/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/special-needs-teacher-threw-stones-at-pupils/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE Update 1 April 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-1-april-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-1-april-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Major upgrades to restore pride in England’s run-down colleges]]></title><description><![CDATA[£307 million to repair and maintain colleges in all regions of England to fix leaking roofs, broken windows and worn-out facilities, delivering national renewal]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/major-upgrades-to-restore-pride-in-englands-run-down-colleges/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:54:00 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on.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-further-education-college-condition-allocation-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-further-education-college-condition-allocation-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get help with flexible working in schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Help to implement flexible working, including a toolkit of resources, webinar training and other resources.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/get-help-with-flexible-working-in-schools/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/get-help-with-flexible-working-in-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[British billionaire to donate £190m to Cambridge University]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hedge fund founder Chris Rokos said he wanted to "give something back" to the UK with the donation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/british-billionaire-to-donate-190m-to-cambridge-university/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/british-billionaire-to-donate-190m-to-cambridge-university/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching union votes against plans for new Year 8 reading test]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government says assessments are "vital tools" for identifying areas where pupils need extra support.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teaching-union-votes-against-plans-for-new-year-8-reading-test/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teaching-union-votes-against-plans-for-new-year-8-reading-test/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Subject knowledge enhancement: guidance for ITT providers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance on support available for initial teacher training (ITT) applicants to improve their subject knowledge.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-subject-knowledge-enhancement-guidance-for-itt-providers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-subject-knowledge-enhancement-guidance-for-itt-providers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Investigation outcome report: Woodspeen Training Limited]]></title><description><![CDATA[A investigation outcome report into Woodspeen Training Limited.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-investigation-outcome-report-woodspeen-training-limited/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-investigation-outcome-report-woodspeen-training-limited/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Request approval to subcontract your whole 16 to 19 programme]]></title><description><![CDATA[Explains how lead providers of post-16 education and training should request approval to subcontract their whole 16 to 19 programme.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/request-approval-to-subcontract-your-whole-16-to-19-programme/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/request-approval-to-subcontract-your-whole-16-to-19-programme/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Request approval to subcontract 16 to 19 distance learning]]></title><description><![CDATA[How lead providers of post-16 education and training should request approval to subcontract 16 to 19 provision which involves distance learning.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/request-approval-to-subcontract-16-to-19-distance-learning/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/request-approval-to-subcontract-16-to-19-distance-learning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Request a subcontracting threshold exemption]]></title><description><![CDATA[Explains how lead providers of post-16 education and training should request approval to subcontract more than 25% of their provision.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/request-a-subcontracting-threshold-exemption/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/request-a-subcontracting-threshold-exemption/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds of Best Start Family Hubs open nationwide]]></title><description><![CDATA[More parents can save hundreds of pounds through free services, as over 200 Best Start Family Hubs open nationwide this week, helping with the cost of living.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/hundreds-of-best-start-family-hubs-open-nationwide/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/hundreds-of-best-start-family-hubs-open-nationwide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New joint Chief Executives of Office for Students to steer sector]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ruth Hannant and Polly Payne have been appointed joint CEOs of the higher education regulator.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-joint-chief-executives-of-office-for-students-to-steer-sector/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-joint-chief-executives-of-office-for-students-to-steer-sector/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students 'go on strike' over teacher shortages]]></title><description><![CDATA[Officials say specialist teachers from Guernsey may be sent to help pupils prepare for their exams.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/students-go-on-strike-over-teacher-shortages/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/students-go-on-strike-over-teacher-shortages/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet the pupils teaching speeders a lesson in Kids Court]]></title><description><![CDATA[Those caught speeding on a stretch of road outside a rural school are being taught some lessons by the pupils.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/meet-the-pupils-teaching-speeders-a-lesson-in-kids-court/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/meet-the-pupils-teaching-speeders-a-lesson-in-kids-court/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New school will mean 15 hours travelling, say mums]]></title><description><![CDATA[A parent pleads for children to be seen as "more than just a number on a spreadsheet".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-school-will-mean-15-hours-travelling-say-mums/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-school-will-mean-15-hours-travelling-say-mums/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schools do not have enough staff to make SEND reforms work, union warns]]></title><description><![CDATA[The National Education Union says schools need more funding to be able to make all classrooms inclusive.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-do-not-have-enough-staff-to-make-send-reforms-work-union-warns/</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 11:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-do-not-have-enough-staff-to-make-send-reforms-work-union-warns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['We're having a moment' - fear and denial in Silicon Valley over social media addiction trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[The landmark decision in an LA court may go beyond immediate impacts on defendants Meta and YouTube.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/were-having-a-moment-fear-and-denial-in-silicon-valley-over-social-media-addiction-trial/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 01:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/were-having-a-moment-fear-and-denial-in-silicon-valley-over-social-media-addiction-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is screen time always bad and how do I manage it?]]></title><description><![CDATA[How do you manage screen time, does it have a bad impact and what steps can you take to mitigate the problem?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/is-screen-time-always-bad-and-how-do-i-manage-it/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/is-screen-time-always-bad-and-how-do-i-manage-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Screen time for under-fives should be limited to one hour a day, parents told]]></title><description><![CDATA[New government guidance also suggests children under-two should not be watching screens alone.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/screen-time-for-under-fives-should-be-limited-to-one-hour-a-day-parents-told/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/screen-time-for-under-fives-should-be-limited-to-one-hour-a-day-parents-told/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Pupil premium: allocations and conditions of grant 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Published allocations and conditions of grant for the 2026 to 2027 financial year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-pupil-premium-allocations-and-conditions-of-grant-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-pupil-premium-allocations-and-conditions-of-grant-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['If my kids didn't have screen time, I'd never get anything done']]></title><description><![CDATA[Parents say new government guidance on restricting children's screen time has to be "realistic".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/if-my-kids-didnt-have-screen-time-id-never-get-anything-done/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/if-my-kids-didnt-have-screen-time-id-never-get-anything-done/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Student loan forecasts, England: Financial Year 2025 to 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Forecasts of student numbers, student loan expenditure and student loan repayments in England.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-student-loan-forecasts-england-financial-year-2025-to-2026/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-student-loan-forecasts-england-financial-year-2025-to-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home education cut could 'break' children, says mum]]></title><description><![CDATA[Barnsley Council's target to reduce home education by 30% is branded "unlawful" by campaigners.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/home-education-cut-could-break-children-says-mum/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/home-education-cut-could-break-children-says-mum/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Campaigners welcome Meta and YouTube's defeat in landmark social media addiction trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman has been awarded $6m in a verdict that could have implications for hundreds of other cases in the US.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/campaigners-welcome-meta-and-youtubes-defeat-in-landmark-social-media-addiction-trial/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 04:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/campaigners-welcome-meta-and-youtubes-defeat-in-landmark-social-media-addiction-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Independent report: Screen use by children aged under 5]]></title><description><![CDATA[The findings and recommendations of the Early Years Screen Time Advisory Group on the effects of all types of screen use in the early years of childhood.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/independent-report-screen-use-by-children-aged-under-5/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/independent-report-screen-use-by-children-aged-under-5/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New screen time guidance for parents of under-5s]]></title><description><![CDATA[Government answers parents’ calls for support on screen time with new evidence-backed guidance.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-screen-time-guidance-for-parents-of-under-5s/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-screen-time-guidance-for-parents-of-under-5s/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Suspensions and permanent exclusions: Spring 2024 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Levels of suspension and permanent exclusion in the spring term 2024 to 2025 by school type, and reasons for exclusions and suspensions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-suspensions-and-permanent-exclusions-spring-2024-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-suspensions-and-permanent-exclusions-spring-2024-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Number of pupils missing more than half of school hits another record high]]></title><description><![CDATA[School absence in England has improved overall, but those with additional needs are missing more school.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/number-of-pupils-missing-more-than-half-of-school-hits-another-record-high/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/number-of-pupils-missing-more-than-half-of-school-hits-another-record-high/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consistent financial reporting framework XML generator 2025 to 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Use the XML generator to prepare your data for uploading to COLLECT.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/consistent-financial-reporting-framework-xml-generator-2025-to-2026/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/consistent-financial-reporting-framework-xml-generator-2025-to-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corporate report: Academies admission appeals complaints review]]></title><description><![CDATA[A review of complaints received by the Department for Education about academies admissions appeals in the academic year 2025 to 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/corporate-report-academies-admission-appeals-complaints-review/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/corporate-report-academies-admission-appeals-complaints-review/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New legislation to keep brothers and sisters connected in care]]></title><description><![CDATA[Right to maintain contact with siblings to be strengthened in law for children in care via amendment to Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-legislation-to-keep-brothers-and-sisters-connected-in-care/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-legislation-to-keep-brothers-and-sisters-connected-in-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Fostering programme: new hubs expression of interest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information and guidance on how to apply to become a fostering hub.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-fostering-programme-new-hubs-expression-of-interest/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-fostering-programme-new-hubs-expression-of-interest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Assistive software funded through Disabled Students’ Allowance]]></title><description><![CDATA[We’re seeking views on proposals for the way in which we fund assistive software through Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/assistive-software-funded-through-disabled-students-allowance/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/assistive-software-funded-through-disabled-students-allowance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apply to set up a regional care cooperative]]></title><description><![CDATA[How local authorities and their partners in children's social care can apply to set up a regional care cooperative.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/apply-to-set-up-a-regional-care-cooperative/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/apply-to-set-up-a-regional-care-cooperative/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Apprenticeship standards achievement rates update: 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[A letter from the Secretary of State for the Department for Work and Pensions on current apprenticeship standards achievement rates.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-apprenticeship-standards-achievement-rates-update-2026/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-apprenticeship-standards-achievement-rates-update-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Pupil absence in schools in England: 2024 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england-2024-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england-2024-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Further education and skills: March 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Further education and skills summary data, including detailed education, training and tailored learning, from August 2025 to January 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-further-education-and-skills-march-2026/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-further-education-and-skills-march-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: School-age childcare sufficiency funding]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance for local authorities on the local authority capacity support funding for school-age childcare.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-school-age-childcare-sufficiency-funding/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-school-age-childcare-sufficiency-funding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Antidepressants gave me brain fog': Why so many teens are being prescribed the drug]]></title><description><![CDATA[GP says long waits for support mean some doctors feel forced to prescribe medication outside of guidelines.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/antidepressants-gave-me-brain-fog-why-so-many-teens-are-being-prescribed-the-drug/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/antidepressants-gave-me-brain-fog-why-so-many-teens-are-being-prescribed-the-drug/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private school blames VAT change for closure]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Christian independent school was attended by 40 students.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/private-school-blames-vat-change-for-closure/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/private-school-blames-vat-change-for-closure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Section 251: 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information for local authorities, schools and the general public about local authority education funding and expenditure plans for 2026 to 2027.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-section-251-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-section-251-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Department for Education records appraisal methodology]]></title><description><![CDATA[How DfE identifies records of historical value for archival preservation in The National Archives.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-department-for-education-records-appraisal-methodology/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-department-for-education-records-appraisal-methodology/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE update 25 March 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-25-march-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-25-march-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England: 2024 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England: 2024 to 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-outcomes-for-children-in-need-including-children-looked-after-by-local-authorities-in-england-2024-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-outcomes-for-children-in-need-including-children-looked-after-by-local-authorities-in-england-2024-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Inclusive mainstream fund: 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Funding for schools and 16 to 19 providers for 2026 to 2027 through the inclusive mainstream fund.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-inclusive-mainstream-fund-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-inclusive-mainstream-fund-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Inclusive early years fund: 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Additional funding for local authorities delivering the government’s free early years entitlements programme.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-inclusive-early-years-fund-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-inclusive-early-years-fund-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy paper: DfE voluntary, community and social enterprises action plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[How the Department for Education (DfE) is improving procurement opportunities for voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-dfe-voluntary-community-and-social-enterprises-action-plan/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-dfe-voluntary-community-and-social-enterprises-action-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Child and family ASYE: programme resources]]></title><description><![CDATA[Templates and guidance for employers and newly qualified social workers completing the child and family assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE) programme.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/child-and-family-asye-programme-resources/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/child-and-family-asye-programme-resources/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE): framework]]></title><description><![CDATA[The framework sets out the ASYE programme’s underpinning principles for newly qualified social workers in adult, and child and family services and for their employers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/assessed-and-supported-year-in-employment-asye-framework/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/assessed-and-supported-year-in-employment-asye-framework/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: DfE: senior officials’ business expenses, hospitality, and meetings, October to December 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data on senior officials’ business expenses, hospitality, and meetings with external individuals and organisations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-dfe-senior-officials-business-expenses-hospitality-and-meetings-october-to-december-2025/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-dfe-senior-officials-business-expenses-hospitality-and-meetings-october-to-december-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: DfE: ministerial overseas travel and meetings, October to December 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data on ministers’ overseas travel and meetings with external individuals and organisations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-dfe-ministerial-overseas-travel-and-meetings-october-to-december-2025/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-dfe-ministerial-overseas-travel-and-meetings-october-to-december-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Survey of Adult Skills 2023: national reports for England]]></title><description><![CDATA[These reports looks at the literacy, numeracy and problem-solving skills of adults in England compared with those in other countries.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-survey-of-adult-skills-2023-national-reports-for-england/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-survey-of-adult-skills-2023-national-reports-for-england/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Family Routes: educational outcomes for children in long-term foster care]]></title><description><![CDATA[Report exploring the educational outcomes of children who remained in long-term foster care after entering care before the age of 8.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-family-routes-educational-outcomes-for-children-in-long-term-foster-care/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-family-routes-educational-outcomes-for-children-in-long-term-foster-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Child sexual abuse and exploitation: recording practices in children’s social care and serious incident reporting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Research report about child sexual abuse and exploitation recording practices and serious incident reporting, including qualitative insights across 6 local authorities.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-child-sexual-abuse-and-exploitation-recording-practices-in-childrens-social-care-and-serious-incident-reporting/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-child-sexual-abuse-and-exploitation-recording-practices-in-childrens-social-care-and-serious-incident-reporting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers strike again over disruptive behaviour]]></title><description><![CDATA[Teachers are walking out for 12 days in March and April over lack of action on poor pupil behaviour.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teachers-strike-again-over-disruptive-behaviour/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teachers-strike-again-over-disruptive-behaviour/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy paper: DfE small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) action plan: 2025 to 2028]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Department for Education (DfE) is backing your business by making it easier for small businesses to access public sector supply chains, removing unnecessary burdens and costs.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-dfe-small-and-medium-sized-enterprise-sme-action-plan-2025-to-2028/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-dfe-small-and-medium-sized-enterprise-sme-action-plan-2025-to-2028/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schools pioneer SEND student inclusion scheme]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pupils from West Yorkshire mainstream and specialists school share one site and mix during breaks to help drive inclusion.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-pioneer-send-student-inclusion-scheme/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-pioneer-send-student-inclusion-scheme/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teacher barred over secret email plan for pupils]]></title><description><![CDATA[Arfan Munir Rai taught philosophy and sociology at Kensington Park School when he broke the rules.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teacher-barred-over-secret-email-plan-for-pupils/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teacher-barred-over-secret-email-plan-for-pupils/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students told to vacate block over safety issues]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unite Group says it does not expect the art deco site to reopen for the next academic year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/students-told-to-vacate-block-over-safety-issues/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/students-told-to-vacate-block-over-safety-issues/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK universities flock to India - but will they succeed?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nine UK universities are setting up campuses in India, but enrolment is expected to be modest initially.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uk-universities-flock-to-india-but-will-they-succeed/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 01:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uk-universities-flock-to-india-but-will-they-succeed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy paper: Digital Inclusion Action Plan: One Year On]]></title><description><![CDATA[Progress report on delivering the Digital Inclusion Action Plan.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-digital-inclusion-action-plan-one-year-on/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-digital-inclusion-action-plan-one-year-on/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taking and using photos and videos, and using CCTV in schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data protection considerations when taking and using photos and videos, or when using CCTV.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/taking-and-using-photos-and-videos-and-using-cctv-in-schools/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/taking-and-using-photos-and-videos-and-using-cctv-in-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: School buildings: construction framework 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information on the framework used to procure school and public building construction works.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-school-buildings-construction-framework-2025/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-school-buildings-construction-framework-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bereaved parents call for stricter minibus rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[A couple call for rule changes on teacher driving after 13 people from a Hagley school died.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/bereaved-parents-call-for-stricter-minibus-rules/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/bereaved-parents-call-for-stricter-minibus-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[White working class boys being left behind says MP]]></title><description><![CDATA[Charlie Dewhirst calls for more to be done to help young white men from poorer communities.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/white-working-class-boys-being-left-behind-says-mp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 06:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/white-working-class-boys-being-left-behind-says-mp/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New school nurseries to help cut childcare costs in poorest areas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over 300 schools to open or expand nurseries, creating thousands of places, targeting areas childcare gaps and helping families save up to £8,000 a year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-school-nurseries-to-help-cut-childcare-costs-in-poorest-areas/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 23:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-school-nurseries-to-help-cut-childcare-costs-in-poorest-areas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paying back my student loan is more painful now I have a young family]]></title><description><![CDATA[Graduates, parents and students spoke to BBC Your Voice about their experiences of student loans.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/paying-back-my-student-loan-is-more-painful-now-i-have-a-young-family/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 02:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/paying-back-my-student-loan-is-more-painful-now-i-have-a-young-family/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Franchise arrangements for higher education providers]]></title><description><![CDATA[HE providers of franchised courses must register with the Office for Students (OfS) from academic year 2028 to 2029if they have 300 or more franchised students.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-franchise-arrangements-for-higher-education-providers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-franchise-arrangements-for-higher-education-providers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Suspensions and permanent exclusions: Spring 2025 to 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Levels of suspension and permanent exclusion in the spring term 2025 to 2026 by school type, and reasons for exclusions and suspensions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-suspensions-and-permanent-exclusions-spring-2025-to-2026/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-suspensions-and-permanent-exclusions-spring-2025-to-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Transition to post-intervention monitoring and support: Warwickshire College Group]]></title><description><![CDATA[A letter to confirm Warwickshire College Group has moved from intervention to post intervention monitoring and support (PIMS).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-transition-to-post-intervention-monitoring-and-support-warwickshire-college-group/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-transition-to-post-intervention-monitoring-and-support-warwickshire-college-group/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Transition to post-intervention monitoring and support: Brooklands Technical College]]></title><description><![CDATA[A letter to confirm Brooklands Technical College has moved from intervention to post‑intervention monitoring and support (PIMS).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-transition-to-post-intervention-monitoring-and-support-brooklands-technical-college/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-transition-to-post-intervention-monitoring-and-support-brooklands-technical-college/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Financial health notice to improve: Richmond and Hillcroft Adult and Community College]]></title><description><![CDATA[A financial health notice to improve issued to Richmond and Hillcroft Adult and Community College (RHACC).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-financial-health-notice-to-improve-richmond-and-hillcroft-adult-and-community-college/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-financial-health-notice-to-improve-richmond-and-hillcroft-adult-and-community-college/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Closed revised financial notice to improve: Brooklands College]]></title><description><![CDATA[A revised financial notice to improve issued to Brooklands College by the Department for Education.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-closed-revised-financial-notice-to-improve-brooklands-college/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-closed-revised-financial-notice-to-improve-brooklands-college/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Closed financial notice to improve: Northern College]]></title><description><![CDATA[A financial notice to improve issued to Northern College by the Department for Education.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-closed-financial-notice-to-improve-northern-college/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-closed-financial-notice-to-improve-northern-college/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Closed financial health notice to improve: Warwickshire College Group]]></title><description><![CDATA[A financial health notice to improve issued to Warwickshire College Group.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-closed-financial-health-notice-to-improve-warwickshire-college-group/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-closed-financial-health-notice-to-improve-warwickshire-college-group/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tributes paid to 'wonderful' primary school teacher]]></title><description><![CDATA[The head teacher of a Sudbury school says Becky Munnings "touched the lives of all she taught".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/tributes-paid-to-wonderful-primary-school-teacher/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/tributes-paid-to-wonderful-primary-school-teacher/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: 16 to 18 schools and college performance data in England: 2024 to 2025 (revised, retention data update)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The attainment of 16 to 18 year old students at the end of 16-18 study in England, updated to include retention statistics.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-16-to-18-schools-and-college-performance-data-in-england-2024-to-2025-revised-retention-data-update/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-16-to-18-schools-and-college-performance-data-in-england-2024-to-2025-revised-retention-data-update/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: A level and other 16 to 18 results: 2025 (revised, retention data update)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Revised attainment and retention data for A level and other qualifications by age 16-18 in England. Includes region, institution type, characteristics, and subject.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2025-revised-retention-data-update/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2025-revised-retention-data-update/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: T Level results: academic year 2024 to 2025 (provisional)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Provisional T Level outcomes achieved in the academic year 2024 to 2025 for students starting in September 2023.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-t-level-results-academic-year-2024-to-2025-provisional/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-t-level-results-academic-year-2024-to-2025-provisional/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: School capacity in England: academic year 2024 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics on state-funded school places in England, as collected in the 2025 school capacity survey.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-school-capacity-in-england-academic-year-2024-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-school-capacity-in-england-academic-year-2024-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Children’s social work workforce 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Annual statistics on child and family social workers, including agency social workers, employed in local authorities in England.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-childrens-social-work-workforce-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-childrens-social-work-workforce-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health bosses can't confirm meningitis outbreak contained]]></title><description><![CDATA[Health workers across England are urged to look out for signs of infection as thousands have jabs.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/health-bosses-cant-confirm-meningitis-outbreak-contained/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/health-bosses-cant-confirm-meningitis-outbreak-contained/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Child seen in sex abuse videos identified after researcher spots school badge]]></title><description><![CDATA[An analyst tells the BBC how she tracked down a victim of child sexual abuse after years of searching.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/child-seen-in-sex-abuse-videos-identified-after-researcher-spots-school-badge/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/child-seen-in-sex-abuse-videos-identified-after-researcher-spots-school-badge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data items spring 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance about the information you need to send us.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/data-items-spring-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/data-items-spring-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Apprenticeships: March 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics covering apprenticeships in England (August 2025 to January 2026, reported to date).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-apprenticeships-march-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-apprenticeships-march-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE update 18 March 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-18-march-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-18-march-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Working families saving thousands on childcare costs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Research shows that government-funded childcare has cut childcare costs for families in half.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/working-families-saving-thousands-on-childcare-costs/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/working-families-saving-thousands-on-childcare-costs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Pupil absence in schools in England: 2024/25]]></title><description><![CDATA[Absence statistics on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england-202425/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england-202425/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Investigation outcome report: Jarvis Training Management Limited]]></title><description><![CDATA[An investigation outcome report into Jarvis Training Management Limited.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-investigation-outcome-report-jarvis-training-management-limited/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-investigation-outcome-report-jarvis-training-management-limited/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Improving the attendance of children with a social worker]]></title><description><![CDATA[Supporting social workers and other practitioners to improve the attendance of children with a social worker.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-improving-the-attendance-of-children-with-a-social-worker/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-improving-the-attendance-of-children-with-a-social-worker/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children's social care national framework: City of York Council]]></title><description><![CDATA[How the City of York Council embedded the national framework across all areas of children’s social care.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/childrens-social-care-national-framework-city-of-york-council/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/childrens-social-care-national-framework-city-of-york-council/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children's social care national framework: Cheshire West and Chester Council]]></title><description><![CDATA[How Cheshire West and Chester Council is using the national framework when working with families.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/childrens-social-care-national-framework-cheshire-west-and-chester-council/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/childrens-social-care-national-framework-cheshire-west-and-chester-council/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have the 30 hours of funded childcare brought down costs for parents?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Free childcare support for working parents varies across the UK, depending on the child's age.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/have-the-30-hours-of-funded-childcare-brought-down-costs-for-parents/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/have-the-30-hours-of-funded-childcare-brought-down-costs-for-parents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School phone bans not enough to cut screen time alone, researchers say]]></title><description><![CDATA[New research suggests efforts to suppress screen time need to go further than the school gates to be effective.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-phone-bans-not-enough-to-cut-screen-time-alone-researchers-say/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-phone-bans-not-enough-to-cut-screen-time-alone-researchers-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Level 2 and 3 attainment age 16 to 25]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information on the attainment of young people aged 16 to 25 in 2025, based on matched administrative data.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-level-2-and-3-attainment-age-16-to-25/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-level-2-and-3-attainment-age-16-to-25/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Stability measures for children looked after in England: 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics on the stability of Children Looked After (CLA) in their placement, at school and in their professional support, for CLA on 31 March 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-stability-measures-for-children-looked-after-in-england-2025/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-stability-measures-for-children-looked-after-in-england-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Apprenticeship unit funding rules, 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[The rules for apprenticeship unit funding.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-apprenticeship-unit-funding-rules-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-apprenticeship-unit-funding-rules-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mum of stabbed schoolgirl was abroad and 'terrified']]></title><description><![CDATA[The parents of a 15-year-old girl who survived a stabbing say they are overwhelmed with support.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/mum-of-stabbed-schoolgirl-was-abroad-and-terrified/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/mum-of-stabbed-schoolgirl-was-abroad-and-terrified/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spotlight for 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Details of the key areas we would like to highlight.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/spotlight-for-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/spotlight-for-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consistent financial reporting framework 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance to help maintained schools collect information about their income and expenditure.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/consistent-financial-reporting-framework-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/consistent-financial-reporting-framework-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy paper: A Safe, Informed Digital Nation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our approach to improving media literacy and the first steps towards a safe, informed digital nation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-a-safe-informed-digital-nation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-a-safe-informed-digital-nation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uni student among two dead in Kent meningitis outbreak]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eleven people in the Canterbury area are also seriously ill in hospital, the BBC understands.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uni-student-among-two-dead-in-kent-meningitis-outbreak/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 22:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uni-student-among-two-dead-in-kent-meningitis-outbreak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire-hit nursery temporarily relocates 10 miles away]]></title><description><![CDATA[Theale reopens on Monday for 76 children, with temporary buildings coming to Thatcham in coming weeks]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/fire-hit-nursery-temporarily-relocates-10-miles-away/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 08:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/fire-hit-nursery-temporarily-relocates-10-miles-away/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Like a trap you can't escape': The women who regret being mothers]]></title><description><![CDATA[From mourning the life they no longer have to feeling never-ending pressure, women tell the BBC why they regret becoming mothers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/like-a-trap-you-cant-escape-the-women-who-regret-being-mothers/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/like-a-trap-you-cant-escape-the-women-who-regret-being-mothers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education Secretary speech at ASCL Conference]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a wide-ranging address at the ASCL conference in Liverpool today, the Education Secretary set out her vision for a new era of education.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/education-secretary-speech-at-ascl-conference/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/education-secretary-speech-at-ascl-conference/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What are Plan 2 student loans and how does borrowing for uni work now?]]></title><description><![CDATA[There has been a growing debate around the repayment terms of Plan 2 student loans in England.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/what-are-plan-2-student-loans-and-how-does-borrowing-for-uni-work-now/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/what-are-plan-2-student-loans-and-how-does-borrowing-for-uni-work-now/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Free breakfast clubs: summary business case]]></title><description><![CDATA[Summary of the business case for the free breakfast clubs programme, for delivery from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-free-breakfast-clubs-summary-business-case/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-free-breakfast-clubs-summary-business-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI toys for children misread emotions and respond inappropriately, researchers warn]]></title><description><![CDATA[In first study of its kind, Cambridge researchers found AI toys could misread some children's emotions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ai-toys-for-children-misread-emotions-and-respond-inappropriately-researchers-warn/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ai-toys-for-children-misread-emotions-and-respond-inappropriately-researchers-warn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How should schools respond in emergency situations?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A union says schools should practise emergency responses as they do with routine fire drills.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-should-schools-respond-in-emergency-situations/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 06:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-should-schools-respond-in-emergency-situations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New tool for families and schools to cut stigma of child poverty]]></title><description><![CDATA[Support for parents and teachers to help with important conversations about poverty in schools and at home]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-tool-for-families-and-schools-to-cut-stigma-of-child-poverty/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-tool-for-families-and-schools-to-cut-stigma-of-child-poverty/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Early years teacher degree apprenticeship: employer support grant guidance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance for the employer support grant for employers and training providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-early-years-teacher-degree-apprenticeship-employer-support-grant-guidance/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-early-years-teacher-degree-apprenticeship-employer-support-grant-guidance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: PE and sport premium: conditions of grant 2025 to 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Allocations for academic year 2025 to 2026 and the terms and conditions that local authorities, maintained schools and academies must follow.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-pe-and-sport-premium-conditions-of-grant-2025-to-2026/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-pe-and-sport-premium-conditions-of-grant-2025-to-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: RISE support for reception improvement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Professional development resources for improving teaching and leadership of reception years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-rise-support-for-reception-improvement/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-rise-support-for-reception-improvement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: NEET age 16 to 24: 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Estimates from the Labour Force Survey of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) in England.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-neet-age-16-to-24-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-neet-age-16-to-24-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Reception networks ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A guide to the government’s universal support to help schools improve the quality of reception-year provision. ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-reception-networks/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-reception-networks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social media firms asked to toughen up age checks for under-13s]]></title><description><![CDATA[Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube and Roblox are among the platforms UK regulators say aren't putting children's safety at the heart of their products.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/social-media-firms-asked-to-toughen-up-age-checks-for-under-13s/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/social-media-firms-asked-to-toughen-up-age-checks-for-under-13s/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teacher banned after sending former pupil £500]]></title><description><![CDATA[A panel found that geography teacher Roger Towersey's behaviour was "clearly unprofessional".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teacher-banned-after-sending-former-pupil-500/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teacher-banned-after-sending-former-pupil-500/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[College fears more students given wrong GCSE results]]></title><description><![CDATA[The college said checks found more than 20 GCSE English tests had been marked incorrectly.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/college-fears-more-students-given-wrong-gcse-results/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 06:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/college-fears-more-students-given-wrong-gcse-results/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Student loans inquiry to look at whether system is 'unfair to graduates']]></title><description><![CDATA[The Treasury Committee will look at whether "the goalposts [have] been moved in a way which is unfair".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/student-loans-inquiry-to-look-at-whether-system-is-unfair-to-graduates/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 01:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/student-loans-inquiry-to-look-at-whether-system-is-unfair-to-graduates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early years foundation stage profile assessment support]]></title><description><![CDATA[Early years foundation stage (EYFS) profile assessment support for school leaders and practitioners.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-assessment-support/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-assessment-support/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE update 11 March 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-11-march-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-11-march-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[University tuition fees system is a 'mess', says Clegg]]></title><description><![CDATA[The ex-deputy PM told the BBC he would "take on the chin" any criticism surrounding his involvement]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/university-tuition-fees-system-is-a-mess-says-clegg/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 01:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/university-tuition-fees-system-is-a-mess-says-clegg/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[16 to 19 funding: how it works]]></title><description><![CDATA[An overview of 16 to 19 education funding and how we calculate.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/16-to-19-funding-how-it-works/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/16-to-19-funding-how-it-works/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: 16 to 19 funding: English and maths funding]]></title><description><![CDATA[Funding to support the delivery of English and maths to those students who have not yet attained a grade 9 to 4 GCSE or equivalent in either or both subjects.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-16-to-19-funding-english-and-maths-funding/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-16-to-19-funding-english-and-maths-funding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: 16 to 19 funding: core maths premium]]></title><description><![CDATA[This funding is for students studying core maths qualifications.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-16-to-19-funding-core-maths-premium/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-16-to-19-funding-core-maths-premium/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: 16 to 19 funding: allocation calculation toolkit guides]]></title><description><![CDATA[Helps you understand how we have calculated your 16 to 19 funding allocation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-16-to-19-funding-allocation-calculation-toolkit-guides/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-16-to-19-funding-allocation-calculation-toolkit-guides/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[16 to 19 funding: programme cost weighting changes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance about programme cost weightings in the 16 to 19 funding formula for sector subject areas.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/16-to-19-funding-programme-cost-weighting-changes/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/16-to-19-funding-programme-cost-weighting-changes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[16 to 19 funding: information for 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Details for 16 to 19 funded institutions on how funding will work in academic year 2026 to 2027.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/16-to-19-funding-information-for-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/16-to-19-funding-information-for-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[16 to 19 funding: advanced maths premium]]></title><description><![CDATA[The advanced maths premium is funding for additional students studying an eligible level 3 maths qualification.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/16-to-19-funding-advanced-maths-premium/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/16-to-19-funding-advanced-maths-premium/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: T Level and T Level foundation year entrant data 2025 to 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data on the entrants to T Levels and the T Level foundation year in the 2025 to 2026 academic year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-t-level-and-t-level-foundation-year-entrant-data-2025-to-2026/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-t-level-and-t-level-foundation-year-entrant-data-2025-to-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Post-16 level 3 and below pathways]]></title><description><![CDATA[We're seeking views on the design and implementation of a third, vocational pathway at level 3 and two new pathways at level 2 in post-16 education.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/post-16-level-3-and-below-pathways/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/post-16-level-3-and-below-pathways/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[16 to 19 level 1 English and maths qualifications]]></title><description><![CDATA[We would like your views on the design and delivery of proposed 16 to 19 English and maths level 1 qualifications.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/16-to-19-level-1-english-and-maths-qualifications/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/16-to-19-level-1-english-and-maths-qualifications/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Technical education learner survey 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[A report on T Level, T Level Foundation Year (TLFY) and level 4 and 5 learners’ outcomes, destinations, future plans and course experiences.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-technical-education-learner-survey-2025/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-technical-education-learner-survey-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Qualifications due to have funding removed from August 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[List of qualifications that will have funding approval removed and guidance for awarding bodies who may want to submit a notification.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-qualifications-due-to-have-funding-removed-from-august-2027/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-qualifications-due-to-have-funding-removed-from-august-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First V-level subjects announced with aim to 'prepare for future jobs']]></title><description><![CDATA[Ministers say "bold reforms" for post-16 students will end snobbery and prepare students for work.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/first-v-level-subjects-announced-with-aim-to-prepare-for-future-jobs/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 01:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/first-v-level-subjects-announced-with-aim-to-prepare-for-future-jobs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First V Levels subjects revealed as part of landmark reforms]]></title><description><![CDATA[First students to do V Levels from 2027 as part of ambitious reforms to post-16 system that will prepare them for future jobs.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/first-v-levels-subjects-revealed-as-part-of-landmark-reforms/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/first-v-levels-subjects-revealed-as-part-of-landmark-reforms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education Secretary's speech at the RISE inclusion conference]]></title><description><![CDATA[Education Secretary's key note speech at the South East RISE inclusion conference.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/education-secretarys-speech-at-the-rise-inclusion-conference/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/education-secretarys-speech-at-the-rise-inclusion-conference/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SEND reforms to 'strip away' children's legal protections, charity says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Planned changes to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system in England were announced last month.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/send-reforms-to-strip-away-childrens-legal-protections-charity-says/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/send-reforms-to-strip-away-childrens-legal-protections-charity-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI and other digital technology in children’s social care]]></title><description><![CDATA[We’re seeking to understand how local authorities use artificial intelligence (AI) and other digital technology in the delivery of children’s social care.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ai-and-other-digital-technology-in-childrens-social-care/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ai-and-other-digital-technology-in-childrens-social-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students given stronger protections against extremism on campus]]></title><description><![CDATA[Increased support for universities to tackle extremism and intimidation]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/students-given-stronger-protections-against-extremism-on-campus/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/students-given-stronger-protections-against-extremism-on-campus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Only Nazis ban books’: on the frontlines with students fighting Trump over higher education]]></title><description><![CDATA[Documentary First They Came for My College goes inside the fight for academic freedom at Florida&rsquo;s New CollegeIt took a half century to build New College into a sanctuary of independent thought and less than a year to destroy it. In 2023 the beloved Florida liberal arts school became state governor Ron DeSantis&rsquo;s latest target in his so-called war on woke. DeSantis decimated the school&rsquo;s trustee board and installed a cabal of rightwing cronies, aiming to transform it into a con]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/only-nazis-ban-books-on-the-frontlines-with-students-fighting-trump-over-higher-education/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/only-nazis-ban-books-on-the-frontlines-with-students-fighting-trump-over-higher-education/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vice-chancellor calls for review into student loans for those without A-levels]]></title><description><![CDATA[Adam Tickell, of University of Birmingham, says money is loaned to people who &lsquo;are not really capable of graduating&rsquo;A leading vice-chancellor has questioned whether students without A-levels should be eligible for government-backed student loans, as part of an effort to solve England&rsquo;s university funding crisis.Adam Tickell, vice-chancellor of the University of Birmingham, said universities face an &ldquo;almost existential challenge&rdquo; and falling public support that requi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/vice-chancellor-calls-for-review-into-student-loans-for-those-without-a-levels/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/vice-chancellor-calls-for-review-into-student-loans-for-those-without-a-levels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RFK Jr urges medical schools to increase nutrition education training]]></title><description><![CDATA[As part of his Maha agenda, health secretary wants schools to incorporate 40 hours of instructionSign up to the Breaking News US newsletter emailHealth secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr unveiled a new effort on Thursday aimed at increasing the amount of nutrition education taught in medical schools.For months, Kennedy has urged medical schools to expand their nutrition curriculum and warned that institutions refusing to do so could face cuts to federal funding, while those that adopt the changes may]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/rfk-jr-urges-medical-schools-to-increase-nutrition-education-training/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 20:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/rfk-jr-urges-medical-schools-to-increase-nutrition-education-training/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extra stress or a bit of fun? Teachers and parents discuss World Book Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[As children dress up in UK and Ireland on Thursday, not everyone is on the same page over event&rsquo;s pros and consThursday is World Book Day in the UK and Ireland, with many primary schools encouraging children to take part.However, schools in England are moving away from dressing up for the event due to concerns that the activity could detract from the promotion of reading for pleasure, experts say. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/extra-stress-or-a-bit-of-fun-teachers-and-parents-discuss-world-book-day/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 19:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/extra-stress-or-a-bit-of-fun-teachers-and-parents-discuss-world-book-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Information sharing agreement template]]></title><description><![CDATA[A template that childminder agencies and local authorities can use to create an agreement around information sharing and collaborative working.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-information-sharing-agreement-template/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-information-sharing-agreement-template/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proposal on support for pupils with medical conditions at school]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are seeking views on updates to guidance to strengthen how schools support pupils with medical conditions and allergies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/proposal-on-support-for-pupils-with-medical-conditions-at-school/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/proposal-on-support-for-pupils-with-medical-conditions-at-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thursday briefing: ​Were a generation of students mis-sold the idea of a university degree?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In today&rsquo;s newsletter: Rising debts, frozen thresholds and spiralling interest have left &#8203;millions of graduates questioning whether England&rsquo;s student finance system still resembles the deal they were promisedGood morning.In November, Rachel Reeves tucked a freeze to student loan repayment thresholds into her autumn budget, to little fanfare. The threshold, normally expected to rise each tax year to account for inflation, would rise this year, and then stay frozen until 2030, dr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/thursday-briefing-were-a-generation-of-students-mis-sold-the-idea-of-a-university-degree/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 07:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/thursday-briefing-were-a-generation-of-students-mis-sold-the-idea-of-a-university-degree/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Allergy training to become compulsory in schools in England]]></title><description><![CDATA[The plans, due to come into force in September, follow support for Benedict's Law, a campaign to improve allergy safety in schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/allergy-training-to-become-compulsory-in-schools-in-england/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 06:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/allergy-training-to-become-compulsory-in-schools-in-england/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 schools cutting bills with Great British Energy solar panels]]></title><description><![CDATA[100 schools across England now cutting energy bills with Great British Energy solar panels.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/100-schools-cutting-bills-with-great-british-energy-solar-panels/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/100-schools-cutting-bills-with-great-british-energy-solar-panels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stronger protections for children with allergies in school]]></title><description><![CDATA[Life-saving allergy pens must be stocked by schools for the first time under new plans announced today.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/stronger-protections-for-children-with-allergies-in-school/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/stronger-protections-for-children-with-allergies-in-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government launch antisemitism review into schools and colleges]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sir David Bell appointed to lead an independent review into antisemitic incidents in England's schools and colleges with recommendations due Autumn 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-launch-antisemitism-review-into-schools-and-colleges/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-launch-antisemitism-review-into-schools-and-colleges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Apartheid newsroom’: minority ethnic journalists still locked out of top jobs, report finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exclusive: Survey suggests journalists from minority ethnic backgrounds feel excluded from influential posts and seen as &lsquo;diversity hires&rsquo;Broadcast journalists from ethnic minorities are still locked out of top jobs and face a backlash after being perceived as &ldquo;diversity hires&rdquo;, according to a survey of UK television newsrooms.While there has been a sustained focus on racial diversity among Britain&rsquo;s biggest broadcasters in recent years, the study concluded it had b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/apartheid-newsroom-minority-ethnic-journalists-still-locked-out-of-top-jobs-report-finds/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/apartheid-newsroom-minority-ethnic-journalists-still-locked-out-of-top-jobs-report-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE update 4 March 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-4-march-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-4-march-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government to stop study visas from four countries due to 'abuse']]></title><description><![CDATA[The government will end study visas from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan, due to what she says is abuse.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-to-stop-study-visas-from-four-countries-due-to-abuse/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-to-stop-study-visas-from-four-countries-due-to-abuse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Academy national non-domestic rates (NNDR) claims]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information for academies about how to claim for national non-domestic rates (NNDR).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/academy-national-non-domestic-rates-nndr-claims/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/academy-national-non-domestic-rates-nndr-claims/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: National non-domestic rates accounting guidance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance to help local authorities and academies account for national non-domestic rates (NNDR)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-national-non-domestic-rates-accounting-guidance/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-national-non-domestic-rates-accounting-guidance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pupils told to remove blazers to prevent violence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Posts encouraging fights between different schools are emerging on social media.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pupils-told-to-remove-blazers-to-prevent-violence/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 07:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pupils-told-to-remove-blazers-to-prevent-violence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schools in England sidelining dressing-up for World Book Day, MPs hear]]></title><description><![CDATA[Literacy experts say move comes over cost concerns and fears costumes can detract from reading for pleasureSchools in England are moving away from pupils dressing up as their favourite literary characters for World Book Day, with experts telling MPs they feared the cost of costumes undermined efforts to increase reading for pleasure.Jonathan Douglas, the chief executive of the National Literacy Trust, said schools were aware of the strains that preparing costumes could place on disadvantaged fam]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-in-england-sidelining-dressing-up-for-world-book-day-mps-hear/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-in-england-sidelining-dressing-up-for-world-book-day-mps-hear/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Deeply misleading' school talks compared student loans to &pound;30 phone contracts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Graduates hired to deliver the presentations a decade ago were told to avoid using words like "debt".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/deeply-misleading-school-talks-compared-student-loans-to-pound30-phone-contracts/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 05:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/deeply-misleading-school-talks-compared-student-loans-to-pound30-phone-contracts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents of nursery abuse victims to meet minister]]></title><description><![CDATA[Parents of Vincent Chan's victims will meet the education secretary to press her on safeguarding.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/parents-of-nursery-abuse-victims-to-meet-minister/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 03:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/parents-of-nursery-abuse-victims-to-meet-minister/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guardian view on schools: Send reforms aside, the government’s white paper lacks focus | Editorial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plans to resurrect the children&rsquo;s services decimated by austerity are appealing. But schools also need attentionHeavily trailed reforms to special educational needs and disabilities (Send) education dominated coverage of last week&rsquo;s schools white paper. But Bridget Phillipson&rsquo;s policy of in-sourcing special provision, creating a new tier of support and making mainstream settings more inclusive, is the centrepiece of a broader agenda that also requires scrutiny.All schools in fu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-guardian-view-on-schools-send-reforms-aside-the-governments-white-paper-lacks-focus-editorial/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-guardian-view-on-schools-send-reforms-aside-the-governments-white-paper-lacks-focus-editorial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: National Insurance contributions (NICs) grant for 2025 to 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance for schools and local authorities on the National Insurance contributions (NICs) grant for the 2025 to 2026 financial year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-national-insurance-contributions-nics-grant-for-2025-to-2026/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-national-insurance-contributions-nics-grant-for-2025-to-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decision: Slough council children's services: direction to improve]]></title><description><![CDATA[Direction issued by the Department for Education to Slough Borough Council to improve performance in children’s social care services.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/decision-slough-council-childrens-services-direction-to-improve/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 13:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/decision-slough-council-childrens-services-direction-to-improve/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worried about freedom of speech? Then what’s happening at the Open University should terrify you | Owen Jones]]></title><description><![CDATA[The OU has capitulated to a pro-Israel lobby group about the use of the term &lsquo;ancient Palestine&rsquo;. The wider context is impossible to ignoreThe west is in the midst of the most serious assault on free speech and academic freedom since the heyday of McCarthyism seven decades ago. For years, we were told the danger came from the left: oversensitive students, censorious activists, no-platforming zealots. Yet the most aggressive and successful campaign to police speech in our public insti]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/worried-about-freedom-of-speech-then-whats-happening-at-the-open-university-should-terrify-you-owen-jones/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/worried-about-freedom-of-speech-then-whats-happening-at-the-open-university-should-terrify-you-owen-jones/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SEND transport staff 'kicked and bitten by pupils']]></title><description><![CDATA[A worker who was bitten three times by an eight-year-old boy wants more support from the council.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/send-transport-staff-kicked-and-bitten-by-pupils/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 09:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/send-transport-staff-kicked-and-bitten-by-pupils/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The National Year of Reading celebrates the ‘joy’ of books. But let’s not forget they can also be deeply troubling, too | Charlotte Higgins]]></title><description><![CDATA[Encounters with great art can be absorbing, unsettling and even painful. How has this been tamed into mere &lsquo;reading for pleasure&rsquo;?It is the UK&rsquo;s National Year of Reading. Specifically, this government-led scheme is about &ldquo;reading for pleasure&rdquo; and &ldquo;the joy of reading&rdquo;. This is not a matter of whimsy. Research has linked reading for pleasure in childhood to a host of positive educational and socioeconomic outcomes. But now &ndash; 14 years after the Depar]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-national-year-of-reading-celebrates-the-joy-of-books-but-lets-not-forget-they-can-also-be-deeply-troubling-too-charlotte-higgins/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-national-year-of-reading-celebrates-the-joy-of-books-but-lets-not-forget-they-can-also-be-deeply-troubling-too-charlotte-higgins/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private schools lose legal challenge over VAT changes]]></title><description><![CDATA[A group of low-fee paying private schools have challenged the government's removal of the VAT exemption.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/private-schools-lose-legal-challenge-over-vat-changes/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 19:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/private-schools-lose-legal-challenge-over-vat-changes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: DfE subcontracting standard]]></title><description><![CDATA[Subcontracting assurance arrangements for all Department for Education (DfE) funded post-16 providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-dfe-subcontracting-standard/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-dfe-subcontracting-standard/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Workforce equalities requirements in schools and colleges: an outline]]></title><description><![CDATA[Key legislation relating to workplace equality that commonly impacts specific groups of employees in schools and further education colleges.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-workforce-equalities-requirements-in-schools-and-colleges-an-outline/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-workforce-equalities-requirements-in-schools-and-colleges-an-outline/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leading the way in menopause support]]></title><description><![CDATA[Key lessons from Warrington &amp; Vale Royal College following the introduction of a dedicated Menopause Policy in 2022.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/leading-the-way-in-menopause-support/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/leading-the-way-in-menopause-support/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advancing support for endometriosis and menstrual wellbeing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steps taken by Nottingham College to support staff affected by endometriosis and other menstrual health conditions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/advancing-support-for-endometriosis-and-menstrual-wellbeing/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/advancing-support-for-endometriosis-and-menstrual-wellbeing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Academies and dedicated schools grant: recoupment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information about how we calculate the adjustment of the dedicated schools grant allocation]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-academies-and-dedicated-schools-grant-recoupment/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-academies-and-dedicated-schools-grant-recoupment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Improving the kinship local offer and approach to kinship care]]></title><description><![CDATA[Key themes and considerations that stakeholders have identified as relevant when designing a kinship local offer.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-improving-the-kinship-local-offer-and-approach-to-kinship-care/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 09:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-improving-the-kinship-local-offer-and-approach-to-kinship-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government launches investment in support for kinship carers]]></title><description><![CDATA[£126 million of support confirmed for family members such as grandparents, aunts and uncles who care for relatives’ children in new pilot scheme.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-launches-investment-in-support-for-kinship-carers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-launches-investment-in-support-for-kinship-carers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly a million 16-24 year-olds not working or in education]]></title><description><![CDATA[People at the start of their careers are particularly affected by the UK's weak job market.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/nearly-a-million-16-24-year-olds-not-working-or-in-education/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/nearly-a-million-16-24-year-olds-not-working-or-in-education/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instagram to alert parents if teens search for self-harm and suicide content]]></title><description><![CDATA[Safety campaigners say Meta is "passing the buck" with its new feature for parents using Instagram's teen supervision tools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/instagram-to-alert-parents-if-teens-search-for-self-harm-and-suicide-content/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/instagram-to-alert-parents-if-teens-search-for-self-harm-and-suicide-content/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: The role and experience of support staff in schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Research on the school support staff workforce in England across primary, secondary and special schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-the-role-and-experience-of-support-staff-in-schools/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-the-role-and-experience-of-support-staff-in-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Short breaks innovation fund: lessons learned]]></title><description><![CDATA[Report of the lessons learned from the short breaks for disabled children innovation fund to help local authorities improve their services.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-short-breaks-innovation-fund-lessons-learned/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-short-breaks-innovation-fund-lessons-learned/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: School and college voice: omnibus surveys for 2025 to 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Findings from regular surveys of school and college teachers and leaders.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-school-and-college-voice-omnibus-surveys-for-2025-to-2026/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-school-and-college-voice-omnibus-surveys-for-2025-to-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Parent, pupil and learner voice: omnibus surveys for 2025 to 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Findings from regular surveys of primary and secondary school pupils’ parents or carers, secondary school pupils and 16 to 18 learners.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-parent-pupil-and-learner-voice-omnibus-surveys-for-2025-to-2026/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-parent-pupil-and-learner-voice-omnibus-surveys-for-2025-to-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Modular acceleration programme: process evaluation interim report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Interim report from the process evaluation for the modular acceleration programme, containing insights on experience, challenges and outcomes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-modular-acceleration-programme-process-evaluation-interim-report/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-modular-acceleration-programme-process-evaluation-interim-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: English Hubs Programme phonics impact evaluation 2019 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Research report looking at the estimated effect of bespoke intensive programme support for phonics teaching on pupils’ phonics attainment.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-english-hubs-programme-phonics-impact-evaluation-2019-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-english-hubs-programme-phonics-impact-evaluation-2019-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Child and family social work ASYE programme: registration and funding]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information for employers about eligibility, registration and funding available for the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) programme.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-child-and-family-social-work-asye-programme-registration-and-funding/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-child-and-family-social-work-asye-programme-registration-and-funding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manage your education estate]]></title><description><![CDATA[A service to help you manage your school and college buildings, land and facilities.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/manage-your-education-estate/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/manage-your-education-estate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Children in need: a focus on re-referrals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics on re-referrals to children’s social care services in England by child characteristics and journeys through the social care system.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-children-in-need-a-focus-on-re-referrals/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-children-in-need-a-focus-on-re-referrals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour’s Send reforms get this right: disabled children in mainstream schools is transformative for everyone | Frances Ryan]]></title><description><![CDATA[It doesn&rsquo;t fit neatly on a Treasury spreadsheet, but there is huge value in disabled and non-disabled pupils learning togetherWhen I was 11, a woman at the hospital asked me what school I was starting in September. I still remember her surprise when I told her I would be going to the local girls grammar, as the hoist pulled my wet limbs out of the physio pool. I was a child but already familiar with those few seconds: the time between a person seeing my wheelchair and the flash across thei]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/labours-send-reforms-get-this-right-disabled-children-in-mainstream-schools-is-transformative-for-everyone-frances-ryan/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/labours-send-reforms-get-this-right-disabled-children-in-mainstream-schools-is-transformative-for-everyone-frances-ryan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Overseas-trained teachers: apply for qualified teacher status in England]]></title><description><![CDATA[How some overseas-trained teachers can apply for qualified teacher status (QTS), using the apply for QTS in England service.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-overseas-trained-teachers-apply-for-qualified-teacher-status-in-england-2/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-overseas-trained-teachers-apply-for-qualified-teacher-status-in-england-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Commissioning a condition survey for school and college buildings]]></title><description><![CDATA[How schools, colleges or their responsible bodies should commission a condition survey and what surveyors should include in the report.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-commissioning-a-condition-survey-for-school-and-college-buildings/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-commissioning-a-condition-survey-for-school-and-college-buildings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour MPs call for urgent action on 'unfair' student loans]]></title><description><![CDATA[MPs criticise "rip-off" interest rates and unfair changes to repayment terms during a debate in Parliament]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/labour-mps-call-for-urgent-action-on-unfair-student-loans/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/labour-mps-call-for-urgent-action-on-unfair-student-loans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE update 25 February 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-25-february-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-25-february-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corporate report: Department for Education consolidated annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[A report on DfE expenditure and performance from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, and the core tables and register of interests as of 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/corporate-report-department-for-education-consolidated-annual-report-and-accounts-2024-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/corporate-report-department-for-education-consolidated-annual-report-and-accounts-2024-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Improve and renew: developing your long-term estates plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance to help schools and colleges plan, prioritise and deliver estate improvements that address condition, suitability, resilience and decarbonisation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-improve-and-renew-developing-your-long-term-estates-plan/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-improve-and-renew-developing-your-long-term-estates-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: National leaders of further education: current national leaders]]></title><description><![CDATA[The national leaders of further education programme is a source of support to improve quality in further education colleges.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-national-leaders-of-further-education-current-national-leaders/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-national-leaders-of-further-education-current-national-leaders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sir Kevan Collins appointed as Delivery Adviser to the Secretary of State for Education]]></title><description><![CDATA[New Delivery Adviser role to support Schools White Paper delivery, with a focus on SEND reform and local authority engagement.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/sir-kevan-collins-appointed-as-delivery-adviser-to-the-secretary-of-state-for-education/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/sir-kevan-collins-appointed-as-delivery-adviser-to-the-secretary-of-state-for-education/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will the new SEND reforms in England work? You have your say]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government has unveiled its long-awaited plans for reforming SEND provision in England - but what do those most impacted make of the changes?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/will-the-new-send-reforms-in-england-work-you-have-your-say/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 02:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/will-the-new-send-reforms-in-england-work-you-have-your-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Pupils locked me in a room' claims striking teacher]]></title><description><![CDATA[Teachers at two Greater Manchester schools took to the picket lines after claims of violent children]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pupils-locked-me-in-a-room-claims-striking-teacher/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pupils-locked-me-in-a-room-claims-striking-teacher/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schools white paper to rewire education transforming life chances]]></title><description><![CDATA[Schools white paper will reform deprivation funding for schools to help halve disadvantage gap cutting the link between background and success.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-white-paper-to-rewire-education-transforming-life-chances/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-white-paper-to-rewire-education-transforming-life-chances/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children in care off school for months as school rejections stack up]]></title><description><![CDATA[Councils seek powers to require more schools to take children as heads say funding would meet needs.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/children-in-care-off-school-for-months-as-school-rejections-stack-up/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/children-in-care-off-school-for-months-as-school-rejections-stack-up/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phillipson defends student loan change and says average repayments will rise by £8 a month]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some graduates in England say "punishing" student loan repayments have led them to cut their hours at work.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/phillipson-defends-student-loan-change-and-says-average-repayments-will-rise-by-8-a-month/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/phillipson-defends-student-loan-change-and-says-average-repayments-will-rise-by-8-a-month/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Ventilation and air quality in education and childcare settings]]></title><description><![CDATA[How schools and other education and childcare providers should monitor and manage ventilation and air quality.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-ventilation-and-air-quality-in-education-and-childcare-settings/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-ventilation-and-air-quality-in-education-and-childcare-settings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['We fear SEND overhaul could leave more families feeling alone']]></title><description><![CDATA[Robyn and Adam say changes to SEND provision could impact children like their eight-year-old son Oli.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/we-fear-send-overhaul-could-leave-more-families-feeling-alone/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/we-fear-send-overhaul-could-leave-more-families-feeling-alone/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students vote for plant-based menus at university]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plant-based meals will be the standard option for students at the University of Southampton.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/students-vote-for-plant-based-menus-at-university/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/students-vote-for-plant-based-menus-at-university/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is SEND and how many children get support?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government has set out its planned changes to the special educational needs system in a new White Paper.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/what-is-send-and-how-many-children-get-support/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/what-is-send-and-how-many-children-get-support/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bridget Phillipson's speech on the schools white paper]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bridget Phillipson's speech on the schools white paper, delivered at Ormiston Bushfield Academy in Peterborough]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/bridget-phillipsons-speech-on-the-schools-white-paper/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/bridget-phillipsons-speech-on-the-schools-white-paper/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key changes being made to special educational needs - at a glance]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government has set out broad changes it will make to the SEND system in England in the coming years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-key-changes-being-made-to-special-educational-needs-at-a-glance/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-key-changes-being-made-to-special-educational-needs-at-a-glance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Radical expansion in rights for children with SEND]]></title><description><![CDATA[Radical expansion in rights for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities to transform life chances]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/radical-expansion-in-rights-for-children-with-send/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/radical-expansion-in-rights-for-children-with-send/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SEND reform: putting children and young people first]]></title><description><![CDATA[Proposed changes to improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND, including early, fair support, with shared accountabilities across local partners.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/send-reform-putting-children-and-young-people-first/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/send-reform-putting-children-and-young-people-first/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Schools, school workforce and pupils statistical analysis 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[A range of analysis including headteacher leaving rates, school performance and percentage of pupils identified with special educational needs by year 11.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-schools-school-workforce-and-pupils-statistical-analysis-2026/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-schools-school-workforce-and-pupils-statistical-analysis-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Key stage 4 performance measures and targeted RISE extension]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are seeking views on proposals to improve key stage 4 academic performance measures and extend targeted RISE to low-attaining schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/key-stage-4-performance-measures-and-targeted-rise-extension/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/key-stage-4-performance-measures-and-targeted-rise-extension/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Independent report: Neurodivergence Task and Finish Group: report]]></title><description><![CDATA[The conclusions and recommendations of the independent review into ways to support neurodivergent children and young people in mainstream education settings.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/independent-report-neurodivergence-task-and-finish-group-report/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/independent-report-neurodivergence-task-and-finish-group-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Every child achieving and thriving and SEND consultation supporting information]]></title><description><![CDATA[A series of documents setting out the key information and proposed reforms in the schools white paper and SEND consultation document for parents and those working in the sector.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-every-child-achieving-and-thriving-and-send-consultation-supporting-information/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-every-child-achieving-and-thriving-and-send-consultation-supporting-information/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy paper: Every child achieving and thriving]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reforms to the schools and SEND systems in England to ensure that every child can achieve and thrive.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-every-child-achieving-and-thriving/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-every-child-achieving-and-thriving/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: School census 2026 to 2027: technical information]]></title><description><![CDATA[Technical specification for submitting 2026 to 2027 school census data.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-school-census-2026-to-2027-technical-information/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-school-census-2026-to-2027-technical-information/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Specialist SEND support in every school and community]]></title><description><![CDATA[Generational reforms to transform outcomes for children with SEND and end one size fits all approach]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/specialist-send-support-in-every-school-and-community/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/specialist-send-support-in-every-school-and-community/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Beyond worried’: the families waiting to hear how Send overhaul will change their lives]]></title><description><![CDATA[Already struggling to get help, families with children with special needs are concerned changes could make things worseAt the age of 12, May Race&rsquo;s son Joseph spends almost all of his time in his bedroom, too anxious, burnt out and &ndash; she says &ndash; traumatised even to join his parents and older brother downstairs most days. Joseph no longer leaves the house at all.He is autistic and has dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). His autism is of a type known as p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/beyond-worried-the-families-waiting-to-hear-how-send-overhaul-will-change-their-lives/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/beyond-worried-the-families-waiting-to-hear-how-send-overhaul-will-change-their-lives/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government aims to halve attainment gap for disadvantaged students]]></title><description><![CDATA[The measure is part of a new Schools White Paper, which will be published in full on Monday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-aims-to-halve-attainment-gap-for-disadvantaged-students/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 08:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-aims-to-halve-attainment-gap-for-disadvantaged-students/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tories vow to lower interest on some student loans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kemi Badenoch says graduates feel 'stitched up' as she promises to cut Plan 2 loan interest charges.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/tories-vow-to-lower-interest-on-some-student-loans/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 06:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/tories-vow-to-lower-interest-on-some-student-loans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are ties and blazers on the way out? Why some schools are pushing for 'active' uniforms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Proponents say relaxed uniforms make life easier for children and are much more practical for physical play.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/are-ties-and-blazers-on-the-way-out-why-some-schools-are-pushing-for-active-uniforms/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 01:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/are-ties-and-blazers-on-the-way-out-why-some-schools-are-pushing-for-active-uniforms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I might not get uni Covid compensation - but I'm claiming it out of principle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dozens of universities have received legal letters over what students say they missed out on during Covid.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-might-not-get-uni-covid-compensation-but-im-claiming-it-out-of-principle/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 03:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-might-not-get-uni-covid-compensation-but-im-claiming-it-out-of-principle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government is reforming the SEND system. This is what those impacted want changing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some government plans for SEND were leaked earlier this week. But what else do families want to change?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-government-is-reforming-the-send-system-this-is-what-those-impacted-want-changing/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 03:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-government-is-reforming-the-send-system-this-is-what-those-impacted-want-changing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teacher banned over indecent images of children]]></title><description><![CDATA[A professional conduct panel says it found Jeremy Gibbs' apology for his actions superficial.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teacher-banned-over-indecent-images-of-children/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teacher-banned-over-indecent-images-of-children/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early years initial teacher training (ITT): a guide for providers]]></title><description><![CDATA[How initial teacher training providers can recruit and train early years teachers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/early-years-initial-teacher-training-itt-a-guide-for-providers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/early-years-initial-teacher-training-itt-a-guide-for-providers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: GCSE outcomes for pupils with EHCPs: comparison of mainstream and special schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Analysis of GCSE outcomes for pupils with education, health and care plans (EHCPs) comparing those educated in mainstream schools with those in special schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-gcse-outcomes-for-pupils-with-ehcps-comparison-of-mainstream-and-special-schools/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-gcse-outcomes-for-pupils-with-ehcps-comparison-of-mainstream-and-special-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't make us security guards, says teacher stabbed by pupil]]></title><description><![CDATA[The ex-Ysgol Dyffryn Aman teacher says staff are not security guards and giving them handheld scanners would not help.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/dont-make-us-security-guards-says-teacher-stabbed-by-pupil/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/dont-make-us-security-guards-says-teacher-stabbed-by-pupil/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lib Dems set out plans to stop SEND services being 'cash cows']]></title><description><![CDATA[Council spending on Special Educational Needs and Disabilities has soared in recent years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/lib-dems-set-out-plans-to-stop-send-services-being-cash-cows/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/lib-dems-set-out-plans-to-stop-send-services-being-cash-cows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government ends runaway independent special school fees]]></title><description><![CDATA[Children’s progress put first as government ends runaway independent special school fees]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-ends-runaway-independent-special-school-fees/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 23:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-ends-runaway-independent-special-school-fees/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is SEND and how might reforms change the system?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government is due to publish plans to reform the special educational needs system in early 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/what-is-send-and-how-might-reforms-change-the-system/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/what-is-send-and-how-might-reforms-change-the-system/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pupils with SEND to have support reviewed after primary, leaked plans suggest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Leaks suggest plans for a complete redesign of special educational needs and disabilities support in schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pupils-with-send-to-have-support-reviewed-after-primary-leaked-plans-suggest/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pupils-with-send-to-have-support-reviewed-after-primary-leaked-plans-suggest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Investigation outcome report: Aston University]]></title><description><![CDATA[An investigation outcome report into Aston University.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-investigation-outcome-report-aston-university/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-investigation-outcome-report-aston-university/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School heads struggle to find work-life balance amid 'exhausting' pressures]]></title><description><![CDATA[The NAHT say the role of a school principal in Northern Ireland is "unsafe, unsustainable and professionally indefensible".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-heads-struggle-to-find-work-life-balance-amid-exhausting-pressures/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-heads-struggle-to-find-work-life-balance-amid-exhausting-pressures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Child and family social worker early career standards]]></title><description><![CDATA[Professional standards for child and family social workers supporting vulnerable children and families.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-child-and-family-social-worker-early-career-standards/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-child-and-family-social-worker-early-career-standards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Revised financial health notice to improve: Newbury College]]></title><description><![CDATA[A revised financial health notice to improve issued to Newbury College.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-revised-financial-health-notice-to-improve-newbury-college/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-revised-financial-health-notice-to-improve-newbury-college/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Revised financial health notice to improve: Havant and South Downs College]]></title><description><![CDATA[A revised financial health notice to improve issued to Havant and South Downs College.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-revised-financial-health-notice-to-improve-havant-and-south-downs-college/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-revised-financial-health-notice-to-improve-havant-and-south-downs-college/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early years initial teacher training: 2026 to 2027 funding guidance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Funding guidance for early years initial teacher training (EYITT) providers for 2026 to 2027.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/early-years-initial-teacher-training-2026-to-2027-funding-guidance/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/early-years-initial-teacher-training-2026-to-2027-funding-guidance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: EYITT: requesting places and allocations methodology 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[The process for requesting early years initial teacher training (EYITT) places and allocations for the 2026 to 2027 academic year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-eyitt-requesting-places-and-allocations-methodology-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-eyitt-requesting-places-and-allocations-methodology-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why are some students claiming Covid compensation from universities?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dozens of universities face legal action from students who say they missed out during the pandemic.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/why-are-some-students-claiming-covid-compensation-from-universities/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/why-are-some-students-claiming-covid-compensation-from-universities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Form: Academies severance payments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guide and form for academy trusts considering and seeking approval for special severance payments.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/form-academies-severance-payments/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/form-academies-severance-payments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free tuition under threat without revenue boost, report warns]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scotland's more generous benefits and public policies may have to be reconsidered, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/free-tuition-under-threat-without-revenue-boost-report-warns/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 07:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/free-tuition-under-threat-without-revenue-boost-report-warns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School first to trial new music curriculum]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Bristol primary school has been learning how to create their own music using the free programme.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-first-to-trial-new-music-curriculum/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 07:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-first-to-trial-new-music-curriculum/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Banned teacher was 'under influence of alcohol']]></title><description><![CDATA[Emma Taylor-Erwin admitted driving to work while under the influence of alcohol in 2019.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/banned-teacher-was-under-influence-of-alcohol/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 22:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/banned-teacher-was-under-influence-of-alcohol/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students begin Covid compensation claim against 36 more universities]]></title><description><![CDATA[It comes after University College London settled a claim from students there over lost learning in the pandemic.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/students-begin-covid-compensation-claim-against-36-more-universities/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/students-begin-covid-compensation-claim-against-36-more-universities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘A social justice issue’: London school believes it has model for Send inclusion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Founder and staff at TCES Nurture primary, which has not excluded a child in 25 years, say key factor is how support is deliveredIn many ways, it looks like any other primary school. There is a library, a cafeteria, classrooms, and a noticeboard celebrating the star of the week. But it is different in one crucial respect: in 25 years, this London alternative provision has not excluded a single pupil.As Labour pushes to bring more children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/a-social-justice-issue-london-school-believes-it-has-model-for-send-inclusion/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/a-social-justice-issue-london-school-believes-it-has-model-for-send-inclusion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Time spent on process for new education, health and care plans by local authority professionals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Survey findings on the average number of hours spent by different professions on the process for new education, health and care (EHC) plans.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-time-spent-on-process-for-new-education-health-and-care-plans-by-local-authority-professionals/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-time-spent-on-process-for-new-education-health-and-care-plans-by-local-authority-professionals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peppa Pig hearing loss story may 'remove stigma']]></title><description><![CDATA[The head teacher of a school for the deaf said the episode would help children "not feel so different".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/peppa-pig-hearing-loss-story-may-remove-stigma/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 07:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/peppa-pig-hearing-loss-story-may-remove-stigma/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Free childcare policy is a birthday lottery']]></title><description><![CDATA[Parents say the starting date of government-funded childcare hours can "catch you by surprise".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/free-childcare-policy-is-a-birthday-lottery/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 07:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/free-childcare-policy-is-a-birthday-lottery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why this school will ditch a shirt, tie and blazer from its uniform]]></title><description><![CDATA[The school says the move is practical - but it echoes a wider debate over the role of uniforms.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/why-this-school-will-ditch-a-shirt-tie-and-blazer-from-its-uniform/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 02:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/why-this-school-will-ditch-a-shirt-tie-and-blazer-from-its-uniform/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ministers want to reform SEND - but they are treading very carefully]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government is expected to outline its plan to overhaul the complex system of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in England soon.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ministers-want-to-reform-send-but-they-are-treading-very-carefully/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 02:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ministers-want-to-reform-send-but-they-are-treading-very-carefully/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New employer grant to boost quality in early years education]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new package of support will help early years settings strengthen their workforce and improve outcomes for children from the very start.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-employer-grant-to-boost-quality-in-early-years-education/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-employer-grant-to-boost-quality-in-early-years-education/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Investigation outcome report: LionHeart in the Community Limited]]></title><description><![CDATA[An investigation outcome report into LionHeart in the Community Limited.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-investigation-outcome-report-lionheart-in-the-community-limited/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-investigation-outcome-report-lionheart-in-the-community-limited/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Notice to improve: Everychild Partnership Trust]]></title><description><![CDATA[A notice to improve issues to Everychild Partnership Trust by the Department for Education.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-notice-to-improve-everychild-partnership-trust/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-notice-to-improve-everychild-partnership-trust/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Student Pride to end after 21 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Organisers say sponsorship has dwindled over recent years, meaning this weekend's event will be its last.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/national-student-pride-to-end-after-21-years/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/national-student-pride-to-end-after-21-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Locking my phone away at school reduces stress']]></title><description><![CDATA[Solihull's Alderbrook School has implemented a smartphone ban and some pupils have welcomed it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/locking-my-phone-away-at-school-reduces-stress/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/locking-my-phone-away-at-school-reduces-stress/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Vast majority' of parents should be involved if children question their gender, schools told]]></title><description><![CDATA[School leaders welcome the "greater clarity" on how to handle the polarising issue for parents and pupils.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/vast-majority-of-parents-should-be-involved-if-children-question-their-gender-schools-told/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/vast-majority-of-parents-should-be-involved-if-children-question-their-gender-schools-told/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alton Towers U-turns on plan to restrict disability pass]]></title><description><![CDATA["We are sorry," says operator after plan to restrict queuing access for people with autism, ADHD and anxiety sparked criticism.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/alton-towers-u-turns-on-plan-to-restrict-disability-pass/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/alton-towers-u-turns-on-plan-to-restrict-disability-pass/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cyber security - core standard]]></title><description><![CDATA[Keep your school or college cyber secure, and control and secure user accounts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/cyber-security-core-standard/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/cyber-security-core-standard/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government to publish new gender guidance for schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance for gender questioning children is clear schools should take a careful approach when a child asks to social transition.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-to-publish-new-gender-guidance-for-schools/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-to-publish-new-gender-guidance-for-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy paper: Including guidance on children who are questioning their gender in KCSIE]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Department for Education's proposal for including guidance on children who are questioning their gender within 'Keeping children safe in education (KCSIE)'.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-including-guidance-on-children-who-are-questioning-their-gender-in-kcsie/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-including-guidance-on-children-who-are-questioning-their-gender-in-kcsie/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gender questioning children: draft schools and colleges guidance]]></title><description><![CDATA[We're seeking your views on our draft non-statutory guidance for schools and colleges about children questioning their gender.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/gender-questioning-children-draft-schools-and-colleges-guidance/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/gender-questioning-children-draft-schools-and-colleges-guidance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keeping children safe in education: proposed revisions 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are seeking views on proposed changes to the statutory guidance 'Keeping children safe in education' with a view to making changes for September 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/keeping-children-safe-in-education-proposed-revisions-2026/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/keeping-children-safe-in-education-proposed-revisions-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Education and skills funding: uplift factors and postcode files]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reference data sets for area cost factor uplifts and disadvantage factor uplifts for data and management information purposes relating to funding.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-education-and-skills-funding-uplift-factors-and-postcode-files/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-education-and-skills-funding-uplift-factors-and-postcode-files/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Susie Dent’s tips and tricks to add muscle to a child’s vocabulary]]></title><description><![CDATA[To help combat the impact of screen-time creep, the Countdown word supremo has a few suggestionsChildren&rsquo;s vocabulary shrinking as reading loses out to screen time, says Susie DentChildren&rsquo;s vocabulary is shrinking as reading loses out to screen time, the Countdown lexicographer Susie Dent has suggested, as she urged families to read, talk and play word games to boost language development.Dent, who also co-presents Channel 4&rsquo;s Secret Genius with Alan Carr, is fronting a new cam]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/susie-dents-tips-and-tricks-to-add-muscle-to-a-childs-vocabulary/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/susie-dents-tips-and-tricks-to-add-muscle-to-a-childs-vocabulary/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Significant changes to an academy: tier 1 application form]]></title><description><![CDATA[Use this form to apply to make tier 1 significant changes to an academy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/significant-changes-to-an-academy-tier-1-application-form/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/significant-changes-to-an-academy-tier-1-application-form/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Child Safeguarding: Education Secretary responds to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson writes to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel following their review into the issues raised by the death of baby Victoria Marten.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-child-safeguarding-education-secretary-responds-to-the-child-safeguarding-practice-review-panel/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-child-safeguarding-education-secretary-responds-to-the-child-safeguarding-practice-review-panel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: A level and other 16 to 18 results: 2025 (revised)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The attainment of students at the end of their 16 to 18 study in England.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2025-revised/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2025-revised/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: 16 to 18 school and college performance data in England: 2024 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[The attainment of students at the end of their 16 to 18 study in England.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-16-to-18-school-and-college-performance-data-in-england-2024-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-16-to-18-school-and-college-performance-data-in-england-2024-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coroner says school record gaps pose risk to lives]]></title><description><![CDATA[After the death of Georgia Scarff, a coroner says safeguarding record-keeping should be standardised.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/coroner-says-school-record-gaps-pose-risk-to-lives/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 07:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/coroner-says-school-record-gaps-pose-risk-to-lives/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Child dies after 'medical emergency' at school]]></title><description><![CDATA[A letter to parents from Collingwood College says a Year 8 child died in an incident on Monday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/child-dies-after-medical-emergency-at-school/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/child-dies-after-medical-emergency-at-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE update 11 February 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-11-february-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-11-february-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy paper: Education estates strategy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The strategy sets out the government’s 10-year plan to improve the education estate in England to deliver a decade of national renewal.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-education-estates-strategy/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-education-estates-strategy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: A new model design for a special school]]></title><description><![CDATA[Demonstrating the application of the Department for Education’s employer's requirements for an 80-place ambulant special school with a severe needs suite.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-a-new-model-design-for-a-special-school/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-a-new-model-design-for-a-special-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Design standards: employer's requirements supporting documents]]></title><description><![CDATA[Documents in support of the Department for Education's employer's requirements.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-design-standards-employers-requirements-supporting-documents/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-design-standards-employers-requirements-supporting-documents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Design standards: employer's requirements]]></title><description><![CDATA[Documents forming the Department for Education's employer's requirements.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-design-standards-employers-requirements/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-design-standards-employers-requirements/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Area guidelines for SEND and alternative provision: BB 104]]></title><description><![CDATA[Area guidance for SEND and alternative provision buildings and grounds.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-area-guidelines-for-send-and-alternative-provision-bb-104/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-area-guidelines-for-send-and-alternative-provision-bb-104/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: A new model design for a secondary school]]></title><description><![CDATA[Demonstrating the application of the Department for Education's employer's requirements for a 6 form entry secondary school with a 225-place sixth form.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-a-new-model-design-for-a-secondary-school/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-a-new-model-design-for-a-secondary-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: A new model design for a primary school]]></title><description><![CDATA[Demonstrating the application of the Department for Education’s employer's requirements for a 2 form entry primary school with a 52-place nursery.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-a-new-model-design-for-a-primary-school/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-a-new-model-design-for-a-primary-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Connect the classroom: evaluation]]></title><description><![CDATA[An evaluation of the connect the classroom programme, which aims to improve connectivity in schools by upgrading wifi access points and network switches.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-connect-the-classroom-evaluation/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-connect-the-classroom-evaluation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New plan to fix 'ageing and fragile' schools exposed by Raac crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says the government's 10-year strategy is a "turning point" for schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-plan-to-fix-ageing-and-fragile-schools-exposed-by-raac-crisis/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-plan-to-fix-ageing-and-fragile-schools-exposed-by-raac-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10-year plan to revitalise schools and colleges for every child]]></title><description><![CDATA[Schools to be inclusive by design, with dedicated ‘inclusion bases’ and new guidance on adaptations to improve inclusivity and accessibility.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/10-year-plan-to-revitalise-schools-and-colleges-for-every-child/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/10-year-plan-to-revitalise-schools-and-colleges-for-every-child/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers striking again over behaviour concerns]]></title><description><![CDATA[Members of staff at Tewkesbury Academy could strike for nine more days.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teachers-striking-again-over-behaviour-concerns/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teachers-striking-again-over-behaviour-concerns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Notice to improve: St Ralph Sherwin Catholic MAT]]></title><description><![CDATA[A notice to improve issued to St Ralph Sherwin Catholic MAT by the Department for Education.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-notice-to-improve-st-ralph-sherwin-catholic-mat/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-notice-to-improve-st-ralph-sherwin-catholic-mat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Effective practice in strategic planning in further education]]></title><description><![CDATA[An exploration of the principle stages involved in effective strategic planning.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-effective-practice-in-strategic-planning-in-further-education/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-effective-practice-in-strategic-planning-in-further-education/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Effective practice in delivering 16 to 19 level 2 English and maths]]></title><description><![CDATA[The guide is intended to advise FE colleges on how best to deliver level 2 English and maths in a further education (FE) setting.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-effective-practice-in-delivering-16-to-19-level-2-english-and-maths/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-effective-practice-in-delivering-16-to-19-level-2-english-and-maths/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government unveils expanded support for adopted children]]></title><description><![CDATA[Consultation launched on providing better, earlier, and more targeted help to adopted children and funding increased for adoption support fund]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-unveils-expanded-support-for-adopted-children/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-unveils-expanded-support-for-adopted-children/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Post-16 and construction skills capacity funding: 2026 to 2030]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance on how eligible providers in non-devolved areas can apply for post-16 capacity funding, including eligibility and assessment information.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-post-16-and-construction-skills-capacity-funding-2026-to-2030/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-post-16-and-construction-skills-capacity-funding-2026-to-2030/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Further education capital funding]]></title><description><![CDATA[An overview of capital funding for post-16 education providers, the type of funding available and what it can be used for.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/further-education-capital-funding/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/further-education-capital-funding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adoption support that works for all]]></title><description><![CDATA[We're seeking views on a more responsive, holistic and evidence-based system of adoption support, including changes to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/adoption-support-that-works-for-all/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/adoption-support-that-works-for-all/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: How DfE maintains oversight of Independent Training Providers (ITPs)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance for ITPs explaining how DfE will take action to address the potential risk of failure.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-how-dfe-maintains-oversight-of-independent-training-providers-itps/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-how-dfe-maintains-oversight-of-independent-training-providers-itps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Number of home-schooled children attending 'social' learning sessions rises]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deb Hadden runs drop-off sessions, where children can play and learn with each other.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/number-of-home-schooled-children-attending-social-learning-sessions-rises/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/number-of-home-schooled-children-attending-social-learning-sessions-rises/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How these schools are improving behaviour and attendance]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government says schools needing "intensive support" will receive "one-to-one sessions".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-these-schools-are-improving-behaviour-and-attendance/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-these-schools-are-improving-behaviour-and-attendance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['We are just parents, not a couple': How to reconnect after having kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[Relationships often change after children. Here are ways to help get your partnership back on track.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/we-are-just-parents-not-a-couple-how-to-reconnect-after-having-kids/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 03:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/we-are-just-parents-not-a-couple-how-to-reconnect-after-having-kids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['A hug, a quick kiss': How to reconnect after having children]]></title><description><![CDATA[Relationships often change after children. Here are ways to help get your partnership back on track.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/a-hug-a-quick-kiss-how-to-reconnect-after-having-children/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 03:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/a-hug-a-quick-kiss-how-to-reconnect-after-having-children/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government plans to train next generation of construction workers]]></title><description><![CDATA[13,000 apprenticeship and T Level opportunities created by government’s plan to transform school buildings.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-plans-to-train-next-generation-of-construction-workers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-plans-to-train-next-generation-of-construction-workers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[£5bn council SEND debts to be paid off by government]]></title><description><![CDATA[It comes days after the Local Government Association warned that eight in 10 English councils would face bankruptcy, if they had to honour deficits.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/5bn-council-send-debts-to-be-paid-off-by-government/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 23:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/5bn-council-send-debts-to-be-paid-off-by-government/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: RISE targeted intervention: interim process evaluation report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Interim findings of the process evaluation of the Regional Improvement for Standards in Education (RISE) targeted intervention.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-rise-targeted-intervention-interim-process-evaluation-report/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-rise-targeted-intervention-interim-process-evaluation-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intelligence agencies provide briefings on foreign interference]]></title><description><![CDATA[MI5 and cyber security services deliver rare briefings to Vice Chancellors and political parties to harden the UK’s resilience against foreign interference.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/intelligence-agencies-provide-briefings-on-foreign-interference/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/intelligence-agencies-provide-briefings-on-foreign-interference/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: RISE attendance and behaviour hubs programme: lead schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Schools that are taking part in the RISE attendance and behaviour hubs by region.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-rise-attendance-and-behaviour-hubs-programme-lead-schools/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-rise-attendance-and-behaviour-hubs-programme-lead-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Out-of-school settings: safeguarding guidance for providers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Safeguarding guidance, e-learning and resources for providers of after-school clubs, activities and tuition, and other out-of-school settings.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-out-of-school-settings-safeguarding-guidance-for-providers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-out-of-school-settings-safeguarding-guidance-for-providers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protecting UK higher education from foreign interference]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance for higher education providers to recognise, prevent and report foreign interference and protect people, research and academic freedom.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/protecting-uk-higher-education-from-foreign-interference/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/protecting-uk-higher-education-from-foreign-interference/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attack 'ended my teaching career': The toll of rising pupil violence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former head teacher Michelle Stone was attacked by a student at a Hampshire special school.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/attack-ended-my-teaching-career-the-toll-of-rising-pupil-violence/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 07:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/attack-ended-my-teaching-career-the-toll-of-rising-pupil-violence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[State school sees 62 pupils with Oxbridge offers]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than a quarter of students at The London Academy of Excellence are offered places at Oxford and Cambridge universities.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/state-school-sees-62-pupils-with-oxbridge-offers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 07:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/state-school-sees-62-pupils-with-oxbridge-offers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Universities told to report foreign interference on campus to MI5]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ministers say UK universities have become a "prime target for foreign states and hostile actors".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/universities-told-to-report-foreign-interference-on-campus-to-mi5/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 01:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/universities-told-to-report-foreign-interference-on-campus-to-mi5/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Music hubs evaluation: interim report]]></title><description><![CDATA[The findings from year 1 of the evaluation of music hubs.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-music-hubs-evaluation-interim-report/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-music-hubs-evaluation-interim-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Apprenticeship funding: legal agreement for training providers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Training provider agreement with the Department for Education (DfE) to pay training providers to carry out apprenticeship training.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-apprenticeship-funding-legal-agreement-for-training-providers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-apprenticeship-funding-legal-agreement-for-training-providers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Academies general annual grant allocation guides: 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance for academies, free schools, special schools and alternative provision academies on their general annual grant allocation statements for 2026 to 2027.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-academies-general-annual-grant-allocation-guides-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-academies-general-annual-grant-allocation-guides-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Increase school funding to meet need for special education, MPs urge]]></title><description><![CDATA[A cross-party group calls on the government to "align funding to need", as ministers consider SEND reforms.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/increase-school-funding-to-meet-need-for-special-education-mps-urge/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 01:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/increase-school-funding-to-meet-need-for-special-education-mps-urge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Number of homeless refugees in England soars, BBC finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Analysis of government data shows numbers increased from 3,560 in 2021/22 to 19,310 in 2024/25.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/number-of-homeless-refugees-in-england-soars-bbc-finds/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 01:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/number-of-homeless-refugees-in-england-soars-bbc-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is SEND and why are councils struggling to pay for it?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government is due to publish plans to reform the special educational needs system in early 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/what-is-send-and-why-are-councils-struggling-to-pay-for-it/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/what-is-send-and-why-are-councils-struggling-to-pay-for-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alton Towers to remove disability pass for people with ADHD and anxiety]]></title><description><![CDATA[Operator Merlin Entertainments said the pass was no longer working as intended because of increasing demand.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/alton-towers-to-remove-disability-pass-for-people-with-adhd-and-anxiety/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/alton-towers-to-remove-disability-pass-for-people-with-adhd-and-anxiety/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Secondary school performance data in England: 2024 to 2025 (revised)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The achievements of pupils at key stage 4 in England at school level and local authority area.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-secondary-school-performance-data-in-england-2024-to-2025-revised/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-secondary-school-performance-data-in-england-2024-to-2025-revised/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Key stage 4 performance 2025 (revised)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics on the achievements of young people at the end of key stage 4 in England, in the 2024 to 2025 academic year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-key-stage-4-performance-2025-revised/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-key-stage-4-performance-2025-revised/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents back 20mph speed limit plans near schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Surrey County Council puts forward proposals to reduce the speed limit near schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/parents-back-20mph-speed-limit-plans-near-schools/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 07:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/parents-back-20mph-speed-limit-plans-near-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fewer schools and 'cashless' meals in education reform plans]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Department of Education plans will be presented to MLAs for approval.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/fewer-schools-and-cashless-meals-in-education-reform-plans/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/fewer-schools-and-cashless-meals-in-education-reform-plans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pledge to get 10,000 vulnerable children into foster homes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thousands more children in the social care system in England will grow up in loving homes, under plans to create up to 10,000 new foster care places.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pledge-to-get-10000-vulnerable-children-into-foster-homes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pledge-to-get-10000-vulnerable-children-into-foster-homes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE update 4 February 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-4-february-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-4-february-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy paper: Renewing fostering: homes for 10,000 more children]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sets out the steps required to address the sharp decline in foster carers over the past decade and reform the foster care system.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-renewing-fostering-homes-for-10000-more-children/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-renewing-fostering-homes-for-10000-more-children/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy paper: Regional care cooperatives]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information on the development and rollout of regional care cooperatives (RCCs).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-regional-care-cooperatives/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-regional-care-cooperatives/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fostering reform: proposed changes to assessment and handling allegations of abuse]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seeking views on proposals to improve assessment and approval of foster carers, and improve support during allegations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/fostering-reform-proposed-changes-to-assessment-and-handling-allegations-of-abuse/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/fostering-reform-proposed-changes-to-assessment-and-handling-allegations-of-abuse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fostering for the future: seeking the views of children and young people]]></title><description><![CDATA[We’d like to hear from children and young people about their time in foster care.We'd like them to feedback on the ideas we have and share their ideas too.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/fostering-for-the-future-seeking-the-views-of-children-and-young-people/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/fostering-for-the-future-seeking-the-views-of-children-and-young-people/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fostering for the future: improving the foster care system]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seeking views on a range of issues in fostering, evidence of what works, best practice and innovative ideas.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/fostering-for-the-future-improving-the-foster-care-system/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/fostering-for-the-future-improving-the-foster-care-system/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School-based Nursery Capital Grant 2027 to 2030]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information for local authorities about the School-based Nursery Capital Grant 2027 to 2030.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-based-nursery-capital-grant-2027-to-2030/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-based-nursery-capital-grant-2027-to-2030/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Early years school-based nursery provision operating outside of the typical model]]></title><description><![CDATA[A look at different childcare operating models for school-based nurseries offering non-typical provision, how they are run and the guidance and support offered.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-early-years-school-based-nursery-provision-operating-outside-of-the-typical-model/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-early-years-school-based-nursery-provision-operating-outside-of-the-typical-model/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early years provision: onsite nursery on a Best Start Family Hub site]]></title><description><![CDATA[How a Best Start Family Hub integrates early-years education alongside other wider family support.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/early-years-provision-onsite-nursery-on-a-best-start-family-hub-site/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/early-years-provision-onsite-nursery-on-a-best-start-family-hub-site/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early years provision: new preschool class within an existing space]]></title><description><![CDATA[How the School-based Nursery Capital Grant funding helped a primary school to repurpose an existing space to create a new preschool class.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/early-years-provision-new-preschool-class-within-an-existing-space/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/early-years-provision-new-preschool-class-within-an-existing-space/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private school to close after 'misconduct' concerns raised]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Scottish Charity Regulator said Fernhill School in Rutherglen had not submitted accounts for years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/private-school-to-close-after-misconduct-concerns-raised/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 07:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/private-school-to-close-after-misconduct-concerns-raised/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ban on phones in schools backed by House of Lords]]></title><description><![CDATA[The move comes just weeks after peers supported legislation to ban under-16s in the UK from social media.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ban-on-phones-in-schools-backed-by-house-of-lords/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 04:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ban-on-phones-in-schools-backed-by-house-of-lords/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[University begins High Court challenge against £585k free speech fine]]></title><description><![CDATA[The University of Sussex says the watchdog overstepped its legal powers in imposing the fine last year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/university-begins-high-court-challenge-against-585k-free-speech-fine/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 19:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/university-begins-high-court-challenge-against-585k-free-speech-fine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Assessment component files: 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Assessment framework specification files for software suppliers developing management information systems (MIS).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-assessment-component-files-2026/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-assessment-component-files-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesy Nelson backs under-16 social media ban to protect daughters]]></title><description><![CDATA[The former Little Mix star reveals why she wanted to let cameras in to document her pregnancy journey.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/jesy-nelson-backs-under-16-social-media-ban-to-protect-daughters/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 06:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/jesy-nelson-backs-under-16-social-media-ban-to-protect-daughters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schools 'struggling' for pupils as birth rate falls]]></title><description><![CDATA[Birth rates have dropped from 2,000 a year to around 1,400 in the last decade, a council says.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-struggling-for-pupils-as-birth-rate-falls/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 17:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-struggling-for-pupils-as-birth-rate-falls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early years screen time and usage]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government has committed to publishing guidance on early years screen time in April 2026. We are seeking evidence to inform the guidance.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/early-years-screen-time-and-usage/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/early-years-screen-time-and-usage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belfast university cuts ties with George Mitchell over Epstein links]]></title><description><![CDATA[George Mitchell chaired the talks which led to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/belfast-university-cuts-ties-with-george-mitchell-over-epstein-links/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/belfast-university-cuts-ties-with-george-mitchell-over-epstein-links/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents prioritising primary schools with free breakfast clubs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over 300,000 children are set to benefit from Best Start free breakfast clubs in April, as the government prioritises support to tackle the cost of living.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/parents-prioritising-primary-schools-with-free-breakfast-clubs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/parents-prioritising-primary-schools-with-free-breakfast-clubs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['I have to use savings to afford to use university laundrette']]></title><description><![CDATA[A York Students' Union survey claims some have to choose between eating or doing their laundry.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-have-to-use-savings-to-afford-to-use-university-laundrette/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-have-to-use-savings-to-afford-to-use-university-laundrette/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Free breakfast clubs: schools on the programme]]></title><description><![CDATA[The list of schools who are currently accepted on to the free breakfast clubs programme.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-free-breakfast-clubs-schools-on-the-programme/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 23:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-free-breakfast-clubs-schools-on-the-programme/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Student loan system 'fair and reasonable', says Reeves]]></title><description><![CDATA[The chancellor's defence comes after Martin Lewis called her freeze on student loans "not a moral thing".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/student-loan-system-fair-and-reasonable-says-reeves/</link><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/student-loan-system-fair-and-reasonable-says-reeves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eton head apologises after former teacher jailed for sexual assault of pupil]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jacob Leland, who taught Russian, jailed for more than three years for sexually assaulting boy on school tripThe headteacher of Eton college has apologised and said he was &ldquo;appalled&rdquo; after a former teacher was jailed for sexually assaulting a pupil.Jacob Leland, 37, who taught Russian, was jailed on Friday for three years and three months for sexually assaulting one of his pupils at his flat and during a school trip in 2012. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/eton-head-apologises-after-former-teacher-jailed-for-sexual-assault-of-pupil/</link><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 13:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/eton-head-apologises-after-former-teacher-jailed-for-sexual-assault-of-pupil/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents want to ban smartphones in schools, but there's one reason they're worried]]></title><description><![CDATA[The House of Lords is soon due to debate whether to introduce a legal ban on smartphones in schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/parents-want-to-ban-smartphones-in-schools-but-theres-one-reason-theyre-worried/</link><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 03:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/parents-want-to-ban-smartphones-in-schools-but-theres-one-reason-theyre-worried/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven in 10 Africans are under 30 – invest in them and they will change the world | Monica Geingos]]></title><description><![CDATA[The countries that invest in youth now will be the ones that define global innovation in the coming yearsMonica Geingos is founder of Leadership Lab Yetu and former first lady of NamibiaFor the first time in our history, more than 70% of Africans are under the age of 30. This, along with entrenched inequalities, poverty, unemployment and socioeconomic fault lines, is reshaping how our societies interact with one another and the world.This is Africa&rsquo;s most consequential decade. Leaders who]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/seven-in-10-africans-are-under-30-invest-in-them-and-they-will-change-the-world-monica-geingos/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/seven-in-10-africans-are-under-30-invest-in-them-and-they-will-change-the-world-monica-geingos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: National behaviour survey reports: 2021 and 2022 academic years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Survey findings on behaviour in schools, including school behaviour culture and policies, pupil experience, frequency and impact of misbehaviour and response.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-national-behaviour-survey-reports-2021-and-2022-academic-years/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-national-behaviour-survey-reports-2021-and-2022-academic-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Universal SEND Services process and impact evaluation]]></title><description><![CDATA[An assessment of the effectiveness of Universal SEND Services – a programme of training and continuing professional development for school and college staff.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-universal-send-services-process-and-impact-evaluation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-universal-send-services-process-and-impact-evaluation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Step up to social work: surveys of the 2022 cohort]]></title><description><![CDATA[Findings from surveys of people who applied to and people who completed cohort 7 of the step up to social work programme.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-step-up-to-social-work-surveys-of-the-2022-cohort/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-step-up-to-social-work-surveys-of-the-2022-cohort/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: SEND and alternative provision change programme evaluation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Interim summary of findings from the evaluation of the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision (AP) change programme.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-send-and-alternative-provision-change-programme-evaluation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-send-and-alternative-provision-change-programme-evaluation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Family Routes: exploring the needs and experiences of young people]]></title><description><![CDATA[This report explores the needs, experiences and outcomes of young people (aged 12 to 25) growing up in adoptive and special guardianship families.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-family-routes-exploring-the-needs-and-experiences-of-young-people/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-family-routes-exploring-the-needs-and-experiences-of-young-people/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Early language support for every child: interim evaluation report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Interim findings from the evaluation of the Early Language Support for Every Child (ELSEC) programme.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-early-language-support-for-every-child-interim-evaluation-report/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-early-language-support-for-every-child-interim-evaluation-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep suspended pupils in school, ministers say]]></title><description><![CDATA[Changes to England's school system say on-site suspensions should be used for non-violent behaviour.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/keep-suspended-pupils-in-school-ministers-say/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/keep-suspended-pupils-in-school-ministers-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the Taliban continue their war on women and girls, it is clear that appeasement has failed | Gordon Brown]]></title><description><![CDATA[Major powers have renewed diplomatic links while others seek deals to deport migrants. And all the while gender repression is getting worseLast weekend, on the international day of education, UN agencies sounded the alarm on a situation that is far too neglected. It was just over four years ago that Afghanistan&rsquo;s Taliban government banned all girls from secondary education. Since then it has extended the ban to include higher education. In a situation that has been rightly condemned as &ld]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/as-the-taliban-continue-their-war-on-women-and-girls-it-is-clear-that-appeasement-has-failed-gordon-brown/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/as-the-taliban-continue-their-war-on-women-and-girls-it-is-clear-that-appeasement-has-failed-gordon-brown/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Number of term-time school holiday fines hits another record high]]></title><description><![CDATA[New government data shows that fines for term-time holidays have risen again in the last academic year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/number-of-term-time-school-holiday-fines-hits-another-record-high/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 11:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/number-of-term-time-school-holiday-fines-hits-another-record-high/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents claim mixed-messaging over mobile phones for kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ceredigion council said it was based on research linking excessive smartphone use to anxiety and depression.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/parents-claim-mixed-messaging-over-mobile-phones-for-kids/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 11:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/parents-claim-mixed-messaging-over-mobile-phones-for-kids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Evaluation of the behaviour hubs programme: final report]]></title><description><![CDATA[The final research report summarising findings for the behaviour hubs programme evaluation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-evaluation-of-the-behaviour-hubs-programme-final-report/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-evaluation-of-the-behaviour-hubs-programme-final-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: School funding statistics: 2025 to 2026 financial year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Official statistics on school funding in England.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-school-funding-statistics-2025-to-2026-financial-year/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-school-funding-statistics-2025-to-2026-financial-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Participation measures in higher education: 2023 to 2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[Participation measures in higher education (HE) up to the academic year 2023 to 2024.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-participation-measures-in-higher-education-2023-to-2024/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-participation-measures-in-higher-education-2023-to-2024/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Parental responsibility measures: 2024 to 2025 academic year]]></title><description><![CDATA[National and local authority data on penalty notices, cases entering fast-track case management, parenting orders and parenting contracts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-parental-responsibility-measures-2024-to-2025-academic-year/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-parental-responsibility-measures-2024-to-2025-academic-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Further education and skills: January 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Further education and skills summary data, including apprenticeships and detailed education and training, from August to October 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-further-education-and-skills-january-2026/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-further-education-and-skills-january-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Apprenticeships: January 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics on apprenticeships in England from August to October 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-apprenticeships-january-2026/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-apprenticeships-january-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School suspension in England only to be for pupils’ most serious misbehaviour]]></title><description><![CDATA[Policy intended to keep more children sanctioned for non-violent bad behaviour in school in &lsquo;internal exclusion&rsquo; unitsSuspending pupils from school will be reserved for the most serious cases of bad behaviour including violence, according to the latest government guidance to be issued to schools in England.The Department for Education (DfE) is to announce a consultation on behaviour policy to be included in the forthcoming schools white paper that is intended to keep more children sa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-suspension-in-england-only-to-be-for-pupils-most-serious-misbehaviour/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-suspension-in-england-only-to-be-for-pupils-most-serious-misbehaviour/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We’ve fought so hard’: family’s worry as England’s Send overhaul looms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Harvey, who is deafblind, struggled in mainstream nursery during wait for EHCP &ndash; and parents fear he could lose out againParents in England fear losing support for disabled children due to Send reformsHarvey Hind has just turned five. He can count to a thousand. He can recite the alphabet &ndash; forwards and backwards &ndash; and he loves Play-Doh and cars.The youngest of three children, Harvey is deafblind. He is severely sight impaired and uses bilateral cochlear implants as he is profo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/weve-fought-so-hard-familys-worry-as-englands-send-overhaul-looms/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/weve-fought-so-hard-familys-worry-as-englands-send-overhaul-looms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents in England fear losing support for disabled children due to Send reforms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Survey by disability charity finds 45% of parents of children with complex needs &lsquo;worried support will be taken away&rsquo;&lsquo;We&rsquo;ve fought so hard&rsquo;: family&rsquo;s worry as England&rsquo;s Send overhaul loomsParents of disabled children fear that the government&rsquo;s reforms to special needs education in England could mean they lose vital support, according to a new survey that highlights the high stakes facing ministers.The poll of 1,000 parents of children with multiple]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/parents-in-england-fear-losing-support-for-disabled-children-due-to-send-reforms/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/parents-in-england-fear-losing-support-for-disabled-children-due-to-send-reforms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Academy boss takes leave of absence amid strikes]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 800 school staff have been on strike across 20 schools in the West Midlands.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/academy-boss-takes-leave-of-absence-amid-strikes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/academy-boss-takes-leave-of-absence-amid-strikes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['No evidence of bias' at school that delayed MP visit]]></title><description><![CDATA[The school was inspected after concerns were raised over its decision to postpone an MP's visit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/no-evidence-of-bias-at-school-that-delayed-mp-visit/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/no-evidence-of-bias-at-school-that-delayed-mp-visit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mum says university 'failed' son who took his own life after grade error]]></title><description><![CDATA[Geography student Ethan Brown should have been awarded a 2:1 degree but was wrongly told he could not graduate.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/mum-says-university-failed-son-who-took-his-own-life-after-grade-error/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/mum-says-university-failed-son-who-took-his-own-life-after-grade-error/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ofsted finds no political bias at Bristol school criticised for cancelling MP’s visit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Snap inspection of Brunel academy took place after it withdrew invitation to pro-Israel Labour MP Damien EganA snap inspection of a Bristol secondary school criticised for postponing a visit by an MP who is a member of a group that advocates for Israel has found &ldquo;no evidence of partisan political views&rdquo;.Ofsted inspectors arrived at Bristol Brunel academy earlier this month after reports that its leaders had called off a visit by Damien Egan, the Labour MP for Bristol North East, afte]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ofsted-finds-no-political-bias-at-bristol-school-criticised-for-cancelling-mps-visit/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ofsted-finds-no-political-bias-at-bristol-school-criticised-for-cancelling-mps-visit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE update 28 January 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-28-january-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-28-january-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Filtering and monitoring - core standard]]></title><description><![CDATA[Provide a safe online environment for your school or college with appropriate filtering and monitoring systems.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/filtering-and-monitoring-core-standard/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/filtering-and-monitoring-core-standard/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teacher uses 40-year-old law to withdraw from teaching religion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Javed Love is understood to be the first teacher in Northern Ireland in at least a decade to take the action.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teacher-uses-40-year-old-law-to-withdraw-from-teaching-religion/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teacher-uses-40-year-old-law-to-withdraw-from-teaching-religion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wednesday briefing: ​Can we turn around the growing school readiness crisis?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In today&rsquo;s newsletter: Rising living costs, shrinking early years services and soaring screen use are reshaping what teachers encounter on the first day of school&#8203;, with consequences felt across the systemGood morning. Teaching four- and five-year-olds has always involved patience, care and flexibility. What many reception teachers say they did not sign up for was spending large chunks of the school day managing toileting, feeding and basic self-care because growing numbers of childr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/wednesday-briefing-can-we-turn-around-the-growing-school-readiness-crisis/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/wednesday-briefing-can-we-turn-around-the-growing-school-readiness-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government row breaks out over plan to cut spending for PE in England’s schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Proposed cuts by DHSC and DfE came despite concerns about inactivity among children contributing to obesityA row between government departments has broken out after the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) proposed cutting all its funding for physical education in schools.The DHSC is now intending to restore the funding despite insisting privately for weeks that it would end its contribution. Ministers are understood to have overruled the cuts, it emerged after the Guardian contacted the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-row-breaks-out-over-plan-to-cut-spending-for-pe-in-englands-schools/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-row-breaks-out-over-plan-to-cut-spending-for-pe-in-englands-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Contextual good level of development (GLD) score methodology]]></title><description><![CDATA[How we calculate the contextual GLD scores included in the ‘Compare your GLD data’ reports.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-contextual-good-level-of-development-gld-score-methodology/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-contextual-good-level-of-development-gld-score-methodology/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Investigation outcome report: Pathway First Limited]]></title><description><![CDATA[An investigation outcome report into Pathway First Limited.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-investigation-outcome-report-pathway-first-limited/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-investigation-outcome-report-pathway-first-limited/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[450,000 disadvantaged pupils could benefit from AI tutoring tools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Safe AI tutoring tools co-created with teachers to be available to schools by the end of 2027, helping to close the attainment gap.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/450000-disadvantaged-pupils-could-benefit-from-ai-tutoring-tools/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 23:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/450000-disadvantaged-pupils-could-benefit-from-ai-tutoring-tools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Post-16 revenue funding: payments and allocations]]></title><description><![CDATA[How and when we usually make payments and allocations for Department of Education (DfE) funded post-16 education and skills funding.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-post-16-revenue-funding-payments-and-allocations/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-post-16-revenue-funding-payments-and-allocations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Estimating your academy funding allocation]]></title><description><![CDATA[A guide for schools opening as academies to estimate their revenue funding.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-estimating-your-academy-funding-allocation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-estimating-your-academy-funding-allocation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make sure pupils don't ever use phones at school, Phillipson tells teachers]]></title><description><![CDATA[The education secretary says phones should not been seen during lessons, breaktimes or lunchtime.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/make-sure-pupils-dont-ever-use-phones-at-school-phillipson-tells-teachers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/make-sure-pupils-dont-ever-use-phones-at-school-phillipson-tells-teachers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School to hold Ramadan awareness event for staff]]></title><description><![CDATA[It aims to help staff better support pupils who observe the Islamic holy month of fasting.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-to-hold-ramadan-awareness-event-for-staff/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 07:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-to-hold-ramadan-awareness-event-for-staff/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman who fled Ukraine marks 'special' graduation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sofia Demkiv says she is "truly proud" of her achievement after what she has been through.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/woman-who-fled-ukraine-marks-special-graduation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 07:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/woman-who-fled-ukraine-marks-special-graduation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First students graduate from unique kidney course]]></title><description><![CDATA[The course is the only one of its kind and it is designed to provide specialised kidney care.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/first-students-graduate-from-unique-kidney-course/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 11:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/first-students-graduate-from-unique-kidney-course/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should smartphones be locked away at gigs and in schools?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some artists already ban phones at their gigs while some headteachers say locking them away helps children learn.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/should-smartphones-be-locked-away-at-gigs-and-in-schools/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 03:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/should-smartphones-be-locked-away-at-gigs-and-in-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secretary of State's speech to the National Society Conference]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Secretary of State for Education, Bridget Phillipson, addressed Church of England school leaders at the National Society Annual Conference 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/secretary-of-states-speech-to-the-national-society-conference/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/secretary-of-states-speech-to-the-national-society-conference/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents criticise trust at heart of school strike]]></title><description><![CDATA[Parents are concerned about where the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership Is spending its money.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/parents-criticise-trust-at-heart-of-school-strike/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/parents-criticise-trust-at-heart-of-school-strike/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private school to close after 106 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[The school in the Cotswolds will close this summer due to falling pupil numbers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/private-school-to-close-after-106-years/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/private-school-to-close-after-106-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘There are kids not going to school’: fear of ICE is keeping children from classes in Connecticut]]></title><description><![CDATA[In New Haven, where one in six residents is foreign born, children&rsquo;s education suffers as they are afraid to step out&ldquo;They took her, they took her, they took her.&rdquo;Those were some of the words Cora Mu&ntilde;oz, the Wilbur Cross high school assistant principal, could discern while on the phone with the guardian of one of her students. As the caller sobbed and struggled to speak, Mu&ntilde;oz realized that immigration enforcement agents had detained a kid from Wilbur Cross, the h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/there-are-kids-not-going-to-school-fear-of-ice-is-keeping-children-from-classes-in-connecticut/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/there-are-kids-not-going-to-school-fear-of-ice-is-keeping-children-from-classes-in-connecticut/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Data collection maintenance schedule]]></title><description><![CDATA[Details of individualised learner record (ILR) data collection periods, proposed essential maintenance windows and planned learning aims reference data updates.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-data-collection-maintenance-schedule/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-data-collection-maintenance-schedule/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Student loans: ‘My debt rose £20,000 to £77,000 even though I’m paying’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Millions of graduates are trapped by ballooning debts, as their repayments are dwarfed by the interest addedHelen Lambert borrowed &pound;57,000 to go to university and began repaying her student loan in 2021 after starting work as an NHS nurse.Since then she has repaid more than &pound;5,000, typically having about &pound;145 a month taken from her pay packet. But everything she hands over is dwarfed by the &pound;400-plus of interest that is added to her debt every month, thanks to rates that]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/student-loans-my-debt-rose-20000-to-77000-even-though-im-paying/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/student-loans-my-debt-rose-20000-to-77000-even-though-im-paying/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guardian view on toddlers and screens: more reasons to be fearful of big tech | Editorial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Growing concerns about the impact of smartphones on the youngest children must be addressedThe first UK government guidance on young children&rsquo;s use of tablets, smartphones and other screens, expected in April, cannot come soon enough. The laissez-faire approach to the boom in social media, handheld devices and other digital technology was arguably nowhere less suitable than when such machines were placed in front of babies. The Department for Education&rsquo;s ongoing Children of the 2020s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-guardian-view-on-toddlers-and-screens-more-reasons-to-be-fearful-of-big-tech-editorial/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 19:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-guardian-view-on-toddlers-and-screens-more-reasons-to-be-fearful-of-big-tech-editorial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Access teaching support for school subjects]]></title><description><![CDATA[How school teachers and leaders can get support to improve a specific subject or area of teaching.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-access-teaching-support-for-school-subjects/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-access-teaching-support-for-school-subjects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I went back to school for a day – and discovered some very unsettling facts about learning | Adrian Chiles]]></title><description><![CDATA[I thought my articles and radio shows made an impact on people. A notice in the staffroom suggested otherwiseI recently spent a day at a secondary school in Birmingham. I agreed to do it because I like being in Birmingham and I like going to schools, and also because the teacher asked nicely. It was only the day before that I read the invitation properly and saw, to my horror, that I was leading what they call a Deep Learning Day. What could they learn from me? Moreover, what could they learn de]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-went-back-to-school-for-a-day-and-discovered-some-very-unsettling-facts-about-learning-adrian-chiles/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-went-back-to-school-for-a-day-and-discovered-some-very-unsettling-facts-about-learning-adrian-chiles/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How screen time affects toddlers: ‘We’re losing a big part of being human’]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the UK, 98% of two-year-olds watch screens on a typical day, on average for more than two hours &ndash; and almost 40% of three- to five-year-olds use social media. Could this lead to alarming outcomes?At Stoke primary school in Coventry, there are many four-year-olds among those starting in reception class who can&rsquo;t sit still, hold a pencil or speak more than a four-word sentence. Lucy Fox, the assistant headteacher and head of foundations, is in no doubt what is causing this: their ea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-screen-time-affects-toddlers-were-losing-a-big-part-of-being-human/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-screen-time-affects-toddlers-were-losing-a-big-part-of-being-human/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s about making reading as natural as breathing’: Malorie Blackman backs the National Year of Reading]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Noughts &amp; Crosses author is among the starry ambassadors for the campaign &ndash; one of the initiatives aimed at addressing the reading crisisLast night, the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, announced a &pound;27.5m package for libraries. It&rsquo;s the latest in a string of reading-focused government initiatives, the flagship being the education department&rsquo;s National Year of Reading 2026, which kicked off last week with an event at the Emirates Stadium in London.The Year of Reading]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/its-about-making-reading-as-natural-as-breathing-malorie-blackman-backs-the-national-year-of-reading/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/its-about-making-reading-as-natural-as-breathing-malorie-blackman-backs-the-national-year-of-reading/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One in four children in England start school without being toilet trained, say teachers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Survey finds rising numbers of reception pupils struggling with basic life skills such as eating independentlyAbout one in four children who started reception in 2025 were not toilet trained, a survey of teachers has found, prompting warnings that growing numbers of pupils are struggling with basic life skills.In an annual survey of primary school staff in England by the early years charity Kindred Squared, teachers estimated that 26% of the children in their reception class were having frequent]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/one-in-four-children-in-england-start-school-without-being-toilet-trained-say-teachers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/one-in-four-children-in-england-start-school-without-being-toilet-trained-say-teachers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a hostage negotiator for 10 years - this is what it taught me about parenting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nicky Perfect shares three practical tricks she learnt which will help you handle daily parenting battles.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-was-a-hostage-negotiator-for-10-years-this-is-what-it-taught-me-about-parenting/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 01:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-was-a-hostage-negotiator-for-10-years-this-is-what-it-taught-me-about-parenting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK Government Ministers to meet with Northern Ireland schools ahead of East-West Council]]></title><description><![CDATA[UK Government Ministers are engaging with Northern Ireland schools to highlight the importance of East-West relations in the lead up to today’s (January 22) East-West Council in Belfast.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uk-government-ministers-to-meet-with-northern-ireland-schools-ahead-of-east-west-council/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uk-government-ministers-to-meet-with-northern-ireland-schools-ahead-of-east-west-council/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers' strike extended by nine days]]></title><description><![CDATA[Staff at 20 West Midlands schools are currently on the picket lines in a dispute over job cut plans.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teachers-strike-extended-by-nine-days/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teachers-strike-extended-by-nine-days/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schools to reopen after odour cleared]]></title><description><![CDATA[City of Wolverhampton Council says work was done on the school's heating and air handling systems.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-to-reopen-after-odour-cleared/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-to-reopen-after-odour-cleared/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: RISE programme: lists of advisers and targeted schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Schools currently receiving targeted intervention through the regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE) programme and the list of RISE advisers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-rise-programme-lists-of-advisers-and-targeted-schools/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-rise-programme-lists-of-advisers-and-targeted-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE update 21 January 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-21-january-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-21-january-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: National non-domestic rates: guidance for billing authorities]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance to support billing authorities with the national non-domestic rates (NNDR) claims payment process.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-national-non-domestic-rates-guidance-for-billing-authorities/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-national-non-domestic-rates-guidance-for-billing-authorities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education Secretary speech at Bett UK Conference]]></title><description><![CDATA[In her speech, the Education Secretary, announced £23 million investment to expand the government's EdTech Testbeds pilot programme.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/education-secretary-speech-at-bett-uk-conference/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/education-secretary-speech-at-bett-uk-conference/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cutting-edge drone degree to train military forces of the future unveiled]]></title><description><![CDATA[Young engineers to master battlefield-proven technology at Hereford university from September 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/cutting-edge-drone-degree-to-train-military-forces-of-the-future-unveiled/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 07:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/cutting-edge-drone-degree-to-train-military-forces-of-the-future-unveiled/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Crunch time’ on rising costs of Send provision in England, says thinktank]]></title><description><![CDATA[IFS says system failing to deliver for those who need it and ministers face stark choices with white paper imminentThe government is facing &ldquo;crunch time&rdquo; over the rising costs and failures of special needs education for children in England, according to a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.The IFS said government spending on educating children with special needs would double between 2015 and 2028, &ldquo;squeezing funding&rdquo; for mainstream schools as a result. Continue re]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/crunch-time-on-rising-costs-of-send-provision-in-england-says-thinktank/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/crunch-time-on-rising-costs-of-send-provision-in-england-says-thinktank/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teacher banned for inflating pupils' grades]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sunjit Kang who was head of ICT at Stockton's Grangefield Academy, is banned from teaching.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teacher-banned-for-inflating-pupils-grades/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teacher-banned-for-inflating-pupils-grades/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SEND overspend could hit £136m - councillor]]></title><description><![CDATA[This predicted figure includes the &pound;70m deficit from the 2025-26 budget period.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/send-overspend-could-hit-136m-councillor/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/send-overspend-could-hit-136m-councillor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK consulting on bringing in social media ban for under 16s]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government said it expected schools to be "phone-free by default" as a result of the announcement.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uk-consulting-on-bringing-in-social-media-ban-for-under-16s/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uk-consulting-on-bringing-in-social-media-ban-for-under-16s/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Just not monetizable’: humanities programs face existential crisis at US universities]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fears over the future of humanities spread amid layoffs and restructurings at scores of public and private universitiesLast month, students at Montclair State University in New Jersey held a mock funeral outside the university&rsquo;s college of humanities and social sciences building. Carrying bouquets of flowers, they stood by a tombstone inscribed with the names of the school&rsquo;s 15 departments, including English, history and sociology.&ldquo;We are gathered here today, in front of the hu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/just-not-monetizable-humanities-programs-face-existential-crisis-at-us-universities/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/just-not-monetizable-humanities-programs-face-existential-crisis-at-us-universities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Turing Scheme: international placements, 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance on funding for international study and work placements through the Turing Scheme, for schools, further education and higher education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-turing-scheme-international-placements-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-turing-scheme-international-placements-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strategy to boost UK education abroad in major £40bn growth drive]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bold new strategy will grow education exports to £40bn a year by 2030, supporting UK jobs and investment.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/strategy-to-boost-uk-education-abroad-in-major-40bn-growth-drive/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/strategy-to-boost-uk-education-abroad-in-major-40bn-growth-drive/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy paper: The UK's International Education Strategy 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Strategy setting out the government’s plans for UK international education and how it will support the sector access global opportunities.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-the-uks-international-education-strategy-2026/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-the-uks-international-education-strategy-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government to drive action to improve children’s relationship with mobile phones and social media]]></title><description><![CDATA[Government launches consultation on children's social media use and bans phones in schools to protect young people's wellbeing and ensure safer online experiences.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-to-drive-action-to-improve-childrens-relationship-with-mobile-phones-and-social-media/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 23:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-to-drive-action-to-improve-childrens-relationship-with-mobile-phones-and-social-media/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robert Jenrick boasts that Reform is for the workers, but it’s a class war trap – and Labour shouldn’t fall for it | Polly Toynbee]]></title><description><![CDATA[Though Labour&rsquo;s voters are more likely to be the educated middle-classes, its focus must be fighting inequality. We know Farage&rsquo;s party will only enrich the wealthyClass politics is back, as if it ever went away. Robert Jenrick declares that Tories are toffs and &ldquo;the divide in British politics has become Reform&rsquo;s workers party versus the Tory posh party&rdquo;. He says the Tories are so &ldquo;out of touch&rdquo; they are no longer &ldquo;the party of working people, of p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/robert-jenrick-boasts-that-reform-is-for-the-workers-but-its-a-class-war-trap-and-labour-shouldnt-fall-for-it-polly-toynbee/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 18:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/robert-jenrick-boasts-that-reform-is-for-the-workers-but-its-a-class-war-trap-and-labour-shouldnt-fall-for-it-polly-toynbee/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At nine, I disappeared into home schooling. No one came looking]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mom insisted I needed a &lsquo;free-form education&rsquo; outside public school. After four years of loneliness, I gave up hope that someone would get me out&ldquo;Every mother in the world wishes her kid wouldn&rsquo;t grow up so fast.&rdquo;Mom laughs as she holds me close. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/at-nine-i-disappeared-into-home-schooling-no-one-came-looking/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/at-nine-i-disappeared-into-home-schooling-no-one-came-looking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education Secretary speech at Global AI Safety Summit]]></title><description><![CDATA[In her speech, the Education Secretary, announced stronger safety measures to be introduced around AI in education.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/education-secretary-speech-at-global-ai-safety-summit/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/education-secretary-speech-at-global-ai-safety-summit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Generative AI: product safety standards]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance on the safety standards for generative AI products and systems developed for use in educational settings.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-generative-ai-product-safety-standards/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-generative-ai-product-safety-standards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers on supply list for years or leaving country due to job shortages]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scottish government figures shows that most newly qualified teachers in Scotland are no longer getting permanent jobs, especially in primary schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teachers-on-supply-list-for-years-or-leaving-country-due-to-job-shortages/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teachers-on-supply-list-for-years-or-leaving-country-due-to-job-shortages/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: FE funding: initial teacher education bursary, 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[How further education (FE) providers can apply for and manage bursary funding for the 2026 to 2027 academic year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-fe-funding-initial-teacher-education-bursary-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-fe-funding-initial-teacher-education-bursary-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education Secretary speech at UK AI for Education Summit]]></title><description><![CDATA[In her speech, the Education Secretary, announced stronger safety measures to be introduced around AI in education.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/education-secretary-speech-at-uk-ai-for-education-summit/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/education-secretary-speech-at-uk-ai-for-education-summit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I left my toxic mums' group because I'd had enough of being judged]]></title><description><![CDATA[Women describe experiences dealing with ostracisation and toxic behaviour from other mothers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-left-my-toxic-mums-group-because-id-had-enough-of-being-judged/</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 01:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-left-my-toxic-mums-group-because-id-had-enough-of-being-judged/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concerns over future of free books for babies scheme in Wales]]></title><description><![CDATA[Parents say the scheme helps them bond with their babies and establish early literacy skills.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/concerns-over-future-of-free-books-for-babies-scheme-in-wales/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/concerns-over-future-of-free-books-for-babies-scheme-in-wales/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Special educational needs person level survey: report specifications]]></title><description><![CDATA[The specifications of SEN2 reports that local authorities can run in COLLECT.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-special-educational-needs-person-level-survey-report-specifications/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 16:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-special-educational-needs-person-level-survey-report-specifications/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Choosing a trust’s financial management system (FMS)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Compare FMS providers so your academy trust can choose a system that will enable you to automate your financial returns to the Department for Education.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-choosing-a-trusts-financial-management-system-fms/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-choosing-a-trusts-financial-management-system-fms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds of children placed at risk in unregistered homes for months, MPs warn]]></title><description><![CDATA[A government report says 800 children were placed in illegal settings for an average of six months last year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/hundreds-of-children-placed-at-risk-in-unregistered-homes-for-months-mps-warn/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/hundreds-of-children-placed-at-risk-in-unregistered-homes-for-months-mps-warn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[£200 million landmark SEND teacher training programme]]></title><description><![CDATA[New requirement that every teacher receives training to support pupils, as government makes good on promise to deliver reforms families are crying out for.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/200-million-landmark-send-teacher-training-programme/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/200-million-landmark-send-teacher-training-programme/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Use film-style age ratings to limit teens' social media, say Lib Dems]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Conservatives want to see ban of all under-16s from social media, but the Lib Dems say that would be a "blunt instrument".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/use-film-style-age-ratings-to-limit-teens-social-media-say-lib-dems/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/use-film-style-age-ratings-to-limit-teens-social-media-say-lib-dems/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't give up, I let go. How I came to terms with not having children]]></title><description><![CDATA[After a decade of trying for a baby, Caroline and her husband decided they needed to build a different future.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-didnt-give-up-i-let-go-how-i-came-to-terms-with-not-having-children/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 02:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-didnt-give-up-i-let-go-how-i-came-to-terms-with-not-having-children/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK and Ukraine strengthen ties under landmark partnership as £20m accelerated to support energy infrastructure]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UK and Ukraine mark the first anniversary of  the historic  100 Year Partnership with new initiatives driving security and prosperity in both countries. ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uk-and-ukrainestrengthen-ties-underlandmarkpartnershipas-20m-accelerated-to-support-energy-infrastructure/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 01:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uk-and-ukrainestrengthen-ties-underlandmarkpartnershipas-20m-accelerated-to-support-energy-infrastructure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK and Ukraine strengthen ties under landmark partnership as £20 million accelerated to support energy infrastructure]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UK and Ukraine mark the first anniversary of  the historic  100 Year Partnership with new initiatives driving security and prosperity in both countries. ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uk-and-ukrainestrengthen-ties-underlandmarkpartnershipas-20-million-accelerated-to-support-energy-infrastructure/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uk-and-ukrainestrengthen-ties-underlandmarkpartnershipas-20-million-accelerated-to-support-energy-infrastructure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ofsted inspects school over MP visit postponement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ofsted is concerned a school "may have been intimidated into cancelling a visit" from a Bristol MP.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ofsted-inspects-school-over-mp-visit-postponement/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ofsted-inspects-school-over-mp-visit-postponement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do student loans work and when are they written off?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Increased tuition fees in England and Wales mean that students are likely to graduate with more debt.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-do-student-loans-work-and-when-are-they-written-off/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-do-student-loans-work-and-when-are-they-written-off/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much does a university degree cost and is it worth it?]]></title><description><![CDATA[With rising tuition fees and living costs, do higher graduate earnings cover the cost of a degree?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-much-does-a-university-degree-cost-and-is-it-worth-it/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-much-does-a-university-degree-cost-and-is-it-worth-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Elective home education: autumn term 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information on the number and characteristics of children in elective home education (EHE) in England.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-elective-home-education-autumn-term-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-elective-home-education-autumn-term-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Children missing education: autumn term 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information on the number and characteristics of children missing education (CME) in England.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-children-missing-education-autumn-term-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-children-missing-education-autumn-term-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Notice to improve:  Goldington Green Academy]]></title><description><![CDATA[A notice to improve issued to Goldington Green Academy by the Department for Education.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-notice-to-improve-goldington-green-academy/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-notice-to-improve-goldington-green-academy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE update 14 January 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-14-january-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-14-january-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: RISE support for improving attainment in schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[How schools can improve attainment using regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE) resources.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-rise-support-for-improving-attainment-in-schools/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-rise-support-for-improving-attainment-in-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[University application deadline is today: How much does a degree cost?]]></title><description><![CDATA[With rising tuition fees and living costs, do higher graduate earnings cover the cost of a degree?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/university-application-deadline-is-today-how-much-does-a-degree-cost/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 01:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/university-application-deadline-is-today-how-much-does-a-degree-cost/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Premier League and literary greats back National Year of Reading]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Education Secretary and the National Literacy Trust launch the National Year of Reading, urging all ages to rediscover reading for pleasure.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/premier-league-and-literary-greats-back-national-year-of-reading/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/premier-league-and-literary-greats-back-national-year-of-reading/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MP's school visit cancelled over pro-Palestinian protests]]></title><description><![CDATA[Damien Egan, Labour MP for Bristol North East and vice chair of Labour Friends of Israel, cancelled the appearance.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/mps-school-visit-cancelled-over-pro-palestinian-protests/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/mps-school-visit-cancelled-over-pro-palestinian-protests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prepare your education estate for the PSTN and ISDN switch-off]]></title><description><![CDATA[Audit your estate to help you replace copper-based internet services before PSTN and ISDN are switched off in 2027.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/prepare-your-education-estate-for-the-pstn-and-isdn-switch-off/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/prepare-your-education-estate-for-the-pstn-and-isdn-switch-off/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Childminders 'under threat' from tax changes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Home childcare businesses have been able to claim a 10% allowance for "wear and tear".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/childminders-under-threat-from-tax-changes/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 06:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/childminders-under-threat-from-tax-changes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Safe spaces needed for drug-addicted children, say grieving mums]]></title><description><![CDATA[More children in England are in drug and alcohol treatment, but families say many cannot get help.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/safe-spaces-needed-for-drug-addicted-children-say-grieving-mums/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 02:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/safe-spaces-needed-for-drug-addicted-children-say-grieving-mums/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jewish MP’s visit to school cancelled after opposition from pro-Palestine group]]></title><description><![CDATA[Damien Egan, the Labour MP for Bristol North East, had a visit with a local academy called off &lsquo;in case his presence inflames the teachers&rsquo;A planned visit by a Jewish Labour MP to a school in his Bristol constituency was cancelled after a campaign by a pro-Palestine group, it has emerged.Damien Egan, the Labour MP for Bristol North East, had been booked to speak to students at Bristol Brunel academy, but the visit was called off by the school hours before it was due to happen. Contin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/jewish-mps-visit-to-school-cancelled-after-opposition-from-pro-palestine-group/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/jewish-mps-visit-to-school-cancelled-after-opposition-from-pro-palestine-group/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['My daughter helped shape new autistic Barbie doll']]></title><description><![CDATA[An autism advocacy group describes the new toy as a "milestone" in representation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/my-daughter-helped-shape-new-autistic-barbie-doll/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/my-daughter-helped-shape-new-autistic-barbie-doll/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I loved my teaching job. But as a trans man in Texas, quitting was the only way to get my dignity back]]></title><description><![CDATA[After the state&rsquo;s bathroom ban went into effect in December amid a slew of new anti-trans policies, I couldn&rsquo;t keep trying to hide my identity at workUntil recently, I was a music teacher in north Texas. I also happen to be trans. I have never, ever told a student about my identity. At work, I was &ldquo;stealth&rdquo; &ndash; a term that means that I passed as a cisgender man. Only my administrators knew I was trans, because I was not yet taking gender-affirming hormones when I star]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-loved-my-teaching-job-but-as-a-trans-man-in-texas-quitting-was-the-only-way-to-get-my-dignity-back/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-loved-my-teaching-job-but-as-a-trans-man-in-texas-quitting-was-the-only-way-to-get-my-dignity-back/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents of under-fives to be offered screen time guidance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Children who spend the most time on devices or in front of screens find conversation and learning harder, the government says.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/parents-of-under-fives-to-be-offered-screen-time-guidance/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/parents-of-under-fives-to-be-offered-screen-time-guidance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Investigation outcome report: Park Education and Training Centre]]></title><description><![CDATA[An investigation outcome report into Park Education and Training Centre.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-investigation-outcome-report-park-education-and-training-centre/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-investigation-outcome-report-park-education-and-training-centre/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New campaign urges Starmer not to diminish legal rights of Send children]]></title><description><![CDATA[Backed by actor Sally Phillips and MPs across parties, group raises concerns about overhaul of provision in EnglandKeir Starmer is being urged not to diminish the legal rights of children with special educational needs by a new national campaign backed by the actor Sally Phillips and a cross-party group of Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative MPs.The group Save Our Children&rsquo;s Rights claims the prime minister is &ldquo;considering taking our legal rights away&rdquo; as part of the gove]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-campaign-urges-starmer-not-to-diminish-legal-rights-of-send-children/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-campaign-urges-starmer-not-to-diminish-legal-rights-of-send-children/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teacher said pupil had 'sexiest body', panel finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ian Shilling worked at Newlands Girls' School in Maidenhead for eight years until 2020.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teacher-said-pupil-had-sexiest-body-panel-finds/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 07:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teacher-said-pupil-had-sexiest-body-panel-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excessive screen time limits vocabulary of toddlers, experts warn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Children aged two with highest screen use can say significantly fewer words, UK government research findsExcessive screen time is damaging toddlers&rsquo; ability to speak, the UK government has warned as it prepares to issue advice to parents for the first time on how to manage screen use in under-fives.Research has found that children aged two with the highest screen use &ndash; about five hours a day &ndash; could say significantly fewer words than those with screen use of about 44 minutes a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/excessive-screen-time-limits-vocabulary-of-toddlers-experts-warn/</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 13:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/excessive-screen-time-limits-vocabulary-of-toddlers-experts-warn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Children of the 2020s: second survey of families at age 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Summary of key findings from the Children of the 2020s (COT20s) study on the home learning environment at age 2, including screen time and digital media use.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-children-of-the-2020s-second-survey-of-families-at-age-2/</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-children-of-the-2020s-second-survey-of-families-at-age-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Businesses pledge 1,000 T-Level work placements]]></title><description><![CDATA[The combined authority has pledged to work with colleges and firms to make more placements available.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/businesses-pledge-1000-t-level-work-placements/</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 08:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/businesses-pledge-1000-t-level-work-placements/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My three-hour university commute is worth the £7,000 saving on halls]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over a third of students choose not to live at university, latest figures suggest - but is it worth it?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/my-three-hour-university-commute-is-worth-the-7000-saving-on-halls/</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 03:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/my-three-hour-university-commute-is-worth-the-7000-saving-on-halls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ban social media for under-16s, top teaching union urges UK government]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASUWT says evidence growing that unregulated access affects behaviour in school and harms mental healthUK politics live &ndash; latest updatesOne of the UK&rsquo;s biggest teaching unions has called on the government to ban social media for under-16s over concerns about mental health and concentration.The Teachers&rsquo; Union (NASUWT) wants legislation to be tightened so big tech firms would face penalties for allowing children to access their platforms. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ban-social-media-for-under-16s-top-teaching-union-urges-uk-government/</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ban-social-media-for-under-16s-top-teaching-union-urges-uk-government/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, private schools aren’t victims of ‘reverse discrimination’ – and Cambridge should know better | Lee Elliot Major]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trinity Hall&rsquo;s plan to target elite schools sends the message that privilege equals talent, when the reality is that poorer students are already on the back footA Cambridge college&rsquo;s plan to target students from some of the country&rsquo;s most elite private schools has struck a nerve. As reported by the Guardian, Trinity Hall justified the move by claiming that a focus only on &ldquo;greater fairness in admissions&rdquo; could &ldquo;unintentionally result in reverse discrimination&]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/no-private-schools-arent-victims-of-reverse-discrimination-and-cambridge-should-know-better-lee-elliot-major/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/no-private-schools-arent-victims-of-reverse-discrimination-and-cambridge-should-know-better-lee-elliot-major/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Notice to improve: Dorrington Academy Trust]]></title><description><![CDATA[A notice to improve issued to Dorrington Academy Trust.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-notice-to-improve-dorrington-academy-trust/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-notice-to-improve-dorrington-academy-trust/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charity watchdog opens inquiry into City &amp; Guilds&rsquo; sale of business arm]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bosses at body that trained chef Jamie Oliver were awarded million-pound bonuses after sale to private firmBusiness live &ndash; latest updatesThe Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into City &amp; Guilds&rsquo; sale of its qualification awards business to a private company last year.The announcement has been made after the Guardian revealed last month how City &amp; Guilds bosses were handed million-pound bonuses after the charity privatised its business arm. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/charity-watchdog-opens-inquiry-into-city-amp-guildsrsquo-sale-of-business-arm/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/charity-watchdog-opens-inquiry-into-city-amp-guildsrsquo-sale-of-business-arm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sexual comments sees teacher banned from profession]]></title><description><![CDATA[A panel found Steven Battye breached professional standards at two secondary schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/sexual-comments-sees-teacher-banned-from-profession/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 06:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/sexual-comments-sees-teacher-banned-from-profession/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pupils left shivering during exams as PFI contract ends with school repairs unfinished]]></title><description><![CDATA[A BBC investigation finds building issues across city schools after a firm contracted to carry out repairs went into liquidation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pupils-left-shivering-during-exams-as-pfi-contract-ends-with-school-repairs-unfinished/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pupils-left-shivering-during-exams-as-pfi-contract-ends-with-school-repairs-unfinished/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cambridge college urged to drop ‘immoral’ private school recruitment drive]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alastair Campbell joins graduates and social mobility charities in criticism of Trinity Hall&rsquo;s new policyTrinity Hall graduates and leading social mobility charities have called on the University of Cambridge college to scrap its controversial efforts to actively recruit students from elite private schools, describing the new policy as damaging, offensive and a step backwards for equality.After the Guardian revealed that Trinity Hall was to target a small group of wealthy private schools &]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/cambridge-college-urged-to-drop-immoral-private-school-recruitment-drive/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/cambridge-college-urged-to-drop-immoral-private-school-recruitment-drive/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scottish students could pay towards tuition, says uni principal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prof Sir Peter Mathieson said that Scotland could adopt a "graduate repayment scheme" based upon salary.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/scottish-students-could-pay-towards-tuition-says-uni-principal/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 20:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/scottish-students-could-pay-towards-tuition-says-uni-principal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government to introduce academy trust inspections]]></title><description><![CDATA[New academy trust inspections to boost transparency for parents and strengthen outcomes for children]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-to-introduce-academy-trust-inspections/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-to-introduce-academy-trust-inspections/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study in the European Union]]></title><description><![CDATA[What you need to do if you're planning to start higher education in the EU.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/study-in-the-european-union/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 10:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/study-in-the-european-union/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GCSE results will be available online this summer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Year 11 students will have a digital record of their results on an app for future use.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/gcse-results-will-be-available-online-this-summer/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 03:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/gcse-results-will-be-available-online-this-summer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government modernises exam records with new app]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every year 11 student in England to be able to see their GCSE exam results on a new app from summer 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-modernises-exam-records-with-new-app/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-modernises-exam-records-with-new-app/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cambridge college to target elite private schools for student recruitment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exclusive: Trinity Hall&rsquo;s new policy described as a &lsquo;slap in the face&rsquo; for state-educated students A Cambridge college is to target the recruitment of students from elite private schools, interrupting decades of efforts to boost access for state-educated and disadvantaged pupils, the Guardian has learned.Fellows at Trinity Hall college last month approved a policy to approach a small group of private schools, including St Paul&rsquo;s Girls, Eton and Winchester, to improve the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/cambridge-college-to-target-elite-private-schools-for-student-recruitment/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 19:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/cambridge-college-to-target-elite-private-schools-for-student-recruitment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘For a moment, only that story matters’: my plan to reignite the all-consuming love of books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reading for pleasure rates are shockingly low in young people. So we should all get behind a new drive to turn them into avid readers. Why not start with books about art?A girl on the cusp of adolescence gazes down at a book. Her left hand rests against her flushed pink cheeks, while her right clutches the pages, ready to turn to find out what happens next. She has porcelain-like skin and golden hair seemingly full of air, executed in textures that contrast with the scratchy, loose marks that ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/for-a-moment-only-that-story-matters-my-plan-to-reignite-the-all-consuming-love-of-books/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/for-a-moment-only-that-story-matters-my-plan-to-reignite-the-all-consuming-love-of-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: College and local authority accountability statements]]></title><description><![CDATA[College and local authority annual accountability statements and local needs duty information for 2026 to 2027.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-college-and-local-authority-accountability-statements/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-college-and-local-authority-accountability-statements/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schools want help in 'lonely battle' against vapes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Schools say they are spending thousands on vape detectors as pupils struggle with addiction.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-want-help-in-lonely-battle-against-vapes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-want-help-in-lonely-battle-against-vapes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE update 7 January 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-7-january-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-7-january-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reception quality webinar series: autumn 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Series of webinars on RISE reception quality in schools led by senior education sector experts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/reception-quality-webinar-series-autumn-2025/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 09:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/reception-quality-webinar-series-autumn-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Record number of London pupils need Send support]]></title><description><![CDATA[The number of pupils needing Send support has risen by a third in a decade, government data shows.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/record-number-of-london-pupils-need-send-support/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 06:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/record-number-of-london-pupils-need-send-support/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy paper: Multi-agency child protection teams: regulation-making powers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Supporting safeguarding partners to discharge their local child protection arrangements.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-multi-agency-child-protection-teams-regulation-making-powers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-multi-agency-child-protection-teams-regulation-making-powers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top union accuses Texas of targeting teachers over Charlie Kirk posts]]></title><description><![CDATA[American Federation of Teachers sues over what it says are unconstitutional investigations into social media commentsA major Texas teachers&rsquo; union filed a federal lawsuit against the state on Tuesday challenging what it describes as unconstitutional investigations into hundreds of educators who posted comments on social media following the September killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.The Texas American Federation of Teachers, which represents approximately 66,000 public school e]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/top-union-accuses-texas-of-targeting-teachers-over-charlie-kirk-posts/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/top-union-accuses-texas-of-targeting-teachers-over-charlie-kirk-posts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guardian view on universities: Labour needs a clearer plan | Editorial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ministers promised a &lsquo;change of approach&rsquo;, but their new tax could tip weaker institutions over the edgeEducation opens doors, and the expansion of higher education begun under New Labour means that millions of young people who would not previously have gone from school to university have now done so. From 336,000 places accepted in 1997, the total rose by 68% to 563,000 in 2022. In last year&rsquo;s student experience survey, just 11% of undergraduates said that they regretted their]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-guardian-view-on-universities-labour-needs-a-clearer-plan-editorial/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-guardian-view-on-universities-labour-needs-a-clearer-plan-editorial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fresh snow and ice warnings as Storm Goretti approaches UK]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of schools have been closed due to the snow and cold temperatures.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/fresh-snow-and-ice-warnings-as-storm-goretti-approaches-uk/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/fresh-snow-and-ice-warnings-as-storm-goretti-approaches-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many schools don’t think students can read full novels any more. That’s a tragedy | Margaret Sullivan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Increasingly, teens are given only parts of books, and they often read not in print but on school-issued laptopsReading fiction has been such a joy for me that my heart broke a little to learn recently that many schools no longer assign full books to high school students.Rather, teens are given excerpts of books, and they often read them not in print but on school-issued laptops, according to a survey of 2,000 teachers, students and parents by the New York Times.Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian U]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/many-schools-dont-think-students-can-read-full-novels-any-more-thats-a-tragedy-margaret-sullivan/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/many-schools-dont-think-students-can-read-full-novels-any-more-thats-a-tragedy-margaret-sullivan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s not easy being an English northerner surrounded by southerners. Here’s how we survive | Robyn Vinter]]></title><description><![CDATA[University undergraduates are forming northern societies, but in other circumstances we find different ways to be ourselvesOf course they weren&rsquo;t being mean, but each time my university friends jokingly echoed my Leeds-accented &ldquo;no&rdquo; with a noise that is perhaps best approximated as &ldquo;nerhhh&rdquo;, I found myself undergoing elocution conditioning. Within a year, the identifying characteristics of my accent had gone, replaced with a sort of unplaceable, vaguely northern voi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/its-not-easy-being-an-english-northerner-surrounded-by-southerners-heres-how-we-survive-robyn-vinter/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/its-not-easy-being-an-english-northerner-surrounded-by-southerners-heres-how-we-survive-robyn-vinter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Teachers were bringing in food for hungry kids']]></title><description><![CDATA[Rethink Food is helping to fund initiatives to cut hunger in schools across Leeds.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teachers-were-bringing-in-food-for-hungry-kids/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 08:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teachers-were-bringing-in-food-for-hungry-kids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Score by C Thi Nguyen review – a brilliant warning about the gamification of everyday life]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Duolingo to GDP, how an obsession with keeping score can subtly undermine human flourishingTwo years ago, I started learning Japanese on Duolingo. At first, the daily accrual of vocabulary was fun. Every lesson earned me experience points &ndash; a little reward that measured and reinforced my progress.But something odd happened. Over time, my focus shifted. As I climbed the weekly leaderboards, I found myself favouring lessons that offered the most points for the least effort. Things came]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-score-by-c-thi-nguyen-review-a-brilliant-warning-about-the-gamification-of-everyday-life/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-score-by-c-thi-nguyen-review-a-brilliant-warning-about-the-gamification-of-everyday-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cyber attack shuts school for a few days]]></title><description><![CDATA[Higham Lane School, part of Central England Academy Trust, said it will stay shut until Wednesday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/cyber-attack-shuts-school-for-a-few-days/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 22:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/cyber-attack-shuts-school-for-a-few-days/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generation AI: fears of ‘social divide’ unless all children learn computing skills]]></title><description><![CDATA[Children are growing up as AI natives and experts say computing skills should be on par with reading and writingIn a Cambridge classroom, Joseph, 10, trained his AI model to discern between drawings of apples and drawings of smiles.&ldquo;AI gets lots of things wrong,&rdquo; he said, as it mistakenly identified a fruit as a face. He set about retraining it and, in a flash, he had it back on track &ndash; instinctively understanding the inner nature of artificial intelligence and machine learning]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/generation-ai-fears-of-social-divide-unless-all-children-learn-computing-skills/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/generation-ai-fears-of-social-divide-unless-all-children-learn-computing-skills/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Form: Advanced learner loans facility requests]]></title><description><![CDATA[Use the form to submit requests for a new facility or loans bursary for funding year 2025 to 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/form-advanced-learner-loans-facility-requests/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 13:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/form-advanced-learner-loans-facility-requests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Complete the Care to Learn and 16 to 19 Bursary Fund for defined vulnerable groups funding claim]]></title><description><![CDATA[How Department for Education (DfE) funded 16 to 19 providers can make a funding claim for these schemes]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/complete-the-care-to-learn-and-16-to-19-bursary-fund-for-defined-vulnerable-groups-funding-claim/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 13:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/complete-the-care-to-learn-and-16-to-19-bursary-fund-for-defined-vulnerable-groups-funding-claim/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching internships programme: summer 2026, 2027 and 2028]]></title><description><![CDATA[Funding for schools to offer paid internships to potential teachers in chemistry, computing, design and technology, maths, modern foreign languages and physics.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teaching-internships-programme-summer-2026-2027-and-2028/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teaching-internships-programme-summer-2026-2027-and-2028/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Oh my gosh, they’re all from London and Cambridge’: York University’s northerners fight back]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lucy Morville, from Burnley, thought most students would be from the north and felt &lsquo;culture shock&rsquo; surrounded by southernersLike many students from the north, Lucy Morville says she felt &ldquo;culture shock&rdquo; at being surrounded by southerners when she arrived at university. But she said the shock was even greater because it wasn&rsquo;t what she expected when she enrolled at the University of York.&ldquo;I hadn&rsquo;t travelled much down south before university, and I was li]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/oh-my-gosh-theyre-all-from-london-and-cambridge-york-universitys-northerners-fight-back/</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/oh-my-gosh-theyre-all-from-london-and-cambridge-york-universitys-northerners-fight-back/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Price increase on school meals will 'acutely' affect children in poverty]]></title><description><![CDATA[The cost of a school dinner for primary and special school pupils will go up by 50p from &pound;2.60 to &pound;3.10.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/price-increase-on-school-meals-will-acutely-affect-children-in-poverty/</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 07:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/price-increase-on-school-meals-will-acutely-affect-children-in-poverty/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK university degree no longer ‘passport to social mobility’, says King’s vice-chancellor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prof Shitij Kapur says there are too many graduates and degree is now just a &lsquo;visa&rsquo; to enter professional worldThe UK now has a &ldquo;surfeit&rdquo; of graduates and students must accept that a university degree is no longer a &ldquo;passport to social mobility&rdquo;, a leading vice-chancellor has argued.Prof Shitij Kapur, the head of King&rsquo;s College London, said the days when universities could promise that their graduates were certain to get good jobs are over, in an era whe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uk-university-degree-no-longer-passport-to-social-mobility-says-kings-vice-chancellor/</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uk-university-degree-no-longer-passport-to-social-mobility-says-kings-vice-chancellor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guardian view on care leavers: responsibility for looked-after children does not end at 18 | Editorial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Free prescriptions and eye tests ought to help these young adults stay healthy. They also signal the state&rsquo;s ongoing roleThe outcomes for children who grow up in care are shocking. A vital part of the welfare state, which exists to promote the safety and wellbeing of highly vulnerable young people, is falling short in health, education and employment terms. They have a 62% higher chance of dying before the age of 75 than their peers, and are four times as likely to have a criminal convicti]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-guardian-view-on-care-leavers-responsibility-for-looked-after-children-does-not-end-at-18-editorial/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 19:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-guardian-view-on-care-leavers-responsibility-for-looked-after-children-does-not-end-at-18-editorial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Impact over income: a striking number of gen Zers are becoming teachers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite longstanding concerns over pay and conditions, more young graduates are entering the classroomJoseph Curatolo was studying architecture four years ago when he took a summer job, teaching music to middle school students. When he told them he might leave the program to focus on his studies, he said, they burst into tears.&ldquo;The fact that I had such an impact on these kids led me to reconsider my career,&rdquo; said Curatolo, 22. He is now a seventh- and eighth-grade social studies teac]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/impact-over-income-a-striking-number-of-gen-zers-are-becoming-teachers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/impact-over-income-a-striking-number-of-gen-zers-are-becoming-teachers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Days left to choose preferred primary school]]></title><description><![CDATA[The date by which people need to apply is 15 January - late applications can be less successful.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/days-left-to-choose-preferred-primary-school/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 07:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/days-left-to-choose-preferred-primary-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I wasn’t allowed to study, but I will make sure no girl in this village hears those same words’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Health worker Naushaba Roonjho was ostracised by her family in Pakistan for wanting to work but now she is campaigning for political officeWhen Naushaba Roonjho became the first girl anyone in her district knew to have passed Pakistan&rsquo;s national secondary school exam, the news was not celebrated. At home, in her village of Sheikh Soomar in southern Sindh, her father told her: &ldquo;This is enough, you don&rsquo;t need to study more. You should stay at home now.&rdquo;It was 2010 and Roonj]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-wasnt-allowed-to-study-but-i-will-make-sure-no-girl-in-this-village-hears-those-same-words/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 06:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-wasnt-allowed-to-study-but-i-will-make-sure-no-girl-in-this-village-hears-those-same-words/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: DfE: non-consolidated performance related pay 2024 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information on non-consolidated performance related pay data for the Department for Education (DfE) and its agencies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-dfe-non-consolidated-performance-related-pay-2024-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-dfe-non-consolidated-performance-related-pay-2024-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: DfE: non-consolidated performance related pay 2023 to 2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information on non-consolidated performance related pay data for the Department for Education (DfE) and its agencies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-dfe-non-consolidated-performance-related-pay-2023-to-2024/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-dfe-non-consolidated-performance-related-pay-2023-to-2024/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK universities extend careers advice to graduates in their 40s and 50s]]></title><description><![CDATA[Growing numbers of institutions now offering lifelong careers support as older alumni seek help to change jobsUniversity careers advisers are used to steering fresh-faced students towards the labour market &ndash; but they are now increasingly seeing graduates in their 40s and 50s looking for help to revive their careers.More UK universities are now giving their graduates lifelong access to campus careers services, including advice with job applications and interview preparation as well as helpi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uk-universities-extend-careers-advice-to-graduates-in-their-40s-and-50s/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uk-universities-extend-careers-advice-to-graduates-in-their-40s-and-50s/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School permanently closed over structural damage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pupils will attend different schools for several weeks while a new site is prepared, leaders say.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-permanently-closed-over-structural-damage/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-permanently-closed-over-structural-damage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government pledges to reverse decline in foster carer numbers]]></title><description><![CDATA[New action in early 2026 to address urgent need for more foster carers and support retention of existing carers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-pledges-to-reverse-decline-in-foster-carer-numbers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-pledges-to-reverse-decline-in-foster-carer-numbers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Online school and junior tennis: freedom, focus – and a quiet cost]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elite junior tennis players are flocking to online schools. The model offers flexibility and focus &ndash; but raises deeper questions about growth, pressure and childhoodIn a major study released recently in Epidemiology, conclusions were drawn &ndash; yet again &ndash; regarding how shutdowns and online learning were ultimately very damaging to kids&rsquo; emotional and mental health (obviously some cohorts of kids were more affected than others with financial security a big part of the calcul]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/online-school-and-junior-tennis-freedom-focus-and-a-quiet-cost/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/online-school-and-junior-tennis-freedom-focus-and-a-quiet-cost/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guardian view on the National Year of Reading 2026: time to start a healthy habit for life | Editorial]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Children&rsquo;s Booker prize, library cards for newborns and a major campaign &ndash; initiatives to encourage a love of books in children are a cause for celebrationReading to children from a young age leads to greater happiness, educational success, empathy and social mobility &ndash; no wonder the government wants to encourage everyone to do it more. To this end, next year has been decreed the National Year of Reading 2026. It couldn&rsquo;t be more timely.Reading is in crisis. Picking up]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-guardian-view-on-the-national-year-of-reading-2026-time-to-start-a-healthy-habit-for-life-editorial/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-guardian-view-on-the-national-year-of-reading-2026-time-to-start-a-healthy-habit-for-life-editorial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School pupils meet-ups 'a lifeline' for retirement housing residents]]></title><description><![CDATA[A scheme that started four years ago brings primary school pupils together with elderly residents living nearby.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-pupils-meet-ups-a-lifeline-for-retirement-housing-residents/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 07:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-pupils-meet-ups-a-lifeline-for-retirement-housing-residents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The words from my dad that saved me as a new parent]]></title><description><![CDATA[Professor Green and Ryan Libbey open up about how fatherhood affected them and how you can protect your mental health.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-words-from-my-dad-that-saved-me-as-a-new-parent/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 01:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-words-from-my-dad-that-saved-me-as-a-new-parent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['All children are still into Roald Dahl']]></title><description><![CDATA[The Guinness Book of Records is a favourite with boys, but one author always tops the list.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/all-children-are-still-into-roald-dahl/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2025 08:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/all-children-are-still-into-roald-dahl/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The hidden engine room’: how amateur historians are powering genealogical research]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wealth of datasets compiled as private passions are now a goldmine for those hunting for their ancestorsThe autumn sunlight is filtering through quietly falling leaves as Louise Cocker stands in front of the gravestone of James Henry Payne and takes a quick photograph. Payne died at the age of 73 in October 1917 and was buried in the Norfolk town of North Walsham, along with his wife Eleanor and son James Edward, who was killed in the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917. &ldquo;Not lost&rdquo;, r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-hidden-engine-room-how-amateur-historians-are-powering-genealogical-research/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-hidden-engine-room-how-amateur-historians-are-powering-genealogical-research/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biggest school in Highlands to become a 'no-phone zone']]></title><description><![CDATA[Inverness Royal Academy said in a message to pupils and parents the new rule would start in February.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/biggest-school-in-highlands-to-become-a-no-phone-zone/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/biggest-school-in-highlands-to-become-a-no-phone-zone/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government extends free NHS services for care leavers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Major boost for children leaving care with free prescriptions, dental and eyecare services.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-extends-free-nhs-services-for-care-leavers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-extends-free-nhs-services-for-care-leavers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[University threatened with legal action after protest at academic's talk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prof Alice Sullivan says her talk at the University of Bristol became like a "zombie apocalypse" during the protest.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/university-threatened-with-legal-action-after-protest-at-academics-talk/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/university-threatened-with-legal-action-after-protest-at-academics-talk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Head serves school dinners amid 'catering failings']]></title><description><![CDATA[Malmesbury School's Christmas dinner was under threat due to staffing issues, according to its head.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/head-serves-school-dinners-amid-catering-failings/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/head-serves-school-dinners-amid-catering-failings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do we stop singing when we reach secondary school?]]></title><description><![CDATA[New data suggests singing is much more common in primary and private schools than in state secondaries.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/why-do-we-stop-singing-when-we-reach-secondary-school/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 01:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/why-do-we-stop-singing-when-we-reach-secondary-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Share your daily school attendance data]]></title><description><![CDATA[The information that schools must provide to the Department for Education (DfE).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/share-your-daily-school-attendance-data/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/share-your-daily-school-attendance-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boys to be sent on courses to tackle misogyny in schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[The measure is part of the government's strategy to tackle violence against women and girls in England.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/boys-to-be-sent-on-courses-to-tackle-misogyny-in-schools/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/boys-to-be-sent-on-courses-to-tackle-misogyny-in-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ben Jennings on plans to tackle misogyny in English schools – cartoon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Discover and buy more of Ben&rsquo;s cartoons hereOrder your own print of this cartoon from the Guardian Print Shop Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ben-jennings-on-plans-to-tackle-misogyny-in-english-schools-cartoon/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ben-jennings-on-plans-to-tackle-misogyny-in-english-schools-cartoon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deepfakes and porn: the plan to tackle toxic masculinity in schools | The Latest]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government has announced a multimillion-pound investment to tackle misogyny in England&rsquo;s schools, but is it enough?As part of the government&rsquo;s flagship strategy, teachers will be able to send children as young as 11 on behavioural courses if they are witnessing disturbing or worrying behaviour. The courses will include teachings on deepfakes, image-based abuse and online harassment.Labour&rsquo;s strategy is part of a wider scheme to tackle violence against women and girls and wi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/deepfakes-and-porn-the-plan-to-tackle-toxic-masculinity-in-schools-the-latest/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/deepfakes-and-porn-the-plan-to-tackle-toxic-masculinity-in-schools-the-latest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Use of reasonable force and other restrictive interventions guidance: proposed amendments]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are seeking views on proposed changes to the use of reasonable force and other restrictive interventions guidance for England.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/use-of-reasonable-force-and-other-restrictive-interventions-guidance-proposed-amendments/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/use-of-reasonable-force-and-other-restrictive-interventions-guidance-proposed-amendments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deepfakes and pornography: the plan to tackle toxic masculinity – The Latest]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UK government&rsquo;s long-awaited strategy to tackle violence against women and girls has been published today. Alexandra Topping joins Lucy Hough to explain what it will change, amid concerns that &lsquo;toxic ideas&rsquo; are going unchallenged in schools Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/deepfakes-and-pornography-the-plan-to-tackle-toxic-masculinity-the-latest/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/deepfakes-and-pornography-the-plan-to-tackle-toxic-masculinity-the-latest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recruit trainee teachers from overseas: accredited ITT providers]]></title><description><![CDATA[How accredited initial teacher training (ITT) providers can recruit trainees who are not UK or Irish nationals.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/recruit-trainee-teachers-from-overseas-accredited-itt-providers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/recruit-trainee-teachers-from-overseas-accredited-itt-providers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apply to provide international qualified teacher status]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information for English accreditedinitial teacher training (ITT) providers about the Department for Education international qualified teacher status.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/apply-to-provide-international-qualified-teacher-status/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/apply-to-provide-international-qualified-teacher-status/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[VAWG strategy to better protect children from misogyny and abuse]]></title><description><![CDATA[Violence against women and girls (VAWG) strategy will focus on healthy relationships and consent, and tackle relationship abuse through a new helpline.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/vawg-strategy-to-better-protect-children-from-misogyny-and-abuse/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/vawg-strategy-to-better-protect-children-from-misogyny-and-abuse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy paper: UK Education Ministers Council communiqué: 13 November 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Attendees and discussion points at the meeting of the Interministerial Group for Education on 13 November 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-uk-education-ministers-council-communiqu-13-november-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-uk-education-ministers-council-communiqu-13-november-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers in England face growing misogyny and need help dealing with sexual aggression, says Phillips]]></title><description><![CDATA[Comments from safeguarding minister come as violence against women and girls strategy due to launch&bull; UK politics live &ndash; latest updatesSchools are reporting growing misogyny from pupils towards teachers and a lack of avenues to seek help about sexually aggressive behaviour, the safeguarding minister, Jess Phillips, has said.Phillips&rsquo; comments came as the government was due to launch its long-awaited violence against women and girls strategy. Children as young as 11 who demonstrat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teachers-in-england-face-growing-misogyny-and-need-help-dealing-with-sexual-aggression-says-phillips/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teachers-in-england-face-growing-misogyny-and-need-help-dealing-with-sexual-aggression-says-phillips/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Further education outcomes: 2022 to 2023]]></title><description><![CDATA[Outcomes of learners completing further education qualifications.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-further-education-outcomes-2022-to-2023/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-further-education-outcomes-2022-to-2023/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers to be trained to spot early signs of misogyny in boys]]></title><description><![CDATA[The measure is part of the government's strategy to tackle violence against women and girls which will be unveiled on Thursday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teachers-to-be-trained-to-spot-early-signs-of-misogyny-in-boys/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 09:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teachers-to-be-trained-to-spot-early-signs-of-misogyny-in-boys/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boys to learn difference between porn and real life to tackle misogyny in England’s schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Teachers to be given extra training as Keir Starmer warns &lsquo;toxic ideas are taking hold early and going unchallenged&rsquo;David Lammy: I want my sons to know masculinity can be kind &ndash; and my daughter to live without fearChildren as young as 11 who demonstrate misogynistic behaviour will be taught the difference between pornography and real relationships, as part of a multimillion-pound investment to tackle misogyny in England&rsquo;s schools, the Guardian understands.On the eve of th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/boys-to-learn-difference-between-porn-and-real-life-to-tackle-misogyny-in-englands-schools/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 09:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/boys-to-learn-difference-between-porn-and-real-life-to-tackle-misogyny-in-englands-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teacher discussed cocaine with pupils and called Islam 'satanic']]></title><description><![CDATA[Patrick Lawler previously featured in a BBC undercover investigation into far-right views.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teacher-discussed-cocaine-with-pupils-and-called-islam-satanic/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 07:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teacher-discussed-cocaine-with-pupils-and-called-islam-satanic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putin calls European leaders ‘little pigs’ and says Russia will achieve Ukraine goals by diplomacy or force - as it happened]]></title><description><![CDATA[Russian leader says aims of its &lsquo;special military operation&rsquo; will be met &lsquo;unconditionally&rsquo;The last available Erasmus+ country report for the UK based on 2020 data shows that University of Glasgow, University of Bristol, and University of Edinburgh were the three top UK universities sending students abroad, with most people coming into the UK from Spain, France and Germany.Just over 16,000 European students came into the UK as part of from the scheme in 2019/2020, with alm]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/putin-calls-european-leaders-little-pigs-and-says-russia-will-achieve-ukraine-goals-by-diplomacy-or-force-as-it-happened/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/putin-calls-european-leaders-little-pigs-and-says-russia-will-achieve-ukraine-goals-by-diplomacy-or-force-as-it-happened/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britain rejoining Erasmus+ won’t halt the nativist tide – but it’s a step in the right direction | Julian Baggini]]></title><description><![CDATA[In an era of rising nationalism, this move represents a brief flicker of hope for the internationalist ideal&lsquo;I am a citizen of the world,&rdquo; so the great Renaissance thinker Desiderius Erasmus is reputed to have said. It is because of his cosmopolitanism that 521 years after his birth, the EU named its exchange programme for students after him. It was part of a project aiming to create citizens of Europe, not just of its member states.Britain&rsquo;s post-Brexit withdrawal from the sch]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/britain-rejoining-erasmus-wont-halt-the-nativist-tide-but-its-a-step-in-the-right-direction-julian-baggini/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/britain-rejoining-erasmus-wont-halt-the-nativist-tide-but-its-a-step-in-the-right-direction-julian-baggini/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Local authority capacity support funding]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance for local authorities on the local authority capacity support funding for school-age childcare.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-local-authority-capacity-support-funding/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-local-authority-capacity-support-funding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Holiday activities and food programme: grant allocations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Local authority allocations for the holiday activities and food programme and local authority support for school age childcare.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-holiday-activities-and-food-programme-grant-allocations/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-holiday-activities-and-food-programme-grant-allocations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How will Erasmus work for the UK and who can take part?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UK&rsquo;s membership explained as it prepares to rejoin the EU education and training programme it left after BrexitThe UK is to rejoin Erasmus, the European Union&rsquo;s education and training scheme, five years after the country pulled out following Brexit. The move will allow UK institutions to tap into Erasmus&rsquo;s wide network of training, educational and cultural opportunities, with the UK government describing it as &ldquo;a huge win for our young people&rdquo;. But how will it w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-will-erasmus-work-for-the-uk-and-who-can-take-part/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-will-erasmus-work-for-the-uk-and-who-can-take-part/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recruit an FE governor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Explains the process that further education (FE) colleges should follow when recruiting new governors through the FE Governor Recruitment Service.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/recruit-an-fe-governor/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/recruit-an-fe-governor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK will rejoin Erasmus student scheme in 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UKleft in December 2020 as part of the post-Brexit trade deal with the EU negotiated by Boris Johnson.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uk-will-rejoin-erasmus-student-scheme-in-2027/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uk-will-rejoin-erasmus-student-scheme-in-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE update 17 December 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-17-december-2025/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-17-december-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU’s Erasmus scheme to reopen to UK students for first time since Brexit at cost of £570m]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deal agreed to rejoin exchange programme in 2027, fulfilling Labour election manifesto pledgeYoung people across the UK will be able to study or gain work experience through the EU&rsquo;s Erasmus scheme for the first time since Brexit, after the government announced an agreement to rejoin at a cost of &pound;570m.The scheme, known officially as Erasmus+, will be reopened to those involved in education, training, culture and sport from 2027, after discussions in London and Brussels to fulfil a L]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/eus-erasmus-scheme-to-reopen-to-uk-students-for-first-time-since-brexit-at-cost-of-570m/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/eus-erasmus-scheme-to-reopen-to-uk-students-for-first-time-since-brexit-at-cost-of-570m/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: How to complete the authority proforma tool (APT) 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information to help local authorities complete and submit their APT for 2026 to 2027.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-how-to-complete-the-authority-proforma-tool-apt-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-how-to-complete-the-authority-proforma-tool-apt-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Dedicated schools grant (DSG): 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Find out how much local authorities receive for DSG funding in the 2026 to 2027 financial year and how it is calculated.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: 16 to 19 funding: maths and English condition of funding]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information for institutions on the maths and English condition of funding.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-16-to-19-funding-maths-and-english-condition-of-funding/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-16-to-19-funding-maths-and-english-condition-of-funding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Funding claims and reconciliation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information for Department for Education funded post-16 education and skills providers on the funding claims and reconciliation process.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-funding-claims-and-reconciliation/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-funding-claims-and-reconciliation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Initial teacher training (ITT): accreditation for the academic year 2027 to 2028]]></title><description><![CDATA[Find out about eligibility and how to become an accredited provider of ITT for the academic year 2027 to 2028.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/initial-teacher-training-itt-accreditation-for-the-academic-year-2027-to-2028/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/initial-teacher-training-itt-accreditation-for-the-academic-year-2027-to-2028/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ho ho no! Four ways to stop kids' Christmas meltdowns]]></title><description><![CDATA[Four ways to keep the magic without the meltdowns and create stress-free festive fun for children.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ho-ho-no-four-ways-to-stop-kids-christmas-meltdowns/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ho-ho-no-four-ways-to-stop-kids-christmas-meltdowns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Harvard scholar’s ouster exposes a crisis of institutional integrity | Eric Reinhart]]></title><description><![CDATA[The dismissal of a a renowned health leader who refused to ignore Palestine highlights false claims of universality in human rights, global health and academiaLast Tuesday afternoon, Dean Andrea Baccarelli at the Harvard School of Public Health sent out a brief message announcing that one of the country&rsquo;s most experienced and accomplished public health leaders, Dr Mary T Bassett, would &ldquo;step down&rdquo; as director of the Fran&ccedil;ois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rig]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/a-harvard-scholars-ouster-exposes-a-crisis-of-institutional-integrity-eric-reinhart/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/a-harvard-scholars-ouster-exposes-a-crisis-of-institutional-integrity-eric-reinhart/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Erasmus+ programme]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grant funding for international placements and partnership projects for organisations working in education, training, youth and sport.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-erasmus-programme/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-erasmus-programme/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corporate report: Further Education Commissioner: annual report 2024 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Report on the activity of the Further Education Commissioner.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/corporate-report-further-education-commissioner-annual-report-2024-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/corporate-report-further-education-commissioner-annual-report-2024-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Essay cheating at universities an 'open secret']]></title><description><![CDATA[An essay mill owner says he's made millions, while an ex-lecturer says he quit due to rife cheating.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/essay-cheating-at-universities-an-open-secret/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 01:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/essay-cheating-at-universities-an-open-secret/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young people from all backgrounds to get opportunity to study abroad as UK-EU deal unlocks Erasmus+]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UK and EU have agreed that the UK will join the Erasmus+ scheme in 2027, along with further progress in other areas of the UK-EU reset.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/young-people-from-all-backgrounds-to-get-opportunity-to-study-abroad-as-uk-eu-deal-unlocks-erasmus/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/young-people-from-all-backgrounds-to-get-opportunity-to-study-abroad-as-uk-eu-deal-unlocks-erasmus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: DfE spend control data: July to September 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Centrally approved new spending on property, advertising, consultancy, technology and recruitment.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-dfe-spend-control-data-july-to-september-2025/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-dfe-spend-control-data-july-to-september-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: DfE: special advisers’ gifts, hospitality and meetings, July to September 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data on gifts and hospitality received by special advisers, and meetings they attended with senior media figures.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-dfe-special-advisers-gifts-hospitality-and-meetings-july-to-september-2025/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-dfe-special-advisers-gifts-hospitality-and-meetings-july-to-september-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: DfE: senior officials’ business expenses, hospitality, and meetings, July to September 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data on senior officials’ business expenses, hospitality, and meetings with external individuals and organisations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-dfe-senior-officials-business-expenses-hospitality-and-meetings-july-to-september-2025/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-dfe-senior-officials-business-expenses-hospitality-and-meetings-july-to-september-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: DfE: ministerial overseas travel and meetings, July to September 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data on ministers’ overseas travel and meetings with external individuals and organisations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-dfe-ministerial-overseas-travel-and-meetings-july-to-september-2025/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-dfe-ministerial-overseas-travel-and-meetings-july-to-september-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Department for Education gender pay gap 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gender pay gap information for the Department for Education (DfE) as of 31 March 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-department-for-education-gender-pay-gap-2025/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-department-for-education-gender-pay-gap-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School resource management self-assessment checklist]]></title><description><![CDATA[This self-assessment checklist helps academy trusts check they are managing resources effectively and identify any adjustments they need to make.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-resource-management-self-assessment-checklist/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-resource-management-self-assessment-checklist/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Form: Single academy trusts: apply to become a multi-academy trust]]></title><description><![CDATA[Application form for single academy trusts who want to change their governance so they can become a multi-academy trust (MAT), to grow their trust.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/form-single-academy-trusts-apply-to-become-a-multi-academy-trust/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/form-single-academy-trusts-apply-to-become-a-multi-academy-trust/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apply to transfer an academy into your trust]]></title><description><![CDATA[Make an application to transfer one or more academies into your trust.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/apply-to-transfer-an-academy-into-your-trust/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/apply-to-transfer-an-academy-into-your-trust/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our young people aren’t shirkers or snowflakes - they were failed by government policy. That changes now | Pat McFadden]]></title><description><![CDATA[The number of &lsquo;neets&rsquo; is skyrocketing in Britain, another Tory failure. Labour&rsquo;s plans for apprenticeships and training funds will turn this around&bull; Pat McFadden is secretary of state for work and pensionsNeglect is a political choice, and one with deep human consequences.That is what has struck me in the early months as secretary of state for work and pensions. Graph after graph, slide after slide, all pointing upwards, on young people out of work, on mental health issues]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/our-young-people-arent-shirkers-or-snowflakes-they-were-failed-by-government-policy-that-changes-now-pat-mcfadden/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/our-young-people-arent-shirkers-or-snowflakes-they-were-failed-by-government-policy-that-changes-now-pat-mcfadden/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[University students facing course 'cold spots' as enrolments fall]]></title><description><![CDATA[New data analysis suggests courses like artificial intelligence are surging in popularity as languages fall.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/university-students-facing-course-cold-spots-as-enrolments-fall/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 03:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/university-students-facing-course-cold-spots-as-enrolments-fall/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children with cancer scammed out of millions fundraised for their treatment, BBC finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Huge amounts appear to have been raised for seriously ill children who never received the money.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/children-with-cancer-scammed-out-of-millions-fundraised-for-their-treatment-bbc-finds/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 02:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/children-with-cancer-scammed-out-of-millions-fundraised-for-their-treatment-bbc-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School staff balloted on strike action after fire concerns]]></title><description><![CDATA[A fire safety report found there was a substantial risk to life and fire exits were not easily openable.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-staff-balloted-on-strike-action-after-fire-concerns/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-staff-balloted-on-strike-action-after-fire-concerns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Early years funding: 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information for local authorities and settings about early years funding for the 2026 to 2027 financial year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-early-years-funding-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-early-years-funding-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Record £9.5 billion early years investment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Record £9.5 billion early years investment next year to help families access affordable childcare and boost growth by supporting parents back into work]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/record-95-billion-early-years-investment/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 11:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/record-95-billion-early-years-investment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secondary school reopens following flu outbreak]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pupils and teachers are back onsite but the situation is being monitored "minute by minute".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/secondary-school-reopens-following-flu-outbreak/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 11:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/secondary-school-reopens-following-flu-outbreak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Major expansion of colleges to train next generation of workers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Local colleges set to receive £570 million to expand training facilities and places to train the next generation of skilled workers]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/major-expansion-of-colleges-to-train-next-generation-of-workers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/major-expansion-of-colleges-to-train-next-generation-of-workers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy paper: Technical Excellence Colleges: launch of Wave 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information on the policy objectives, delivery model, funding, and selection process for Wave 2 of the Technical Excellence Colleges (TEC) programme to support applicants.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-technical-excellence-colleges-launch-of-wave-2/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-technical-excellence-colleges-launch-of-wave-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apply to become a Technical Excellence College]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apply to become a Wave 2 Technical Excellence College in Defence, Clean Energy, Digital and Technologies or Advanced Manufacturing.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/apply-to-become-a-technical-excellence-college/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/apply-to-become-a-technical-excellence-college/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pens at the ready! A gen-Z trainee takes on the Guardian’s ‘scribbler-in-chief’]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the exam regulator consults about introducing onscreen exams amid complaints of hand fatigue, a young aspiring journalist goes head-to-head with a self-professed expertThis week it was reported that students could soon be sitting their end-of-year exams on laptops after pupils complained of hand fatigue, saying their muscles &ldquo;are not strong enough&rdquo;.With Ofqual preparing to launch a public consultation on the introduction of onscreen exams, we decided to conduct a test of our own,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pens-at-the-ready-a-gen-z-trainee-takes-on-the-guardians-scribbler-in-chief/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pens-at-the-ready-a-gen-z-trainee-takes-on-the-guardians-scribbler-in-chief/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Independent report: Commissioner’s report on children’s services in Devon County Council]]></title><description><![CDATA[Report to the Minister of State for Children and Families by Children’s Services Commissioner, Nigel Richardson CBE.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/independent-report-commissioners-report-on-childrens-services-in-devon-county-council/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/independent-report-commissioners-report-on-childrens-services-in-devon-county-council/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decision: Revised direction issued to Devon County Council: December 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statutory direction issued to Devon County Council in relation to children’s services.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/decision-revised-direction-issued-to-devon-county-council-december-2025/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/decision-revised-direction-issued-to-devon-county-council-december-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Notice to improve: Mercian Educational Trust]]></title><description><![CDATA[A notice to improve issued to Mercian Educational Trust by the Department for Education.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-notice-to-improve-mercian-educational-trust/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-notice-to-improve-mercian-educational-trust/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Notice to improve: Sikh Academies Trust]]></title><description><![CDATA[A notice to improve issued to Sikh Academies Trust by the Department for Education.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-notice-to-improve-sikh-academies-trust/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-notice-to-improve-sikh-academies-trust/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Councils to get £3bn for thousands more school spaces for Send pupils]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government is promising 50,000 more places for children with special educational needs in schools in England.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/councils-to-get-3bn-for-thousands-more-school-spaces-for-send-pupils/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/councils-to-get-3bn-for-thousands-more-school-spaces-for-send-pupils/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Learning Records Service schedules]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shows the scheduled maintenance dates for the LRS organisation portal and the uploading individualised learner record (ILR) achievement data testing.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-learning-records-service-schedules/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-learning-records-service-schedules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Structural assessments and investigations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance for responsible bodies on how to select and appoint structural engineers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-structural-assessments-and-investigations/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-structural-assessments-and-investigations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[£3bn investment to end postcode lottery for children with SEND]]></title><description><![CDATA[Around 50,000 specialist places to be created nationwide – making sure more children with SEND can thrive alongside their friends at their local school.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/3bn-investment-to-end-postcode-lottery-for-children-with-send/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/3bn-investment-to-end-postcode-lottery-for-children-with-send/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New national Child Protection Authority announced]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plans for a new Child Protection Authority unveiled as part of government strategy to protect children from predators and abuse.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-national-child-protection-authority-announced/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-national-child-protection-authority-announced/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Establishing the Child Protection Authority in England]]></title><description><![CDATA[We're seeking views on a setting up a national body called the Child Protection Authority.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/establishing-the-child-protection-authority-in-england/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/establishing-the-child-protection-authority-in-england/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Children in need: a focus on child sexual abuse and exploitation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Analysis of the characteristics, and social care journeys, of children who were assessed as having been affected by child sexual abuse or exploitation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-children-in-need-a-focus-on-child-sexual-abuse-and-exploitation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-children-in-need-a-focus-on-child-sexual-abuse-and-exploitation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: LA and school expenditure: 2024 to 2025 financial year]]></title><description><![CDATA[How schools and local authorities spent their funding on education, children's services and social care in the financial year 2024 to 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-la-and-school-expenditure-2024-to-2025-financial-year/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-la-and-school-expenditure-2024-to-2025-financial-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Childcare and early years providers survey: 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics on the characteristics of early years providers in England.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: On-screen exams: Education Secretary writes to Ofqual]]></title><description><![CDATA[Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, writes to the Chief Regulator of Ofqual about on-screen exams in high stakes qualifications.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-on-screen-exams-education-secretary-writes-to-ofqual/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-on-screen-exams-education-secretary-writes-to-ofqual/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Primary school performance tables: 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information on the achievements of pupils in each state-funded primary school in England.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-primary-school-performance-tables-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-primary-school-performance-tables-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Key stage 2 attainment (revised): 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Revised results for the 2025 national curriculum assessments at key stage 2.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-key-stage-2-attainment-revised-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-key-stage-2-attainment-revised-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI has entered the classroom - but is it the solution for overworked teachers?]]></title><description><![CDATA[From deepfake teachers to remote maths lessons - how are schools using tech and AI in the classroom?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ai-has-entered-the-classroom-but-is-it-the-solution-for-overworked-teachers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 01:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ai-has-entered-the-classroom-but-is-it-the-solution-for-overworked-teachers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI to accelerate national renewal and growth as Google DeepMind backs UK tech and science sectors]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new partnership with Google DeepMind will help to turn cutting-edge AI into real benefits for working people.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ai-to-accelerate-national-renewal-and-growth-as-google-deepmind-backs-uk-tech-and-science-sectors/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ai-to-accelerate-national-renewal-and-growth-as-google-deepmind-backs-uk-tech-and-science-sectors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Approaches to developing the education technology impact testbed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Explores potential approaches to developing an education technology (EdTech) impact testbed to support an evidence-based approach to development and purchasing.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-approaches-to-developing-the-education-technology-impact-testbed/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-approaches-to-developing-the-education-technology-impact-testbed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: 16 to 19 funding: high value courses premium]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance about additional funding to encourage and support delivery of selected qualifications.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-16-to-19-funding-high-value-courses-premium/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-16-to-19-funding-high-value-courses-premium/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy paper: Government response to the report ‘Victims in their own right?’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Response to the Domestic Abuse Commissioner’s report on child victims of domestic abuse.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-government-response-to-the-report-victims-in-their-own-right/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-government-response-to-the-report-victims-in-their-own-right/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE update 10 December 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-10-december-2025/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-10-december-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Apprenticeship funding rules and assessment plan guidance, 2025 to 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[The rules for apprenticeship training and assessment funding, and guidance on the changes to assessment.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-apprenticeship-funding-rules-and-assessment-plan-guidance-2025-to-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-apprenticeship-funding-rules-and-assessment-plan-guidance-2025-to-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Professional Qualifications (NPQs): call for insights and evidence]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are seeking both insights on the full suite of NPQs and research evidence which may inform updates to the evidence-base underpinning 7 NPQ frameworks.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/national-professional-qualifications-npqs-call-for-insights-and-evidence/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/national-professional-qualifications-npqs-call-for-insights-and-evidence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds of youth centres planned to reach 'isolated' generation]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government sets aside &pound;500m it says is needed to revive services aimed at disconnected teens and young adults.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/hundreds-of-youth-centres-planned-to-reach-isolated-generation/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/hundreds-of-youth-centres-planned-to-reach-isolated-generation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strict school 'harmful' to some pupils, review says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Review finds Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy's policies are "harmful" to some vulnerable pupils.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/strict-school-harmful-to-some-pupils-review-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 22:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/strict-school-harmful-to-some-pupils-review-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A welcome pit stop: the US university using parking lots to help unhoused students]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long Beach City college&rsquo;s Safe Parking Program provides a protected space for students who are homeless to live in their carWhen Edgar Rosales Jr uses the word &ldquo;home&rdquo; he isn&rsquo;t referring to the house he plans to buy after becoming a nurse or getting a job in public health. Rather, the second-year student at Long Beach City college is talking about the parking lot he slept in every night for more than a year.With Oprah-esque enthusiasm, Rosales calls the other students who]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/a-welcome-pit-stop-the-us-university-using-parking-lots-to-help-unhoused-students/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/a-welcome-pit-stop-the-us-university-using-parking-lots-to-help-unhoused-students/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some schools disrupted amid rise in flu cases]]></title><description><![CDATA[Flu is on the rise, but ministers say schools should only close in extreme circumstances.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/some-schools-disrupted-amid-rise-in-flu-cases/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/some-schools-disrupted-amid-rise-in-flu-cases/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Bite-size guides to aid colleges in meeting new requirements following reclassification]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance for the FE sector in England to help them meet ‘Managing Public Money’ requirements, and other obligations resulting from reclassification.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-bite-size-guides-to-aid-colleges-in-meeting-new-requirements-following-reclassification/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-bite-size-guides-to-aid-colleges-in-meeting-new-requirements-following-reclassification/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Special educational needs person level survey: guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guide for local authorities completing returns for the person level 2026 and 2027 special educational needs survey, commonly known as person level SEN2.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-special-educational-needs-person-level-survey-guide/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 11:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-special-educational-needs-person-level-survey-guide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Franchising in higher education]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are seeking views on proposals to strengthen oversight of subcontracted delivery of higher education, also known as franchising.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/franchising-in-higher-education/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 11:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/franchising-in-higher-education/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: Letter to higher education providers: 9 December 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Letter from the Secretary of State for Education to higher education providers on institutional governance and protecting public funding.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-letter-to-higher-education-providers-9-december-2025/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 11:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-letter-to-higher-education-providers-9-december-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['School punished my child because I missed her parents' evening']]></title><description><![CDATA[Louise Butcher is one of many parents who say a federation's two schools are too strict with pupils.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-punished-my-child-because-i-missed-her-parents-evening/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 07:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-punished-my-child-because-i-missed-her-parents-evening/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government crackdown on rogue university franchises]]></title><description><![CDATA[Education Secretary announces reforms to tighten rules on fraud in the student finance system that cost taxpayers £2m in 2022/23.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-crackdown-on-rogue-university-franchises/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 02:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-crackdown-on-rogue-university-franchises/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[50,000 new apprenticeships promised in youth employment push]]></title><description><![CDATA[Funding will be used to help employ young people in sectors including AI, hospitality and engineering.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/50000-new-apprenticeships-promised-in-youth-employment-push/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/50000-new-apprenticeships-promised-in-youth-employment-push/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is an apprenticeship and how much is the pay?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apprentices split their time between training and working - and are paid by their employer.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/what-is-an-apprenticeship-and-how-much-is-the-pay/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 12:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/what-is-an-apprenticeship-and-how-much-is-the-pay/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RISE attendance and behaviour hubs programme]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance for school leaders on the RISE attendance and behaviour hubs programme, its benefits and support, and how to join.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/rise-attendance-and-behaviour-hubs-programme/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/rise-attendance-and-behaviour-hubs-programme/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government pledges to end children living in B&amp;Bs]]></title><description><![CDATA[The strategy also includes making childcare more accessible for families on Universal Credit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-pledges-to-end-children-living-in-bampbs/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-pledges-to-end-children-living-in-bampbs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a 'fertility gap' is fuelling the rise of one-child families]]></title><description><![CDATA['For every three children wanted&hellip; only two are born,' says one expert. So, what has led to this gap?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-a-fertility-gap-is-fuelling-the-rise-of-one-child-families/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-a-fertility-gap-is-fuelling-the-rise-of-one-child-families/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over half a million children to be lifted out of poverty as government unveils historic child poverty strategy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Around 550,000 children will be lifted out of poverty by 2030 – the biggest reduction in a single parliament since records began – as the Government launches its Child Poverty Strategy today (Friday 5 December).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/over-half-a-million-children-to-be-lifted-out-of-poverty-as-government-unveils-historic-child-poverty-strategy/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 23:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/over-half-a-million-children-to-be-lifted-out-of-poverty-as-government-unveils-historic-child-poverty-strategy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['My son is asking when his school will open again']]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 200 pupils of Nazareth House primary school in Derry are at home for a second day because of concerns over the building's roof.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/my-son-is-asking-when-his-school-will-open-again/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/my-son-is-asking-when-his-school-will-open-again/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schools to save millions as Government launches agency profit cap]]></title><description><![CDATA[New programme launched to help schools tackle avoidable costs and agency staff mark-ups, so every penny is invested in young people.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-to-save-millions-as-government-launches-agency-profit-cap/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-to-save-millions-as-government-launches-agency-profit-cap/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More people training to teach]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trainee teacher numbers reach highest point since pandemic as government progresses towards its pledge to recruit and retain 6,500 additional teachers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/more-people-training-to-teach/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/more-people-training-to-teach/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strategic workforce planning for schools and trusts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Support for schools and trusts to plan their workforce and recruit effectively.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/strategic-workforce-planning-for-schools-and-trusts/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/strategic-workforce-planning-for-schools-and-trusts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy paper: Maximising value for pupils]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sets out how government will work with schools and trusts to maximise value from resources, ensuring every pound delivers the best outcomes for pupils.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-maximising-value-for-pupils/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-maximising-value-for-pupils/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maximising school and trust resources: managing financial and physical assets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information about the range of support available to schools and trusts to maintain, improve and use their financial and physical assets effectively.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/maximising-school-and-trust-resources-managing-financial-and-physical-assets/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/maximising-school-and-trust-resources-managing-financial-and-physical-assets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Improve your school's and trust's digital and financial planning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information about the range of support available to schools and trusts to build capability, improve commercial expertise and meet digital standards.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/improve-your-schools-and-trusts-digital-and-financial-planning/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/improve-your-schools-and-trusts-digital-and-financial-planning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Achieving better value when buying]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information about the range of support available to schools and trusts to buy goods and services, get better value and be compliant with procurement regulations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/achieving-better-value-when-buying/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/achieving-better-value-when-buying/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statistics at DfE]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Department for Education publishes official statistics on education and children.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/statistics-at-dfe/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/statistics-at-dfe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Initial teacher training: trainee number census 2025 to 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Provisional recruitment to initial teacher training (ITT) programmes in England in the academic year 2025 to 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2025-to-2026/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2025-to-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies: guidance for local authorities]]></title><description><![CDATA[How local authorities in England can prepare to run the Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies programme.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-best-start-family-hubs-and-healthy-babies-guidance-for-local-authorities/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-best-start-family-hubs-and-healthy-babies-guidance-for-local-authorities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former school could become campus for Send pupils]]></title><description><![CDATA[The council says repurposing an old school will "create urgently needed places locally".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/former-school-could-become-campus-for-send-pupils/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/former-school-could-become-campus-for-send-pupils/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Access to early SEND support through Best Start Family Hubs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Best Start Family Hubs to act as one-stop-shop for parents with SEND professional and services to support speech and language development confirmed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/access-to-early-send-support-through-best-start-family-hubs/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 23:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/access-to-early-send-support-through-best-start-family-hubs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which children to include: spring 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Find out which providers and children are in the scope for the early years census.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/which-children-to-include-spring-2026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/which-children-to-include-spring-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Special educational needs survey: guide to submitting data]]></title><description><![CDATA[How local authorities should report data for the annual special educational needs survey, commonly known as SEN2.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/special-educational-needs-survey-guide-to-submitting-data/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 15:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/special-educational-needs-survey-guide-to-submitting-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE update 3 December 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-3-december-2025/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-3-december-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cost of unregistered children's care homes a 'national scandal' - Ofsted]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Children's Homes Association says there is no clear national plan and government must 'fix the system'.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/cost-of-unregistered-childrens-care-homes-a-national-scandal-ofsted/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/cost-of-unregistered-childrens-care-homes-a-national-scandal-ofsted/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Retention schedule for data processed by DfE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance to help users identify the retention periods for data processed by DfE.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-retention-schedule-for-data-processed-by-dfe/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-retention-schedule-for-data-processed-by-dfe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Partnerships for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools (PINS): interim evaluation report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Interim findings from the evaluation of the PINS programme.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-partnerships-for-inclusion-of-neurodiversity-in-schools-pins-interim-evaluation-report/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-partnerships-for-inclusion-of-neurodiversity-in-schools-pins-interim-evaluation-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government launches national conversation on SEND]]></title><description><![CDATA[Government acts on commitment to put parents’ experiences at the heart of SEND reform through new public engagement campaign.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-launches-national-conversation-on-send/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/government-launches-national-conversation-on-send/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Early years stronger practice hubs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information for early years practitioners about stronger practice hubs.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-early-years-stronger-practice-hubs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-early-years-stronger-practice-hubs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apply to become an early years stronger practice hub]]></title><description><![CDATA[How early years practitioners can apply to become a stronger practice hub.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/apply-to-become-an-early-years-stronger-practice-hub/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/apply-to-become-an-early-years-stronger-practice-hub/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['We need to teach children about personal finance']]></title><description><![CDATA[Headteachers in the south welcome moves to introduce financial literacy to the national curriculum.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/we-need-to-teach-children-about-personal-finance/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 07:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/we-need-to-teach-children-about-personal-finance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schools urged to trial four-day week to ease pressure on teachers in England and Wales]]></title><description><![CDATA[Advocacy group tells education secretary &lsquo;working smarter&rsquo; can protect staff wellbeing and help studentsCampaigners have urged the government to pilot four-day working weeks in schools in England and Wales saying it would boost teacher wellbeing, retention and recruitment rates.The 4 Day Week Foundation has written to the education secretary calling for greater autonomy for schools to pilot shorter working weeks, saying the government will not be able to meet its manifesto pledge of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-urged-to-trial-four-day-week-to-ease-pressure-on-teachers-in-england-and-wales/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-urged-to-trial-four-day-week-to-ease-pressure-on-teachers-in-england-and-wales/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guardian view on the Send crisis: Bridget Phillipson must be tough with the Treasury so children aren’t penalised | Editorial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tory special needs reforms upended council finances, but Labour&rsquo;s plan to rebuild public provision won&rsquo;t come cheap if it&rsquo;s done properlyThe crisis over special educational needs and disabilities in England is not just a question of cash. Children and parents spend months and years battling for support to which the law entitles them, schools lack the funding to meet needs, and specialist provision is inadequate. An adversarial system shunts families towards tribunals that counc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-guardian-view-on-the-send-crisis-bridget-phillipson-must-be-tough-with-the-treasury-so-children-arent-penalised-editorial/</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 18:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-guardian-view-on-the-send-crisis-bridget-phillipson-must-be-tough-with-the-treasury-so-children-arent-penalised-editorial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cornish language to get same protected status as Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kernewek submitted by government for part III status under European charter for regional or minority languagesThe Cornish language is due to be given the same status as Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic after the government submitted it for greater protections under a European charter.Kernewek, spoken as a first language by 563 people according to the last census, has been recommended by the government for part III status under the European charter for regional or minority languages, the highest]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/cornish-language-to-get-same-protected-status-as-welsh-irish-and-scottish-gaelic/</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/cornish-language-to-get-same-protected-status-as-welsh-irish-and-scottish-gaelic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Predatory' head teacher struck off after exposing himself in school]]></title><description><![CDATA[James 'Jamie' Richards left several staff traumatised and was described as "predatory" by a panel.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/predatory-head-teacher-struck-off-after-exposing-himself-in-school/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/predatory-head-teacher-struck-off-after-exposing-himself-in-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents threatened and blamed by authorities as 1,000 adopted children returned to care]]></title><description><![CDATA[Families seeking help for their children&rsquo;s complex needs describe threats of police action against them.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/parents-threatened-and-blamed-by-authorities-as-1000-adopted-children-returned-to-care/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 06:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/parents-threatened-and-blamed-by-authorities-as-1000-adopted-children-returned-to-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ban harmful content from social media instead of us, say Australian teens]]></title><description><![CDATA[From 10 December, social media firms must ensure Australians aged under 16 cannot have accounts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ban-harmful-content-from-social-media-instead-of-us-say-australian-teens/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 22:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ban-harmful-content-from-social-media-instead-of-us-say-australian-teens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ministers face calls to explain how £6bn Send funding hole will be paid for]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bridget Phillipson tells MPs that Send costs in England will not fall on core schools funding but on government budgetMinisters are to reduce the rising cost of funding special educational needs provision through their overhaul of the system, as they faced calls to explain how a &pound;6bn funding hole would be paid for.The government is under pressure to clarify how it will pay for special educational needs and disabilities (Send) spending in England, which is rapidly increasing, after Rachel R]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ministers-face-calls-to-explain-how-6bn-send-funding-hole-will-be-paid-for/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 19:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ministers-face-calls-to-explain-how-6bn-send-funding-hole-will-be-paid-for/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Working lives of teachers and leaders: wave 4]]></title><description><![CDATA[Findings from the fourth wave of the working lives of teachers and leaders survey.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-working-lives-of-teachers-and-leaders-wave-4/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-working-lives-of-teachers-and-leaders-wave-4/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Use of the code 'other' in alternative provision placement reasons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Research into placement reasons provided by local authorities and schools in our data collections when placing a pupil in alternative provision.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-use-of-the-code-other-in-alternative-provision-placement-reasons/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-use-of-the-code-other-in-alternative-provision-placement-reasons/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Technology in schools survey report: 2024 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Results from the most recent wave of the technology in schools survey (TISS).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-technology-in-schools-survey-report-2024-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-technology-in-schools-survey-report-2024-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Systemic practice pilot trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[A research protocol document for testing systemic family therapy approaches to improve outcomes for families through trained keyworkers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-systemic-practice-pilot-trial/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-systemic-practice-pilot-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Family network pilot evaluation: initial research report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Service providers' reflections on the implementation and impact of the family network pilot.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-family-network-pilot-evaluation-initial-research-report/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-family-network-pilot-evaluation-initial-research-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Evaluation of Regional Care Cooperatives: phase 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Explores the first stage of Regional Care Cooperative (RCC) rollout in the 2 pathfinder areas to understand early implementation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-evaluation-of-regional-care-cooperatives-phase-1/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-evaluation-of-regional-care-cooperatives-phase-1/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Employer skills surveys 2022 to 2024: UK technical documentation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Technical documentation relating to the employer skills surveys 2022 to 2024.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-employer-skills-surveys-2022-to-2024-uk-technical-documentation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-employer-skills-surveys-2022-to-2024-uk-technical-documentation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Employer skills survey 2024: Wales results]]></title><description><![CDATA[National, regional and local level results and data tables for Wales from the employer skills survey 2024.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-employer-skills-survey-2024-wales-results/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-employer-skills-survey-2024-wales-results/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Employer skills survey 2024: UK findings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Main report and data tables on the UK employers’ reported skill needs and training activities.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-employer-skills-survey-2024-uk-findings/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-employer-skills-survey-2024-uk-findings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Employer skills survey 2024: England results]]></title><description><![CDATA[National, regional and local level results and data tables for England from the employer skills survey 2024.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-employer-skills-survey-2024-england-results/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-employer-skills-survey-2024-england-results/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Employer skills survey 2024: Scotland results]]></title><description><![CDATA[National, regional and local level results for Scotland from the employer skills survey 2024.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-employer-skills-survey-2024-scotland-results/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-employer-skills-survey-2024-scotland-results/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warning of £20bn timebomb as Reeves switches Send funding in England to education department]]></title><description><![CDATA[Councils welcome move but OBR says it is significant fiscal risk equivalent to 4.9% real fall in spending per pupilBudget calculator: find out if you are better or worse offThe government will take over full responsibility for special educational needs spending from local councils, it was revealed at the budget, prompting warnings that the Department for Education could be facing a &pound;20bn timebomb in two years.The Office for Budget Responsibility said the annual costs of special educational]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/warning-of-20bn-timebomb-as-reeves-switches-send-funding-in-england-to-education-department/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 16:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/warning-of-20bn-timebomb-as-reeves-switches-send-funding-in-england-to-education-department/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freeze on student loan repayment threshold could leave graduates struggling, NUS warns]]></title><description><![CDATA[Graduates in relatively low-paid jobs earning close to minimum wage will have to repay &lsquo;more, much sooner&rsquo; The National Union of Students (NUS) has warned that a three-year freeze on the salary threshold for loan repayments could leave new graduates struggling to afford food, rent and bills.In Rachel Reeves&rsquo;s budget on Wednesday it was announced that from April 2027, the salary at which graduates must begin to repay their student debt is being frozen at &pound;29,385 for three]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/freeze-on-student-loan-repayment-threshold-could-leave-graduates-struggling-nus-warns/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/freeze-on-student-loan-repayment-threshold-could-leave-graduates-struggling-nus-warns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compare your good level of development (GLD) data]]></title><description><![CDATA[How to use the good level of development (GLD) data tool to access the Compare your GLD data report.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/compare-your-good-level-of-development-gld-data/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/compare-your-good-level-of-development-gld-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ministers insist plans to absorb council Send debts won't hit school budgets]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government says the Office for Budget Responsibility's projections do not take into account upcoming reforms.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ministers-insist-plans-to-absorb-council-send-debts-wont-hit-school-budgets/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/ministers-insist-plans-to-absorb-council-send-debts-wont-hit-school-budgets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['I earn &pound;20,000 and live with my son. The Budget means we will pay more tax']]></title><description><![CDATA[BBC News hears from people with a range of incomes about what they think of the Budget.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-earn-pound20000-and-live-with-my-son-the-budget-means-we-will-pay-more-tax/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 12:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-earn-pound20000-and-live-with-my-son-the-budget-means-we-will-pay-more-tax/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mum travels 80 miles to take her son to 'priceless' cerebral palsy school]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Buddy Bear School in Dungannon, County Tyrone, opened in 1993 and is the only school of its kind in Northern Ireland.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/mum-travels-80-miles-to-take-her-son-to-priceless-cerebral-palsy-school/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 12:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/mum-travels-80-miles-to-take-her-son-to-priceless-cerebral-palsy-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courtauld to embark on £82m campus project at Somerset House in London]]></title><description><![CDATA[&lsquo;Once-in-a-generation transformation&rsquo; of Grade-I building will bring teaching spaces under same roof as galleryThe Courtauld has unveiled an &pound;82m campus redevelopment it is calling a &ldquo;once-in-a-generation transformation&rdquo; of its Grade-I listed building, Somerset House, in London.The Stirling prize-winning architects Witherford Watson Mann will take charge of the four-year project at the teaching and research centre and public gallery, which follows their 2021 revamp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/courtauld-to-embark-on-82m-campus-project-at-somerset-house-in-london/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/courtauld-to-embark-on-82m-campus-project-at-somerset-house-in-london/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corporate report: A report on the exercise of IfATE’s relevant functions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Act 2025, report on exercise of the Secretary of State’s functions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/corporate-report-a-report-on-the-exercise-of-ifates-relevant-functions/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/corporate-report-a-report-on-the-exercise-of-ifates-relevant-functions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Survey of school business professionals 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[A survey of school business professionals in local-authority-maintained schools, academies and trusts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-survey-of-school-business-professionals-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-survey-of-school-business-professionals-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: Pupil experiences in school: academic year 2024 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Survey findings on pupils’ experiences in school including feelings of belonging, enjoyment and safety, motivation to learn and relationships with staff.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-pupil-experiences-in-school-academic-year-2024-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-pupil-experiences-in-school-academic-year-2024-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Further Education and Skills: November 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Further education and skills summary data, including apprenticeships and detailed education and training, from August 2024 to July 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-further-education-and-skills-november-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-further-education-and-skills-november-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Early years foundation stage profile results: 2024 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Annual statistics on early years foundation stage profile assessments in England relating to the 7 areas of learning and the 17 early learning goals.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2024-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2024-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Apprenticeships: November 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statistics on apprenticeships in England from August 2024 to July 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-apprenticeships-november-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-apprenticeships-november-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy paper: Tuition fees and student support: 2026 to 2027 academic year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Changes to undergraduate tuition fees in 2026 to 2027 academic year and 2027 to 2028 academic year, and student support arrangements for undergraduate and postgraduate students in 2026 to 2027 academic year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-tuition-fees-and-student-support-2026-to-2027-academic-year/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-tuition-fees-and-student-support-2026-to-2027-academic-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teenage dreams are never practical. But where would we be without the people who chased theirs? | Adrian Chiles]]></title><description><![CDATA[It can feel wrong to encourage young people to shoot for the stars &ndash; yet if no one did, our world would be empty of the artists, actors, athletes and visionaries who give it so much pleasure and meaningWho wants to crush a kid&rsquo;s dreams? Not me. But what to say when asked by a teenager about a career in the media? With tens of thousands of media, journalism and other graduates crowding into the market every year, the chances of finding steady work, let alone stardom, are more remote t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teenage-dreams-are-never-practical-but-where-would-we-be-without-the-people-who-chased-theirs-adrian-chiles/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teenage-dreams-are-never-practical-but-where-would-we-be-without-the-people-who-chased-theirs-adrian-chiles/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy paper: Maintenance grants for higher education students]]></title><description><![CDATA[Targeted maintenance grants will provide extra financial support for eligible higher education students from low-income households.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-maintenance-grants-for-higher-education-students/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-maintenance-grants-for-higher-education-students/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[International student levy technical detail]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are seeking views on the technical detail of the international student levy, to ensure its effective introduction and delivery.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/international-student-levy-technical-detail/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/international-student-levy-technical-detail/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Lifelong learning entitlement: maintenance loans for living costs]]></title><description><![CDATA[How maintenance support for living costs at colleges and universities will change when the lifelong learning entitlement launches.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-lifelong-learning-entitlement-maintenance-loans-for-living-costs/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-lifelong-learning-entitlement-maintenance-loans-for-living-costs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE update 26 November 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-26-november-2025/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-26-november-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School shuts for deep clean after pupil sickness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Congleton High School wrote to staff and parents to inform them of the closure.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-shuts-for-deep-clean-after-pupil-sickness/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-shuts-for-deep-clean-after-pupil-sickness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap’: how Europe’s minority tongues are facing the digital future | Stephen Burgen]]></title><description><![CDATA[What does it mean to lose a language? And what does it take to save it? Those were the big questions being asked in Barcelona recentlyThere&rsquo;s an Irish saying, t&iacute;r gan teanga, t&iacute;r gan anam: a country without a language is a country without a soul. Representatives of some of Europe&rsquo;s estimated 60 minority languages &ndash; or minoritised, as they define them &ndash; met in Barcelona recently to discuss what it means to lose a language, and what it takes to save it.Languag]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/were-a-bit-jealous-of-kneecap-how-europes-minority-tongues-are-facing-the-digital-future-stephen-burgen/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/were-a-bit-jealous-of-kneecap-how-europes-minority-tongues-are-facing-the-digital-future-stephen-burgen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fifty higher education providers at risk of exiting market in England, MPs told]]></title><description><![CDATA[Regulator says 24 are at more immediate risk and may have to stop degree courses within next 12 monthsFifty higher education providers in England are at risk of exiting the market within the next two to three years, MPs on the House of Commons education committee have been told as part of their inquiry into university funding and the threat of insolvency.The evidence follows last week&rsquo;s gloomy forecast from England&rsquo;s higher education regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), which wa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/fifty-higher-education-providers-at-risk-of-exiting-market-in-england-mps-told/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 19:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/fifty-higher-education-providers-at-risk-of-exiting-market-in-england-mps-told/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[General hospital school census: guide to submitting data]]></title><description><![CDATA[What data general hospital schools must collect and how to submit it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/general-hospital-school-census-guide-to-submitting-data/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/general-hospital-school-census-guide-to-submitting-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which children to include termly 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Find out which providers and children are in the scope for the termly 2026 to 2027 early years censuses.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/which-children-to-include-termly-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/which-children-to-include-termly-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data items termly 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance about the information you need to send us.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/data-items-termly-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/data-items-termly-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The school with almost 100% attendance - and how they did it]]></title><description><![CDATA[Attendance rates remain significantly lower than in 2019, but one school is bucking the trend.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-school-with-almost-100-attendance-and-how-they-did-it/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-school-with-almost-100-attendance-and-how-they-did-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starmer says sorry for leading pupils in 6-7 dance]]></title><description><![CDATA[The prime minister performed a version of the viral dance with primary school children, before being told it was not allowed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/starmer-says-sorry-for-leading-pupils-in-6-7-dance/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/starmer-says-sorry-for-leading-pupils-in-6-7-dance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protest over future of university language courses]]></title><description><![CDATA[The University of Nottingham has suspended entry for new students on modern language courses.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/protest-over-future-of-university-language-courses/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/protest-over-future-of-university-language-courses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PM visits East of England to mark free school meal expansion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of children in the region are set to be eligible for the scheme, the government says.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pm-visits-east-of-england-to-mark-free-school-meal-expansion/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pm-visits-east-of-england-to-mark-free-school-meal-expansion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pupils told to wear layers amid school heating issues]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bishop's Cleeve Primary Academy says it is applying for funding to replace its heating system.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pupils-told-to-wear-layers-amid-school-heating-issues/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 07:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pupils-told-to-wear-layers-amid-school-heating-issues/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['I won't be able to finish my degree if international fees go up']]></title><description><![CDATA[Manou, a student at Trinity Laban, is worried about the government's proposed 6% levy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-wont-be-able-to-finish-my-degree-if-international-fees-go-up/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-wont-be-able-to-finish-my-degree-if-international-fees-go-up/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Investigation outcome report: East Durham College]]></title><description><![CDATA[An investigation outcome report into East Durham College.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-investigation-outcome-report-east-durham-college/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-investigation-outcome-report-east-durham-college/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can councils tackle the SEND funding gap?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A local authority is expanding a programme to help SEND children to be taught in state schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-can-councils-tackle-the-send-funding-gap/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 07:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/how-can-councils-tackle-the-send-funding-gap/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The University of Virginia and Cornell deals with Trump set a dangerous precedent | Serena Mayeri and Amanda Shanor]]></title><description><![CDATA[The bespoke agreements are full of peril for the universities, allowing the federal government to quietly exert controlIn October, President Trump proposed a compact for higher education, a federal takeover of state and private institutions thinly disguised as an offer of preferential funding consideration. Most of the initially targeted universities rightfully have rejected Trump&rsquo;s unlawful and unconstitutional compact, but some schools, including the University of Virginia and Cornell, h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-university-of-virginia-and-cornell-deals-with-trump-set-a-dangerous-precedent-serena-mayeri-and-amanda-shanor/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-university-of-virginia-and-cornell-deals-with-trump-set-a-dangerous-precedent-serena-mayeri-and-amanda-shanor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Who’s screenshotting our messages?’: how a WhatsApp saga spiralled into two parents’ wrongful arrest]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine posted complaints about their local primary school, they never expected six uniformed police officers to turn up at their doorBefore it catapulted a small school community in London&rsquo;s commuter belt into the centre of a global news story, the year-four class WhatsApp group at Cowley Hill school in Borehamwood was unremarkable &ndash; a place of snide comments, reminders about non-uniform day and flustered messages about being late for the school run.&ldq]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/whos-screenshotting-our-messages-how-a-whatsapp-saga-spiralled-into-two-parents-wrongful-arrest/</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/whos-screenshotting-our-messages-how-a-whatsapp-saga-spiralled-into-two-parents-wrongful-arrest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Net capacity assessment programme for primary schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Find out about the net capacity assessment (NCA) programme, when school site visits will take place and how to read your NCA report.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/net-capacity-assessment-programme-for-primary-schools/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 13:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/net-capacity-assessment-programme-for-primary-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy paper: Post-16 education and skills white paper]]></title><description><![CDATA[Post-16 education and skills reforms to develop a skilled workforce and break down barriers to opportunity.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-post-16-education-and-skills-white-paper/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 10:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-post-16-education-and-skills-white-paper/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children no longer housed in B&amp;Bs, says council]]></title><description><![CDATA[B&amp;Bs and hotels represent the worst kind of emergency accommodation, a housing officer says.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/children-no-longer-housed-in-bampbs-says-council/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 06:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/children-no-longer-housed-in-bampbs-says-council/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School repairs left unfinished as firm behind huge PFI contract goes into liquidation]]></title><description><![CDATA[The news heightens concerns that 88 schools in Stoke-on-Trent could be left with unfinished work.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-repairs-left-unfinished-as-firm-behind-huge-pfi-contract-goes-into-liquidation/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 06:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-repairs-left-unfinished-as-firm-behind-huge-pfi-contract-goes-into-liquidation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost one million young people still not in work or education, figures show]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whilst the figure has dropped slightly, it still equates to one-in-eight young people in the UK, according to the Office for National Statistics.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/almost-one-million-young-people-still-not-in-work-or-education-figures-show/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/almost-one-million-young-people-still-not-in-work-or-education-figures-show/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students evacuated after fire at university hall]]></title><description><![CDATA[Up to 40 firefighters deal with the blaze that started in a kitchen.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/students-evacuated-after-fire-at-university-hall/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/students-evacuated-after-fire-at-university-hall/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plans for flexible four-day week in class for Scottish teachers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two teaching unions are holding strike ballots over how long teachers should spend in the classroom.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/plans-for-flexible-four-day-week-in-class-for-scottish-teachers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/plans-for-flexible-four-day-week-in-class-for-scottish-teachers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching staff to strike over use of 'virtual teacher']]></title><description><![CDATA[A Lancashire school says some top sets are taught this way due to a shortage of specialist teachers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teaching-staff-to-strike-over-use-of-virtual-teacher/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teaching-staff-to-strike-over-use-of-virtual-teacher/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Dedicated schools grant assurance (DSG): guidance for local authorities for 2024 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance for chief finance officers (CFOs) on how to submit the dedicated schools grant (DSG) assurance statement and note to the accounts for the 2024 to 2025 financial year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-dedicated-schools-grant-assurance-dsg-guidance-for-local-authorities-for-2024-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-dedicated-schools-grant-assurance-dsg-guidance-for-local-authorities-for-2024-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does Neet stand for and how many are there in the UK?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ministers want to tackle the high number of young people not in education, employment or training.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/what-does-neet-stand-for-and-how-many-are-there-in-the-uk/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/what-does-neet-stand-for-and-how-many-are-there-in-the-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research: National behaviour survey report: 2024 to 2025 academic year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Survey findings on behaviour in schools, including school behaviour culture and policies, behaviour management, frequency and impact of misbehaviour and response.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-national-behaviour-survey-report-2024-to-2025-academic-year/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/research-national-behaviour-survey-report-2024-to-2025-academic-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Statistics: Multiplication tables check attainment: 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information on the 2025 multiplication tables check, including breakdowns by pupil characteristics, at national and local authority level.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-multiplication-tables-check-attainment-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/official-statistics-multiplication-tables-check-attainment-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: autumn term 2024 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Levels of suspension and permanent exclusion in the autumn term 2024 to 2025 by school type, and reasons for exclusions and suspensions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-suspensions-and-permanent-exclusions-in-england-autumn-term-2024-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-suspensions-and-permanent-exclusions-in-england-autumn-term-2024-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Children looked after in England including adoption: 2024 to 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information on looked after children at both national and local authority levels for the reporting year 2024 to 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2024-to-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2024-to-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Free breakfast clubs  grant 2025 to 2026 academic year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance for schools and local authorities on funding for the free breakfast clubs programme rolled out from April 2026]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-free-breakfast-clubs-grant-2025-to-2026-academic-year/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-free-breakfast-clubs-grant-2025-to-2026-academic-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Working with a PVI partner to deliver a free school breakfast club]]></title><description><![CDATA[Find out how Court Lane Junior School is working with a private, voluntary or independent (PVI) childcare provider to deliver its new free breakfast club.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/working-with-a-pvi-partner-to-deliver-a-free-school-breakfast-club/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/working-with-a-pvi-partner-to-deliver-a-free-school-breakfast-club/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Using a free breakfast club to launch wider wraparound care]]></title><description><![CDATA[Find out how the introduction of the free breakfast club at Saxton Church of England Primary School led to the launch of wider before and after school care.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/using-a-free-breakfast-club-to-launch-wider-wraparound-care/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/using-a-free-breakfast-club-to-launch-wider-wraparound-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Involving older pupils in free breakfast clubs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Find out how Silver Springs Primary Academy involves pupils from years 5 and 6 with its new free breakfast club by making them 'breakfast club baristas'.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/involving-older-pupils-in-free-breakfast-clubs/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/involving-older-pupils-in-free-breakfast-clubs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Integrating the free breakfast club into wider wraparound care]]></title><description><![CDATA[Find out how Devonshire Road Primary School organises the school day to accommodate paid and free breakfast club sessions with additional activities.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/integrating-the-free-breakfast-club-into-wider-wraparound-care/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/integrating-the-free-breakfast-club-into-wider-wraparound-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Free breakfast clubs: guidance for schools and trusts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance on setting up and running free breakfast clubs, including specific guidance for schools joining phase 1 of the national rollout from April 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-free-breakfast-clubs-guidance-for-schools-and-trusts/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-free-breakfast-clubs-guidance-for-schools-and-trusts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Form: Apply to join phase 1 of the national rollout of free breakfast clubs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Use the online service to express your interest in joining phase 1 of the national rollout, from April 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/form-apply-to-join-phase-1-of-the-national-rollout-of-free-breakfast-clubs/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/form-apply-to-join-phase-1-of-the-national-rollout-of-free-breakfast-clubs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delivering a free breakfast club at a special school]]></title><description><![CDATA[Find out how Springwater Special School organises its new free breakfast club including staffing and engaging activities for pupils.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/delivering-a-free-breakfast-club-at-a-special-school/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/delivering-a-free-breakfast-club-at-a-special-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children with SEND to benefit from earlier intervention as government backs research into tools to identify special educational needs sooner]]></title><description><![CDATA[Innovators to test earlier interventions to help support children with SEND, backed by government.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/children-with-send-to-benefit-from-earlier-intervention-as-government-backs-research-into-tools-to-identify-special-educational-needs-sooner/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/children-with-send-to-benefit-from-earlier-intervention-as-government-backs-research-into-tools-to-identify-special-educational-needs-sooner/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More free breakfast clubs to tackle cost of living head-on]]></title><description><![CDATA[Parents set to save up to £450 per year as free breakfast club rollout targets areas where families are struggling most with the cost of living.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/more-free-breakfast-clubs-to-tackle-cost-of-living-head-on/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 23:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/more-free-breakfast-clubs-to-tackle-cost-of-living-head-on/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: National Education Nature Park grant funding]]></title><description><![CDATA[The list of educational settings eligible to receive grant funding from the National Education Nature Park programme and application criteria.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-national-education-nature-park-grant-funding/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-national-education-nature-park-grant-funding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decision: Revised direction issued to North East Lincolnshire Council: November 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Revised statutory direction issued to North East Lincolnshire Council in relation to children's services.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/decision-revised-direction-issued-to-north-east-lincolnshire-council-november-2025/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/decision-revised-direction-issued-to-north-east-lincolnshire-council-november-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE update 19 November 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-19-november-2025/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-19-november-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Effective governance resources]]></title><description><![CDATA[Support for maintained school governing bodies, academy trust boards, leaders and governance professionals (clerks) in developing sustainable and effective governance.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-effective-governance-resources/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-effective-governance-resources/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Form: Adult skills fund (ASF) performance management requests]]></title><description><![CDATA[Providers should use the ASF performance request form when submitting requests as described on this page.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/form-adult-skills-fund-asf-performance-management-requests/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/form-adult-skills-fund-asf-performance-management-requests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regional Prevent education co-ordinators]]></title><description><![CDATA[How regional Prevent education co-ordinators (RPECs) can help education providers with the Prevent duty.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/regional-prevent-education-co-ordinators/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/regional-prevent-education-co-ordinators/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: National funding formula tables for schools and high needs: 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tables showing provisional national funding formulae (NFF) allocations for the schools and central school services blocks from 2026 to 2027.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy paper: National funding formula for schools and high needs from 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Details of the funding system for schools and high needs from 2025 to 2026 onwards.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-national-funding-formula-for-schools-and-high-needs-from-2025/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-national-funding-formula-for-schools-and-high-needs-from-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Pre-16 schools funding: local authority guidance for 2026 to 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Local authority guidance for implementing the funding system for the 2026 to 2027 financial year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-pre-16-schools-funding-local-authority-guidance-for-2026-to-2027/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-pre-16-schools-funding-local-authority-guidance-for-2026-to-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our son's about to turn three - finding new childcare has left us at our wits' end]]></title><description><![CDATA[The number of childminders in England is falling - with one charity warning they could all be gone by 2033.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/our-sons-about-to-turn-three-finding-new-childcare-has-left-us-at-our-wits-end/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 06:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/our-sons-about-to-turn-three-finding-new-childcare-has-left-us-at-our-wits-end/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Maintained schools: governance guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance on the strategic leadership and governance of local-authority-maintained schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-maintained-schools-governance-guide/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-maintained-schools-governance-guide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Academy trusts: governance guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance on strategic leadership and the governance of academy trusts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-academy-trusts-governance-guide/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-academy-trusts-governance-guide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Children in need census 2026 to 2027: specification]]></title><description><![CDATA[Specification and validation rules for local authorities and software suppliers preparing for the 2026 to 2027 children in need census.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-children-in-need-census-2026-to-2027-specification/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-children-in-need-census-2026-to-2027-specification/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Children in need census 2026 to 2027: guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guide for local authorities submitting children in need census 2026 to 2027 returns.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-children-in-need-census-2026-to-2027-guide/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-children-in-need-census-2026-to-2027-guide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children in need census: guide to submitting data]]></title><description><![CDATA[How local authorities should collect data from social care services to complete the annual children in need census.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/children-in-need-census-guide-to-submitting-data/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/children-in-need-census-guide-to-submitting-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pupil, 18, dies at private school]]></title><description><![CDATA[Police say the death of the pupil on Monday is not being treated as suspicious.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pupil-18-dies-at-private-school/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pupil-18-dies-at-private-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promotional material: Recruitment resources for initial teacher training providers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Resources for accredited initial teacher training (ITT) providers running recruitment events to help engage prospective trainees.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/promotional-material-recruitment-resources-for-initial-teacher-training-providers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/promotional-material-recruitment-resources-for-initial-teacher-training-providers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children in care protected from falling into justice system]]></title><description><![CDATA[Government announces review to strengthen 'National Protocol' guidelines for children in care and care leavers]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/children-in-care-protected-from-falling-into-justice-system/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 10:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/children-in-care-protected-from-falling-into-justice-system/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Staff wellbeing 'crisis' forcing teachers out of schools, charity says]]></title><description><![CDATA[A poll of teachers around the UK suggests they have a poorer wellbeing than the general population.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/staff-wellbeing-crisis-forcing-teachers-out-of-schools-charity-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 01:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/staff-wellbeing-crisis-forcing-teachers-out-of-schools-charity-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police admit WhatsApp arrest error with £20k payout]]></title><description><![CDATA[A couple unlawfully arrested over complaints about their child's school say police have paid them damages.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/police-admit-whatsapp-arrest-error-with-20k-payout/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/police-admit-whatsapp-arrest-error-with-20k-payout/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transparency data: Children looked after: a focus on placement location]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information on children looked after in England who are placed out of area, their characteristics and associated outcomes, for the year ending 31 March 2024.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-children-looked-after-a-focus-on-placement-location/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/transparency-data-children-looked-after-a-focus-on-placement-location/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School bans singing of KPop Demon Hunters songs]]></title><description><![CDATA[The head teacher tells parents references to demons can feel "deeply uncomfortable" to Christians.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-bans-singing-of-kpop-demon-hunters-songs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-bans-singing-of-kpop-demon-hunters-songs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schools to cut bills with Great British Energy solar panels]]></title><description><![CDATA[Schools across England to cut bills with Great British Energy solar panels.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-to-cut-bills-with-great-british-energy-solar-panels/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-to-cut-bills-with-great-british-energy-solar-panels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Breakfast clubs early adopters grant: 2025 to 2026 academic year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance for schools and local authorities on funding for free breakfast clubs for primary schools fromSeptember 2025 to March 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-breakfast-clubs-early-adopters-grant-2025-to-2026-academic-year/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-breakfast-clubs-early-adopters-grant-2025-to-2026-academic-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secure children’s homes: how to place a child aged under 13]]></title><description><![CDATA[What local authorities need to do to place a child under 13 in a secure children’s home, and guidance on when it is appropriate to do so.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/secure-childrens-homes-how-to-place-a-child-aged-under-13/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 11:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/secure-childrens-homes-how-to-place-a-child-aged-under-13/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT support standards for schools and colleges]]></title><description><![CDATA[Find out what standards your school or college should meet when planning, commissioning and reviewing your IT support services.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/it-support-standards-for-schools-and-colleges/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 11:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/it-support-standards-for-schools-and-colleges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decision: FE Commissioner intervention: South Devon College 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[FE Commissioner's intervention report summary on South Devon College, and the Minister for Skills' letter to the chair.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/decision-fe-commissioner-intervention-south-devon-college-2025/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/decision-fe-commissioner-intervention-south-devon-college-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decision: FE Commissioner intervention: Newbury College 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[FE Commissioner's intervention report summary on Newbury College, and the Minister for Skills' letter to the chair.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/decision-fe-commissioner-intervention-newbury-college-2025/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/decision-fe-commissioner-intervention-newbury-college-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers to strike over bad behaviour in school]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unions say school managers are failing to deal with persistent "disruptive behaviour".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teachers-to-strike-over-bad-behaviour-in-school/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 09:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teachers-to-strike-over-bad-behaviour-in-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Inclusive' classroom to be tested during project]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scoill Yn Jubilee is taking part in a pilot scheme which has seen the redesign of a classroom.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/inclusive-classroom-to-be-tested-during-project/</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 09:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/inclusive-classroom-to-be-tested-during-project/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Levy on international students’ tuition fees not in best interest of UK, says leader of top university]]></title><description><![CDATA[Duncan Ivison, president of Manchester University, says government&rsquo;s 6% surcharge plan will &lsquo;hurt the sector&rsquo;A levy on tuition fees paid by international students is &ldquo;wrong&rdquo;, will &ldquo;hurt the sector&rdquo; and is &ldquo;not in the long-term interests&rdquo; of the UK, according to the vice-chancellor of one of the country&rsquo;s leading universities.Duncan Ivison, who took over as president and vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester (UoM) last year, wa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/levy-on-international-students-tuition-fees-not-in-best-interest-of-uk-says-leader-of-top-university/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 10:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/levy-on-international-students-tuition-fees-not-in-best-interest-of-uk-says-leader-of-top-university/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pupils to move out as school ceilings are replaced]]></title><description><![CDATA[A temporary classroom site is being created nearby to allow Denbigh primary to close for six months.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pupils-to-move-out-as-school-ceilings-are-replaced/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/pupils-to-move-out-as-school-ceilings-are-replaced/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Special needs services in England face ‘total collapse’ from increasing demand]]></title><description><![CDATA[Councils say 59 authorities could go bankrupt by March 2028 without urgent structural reformSpecial educational needs services in England face &ldquo;total collapse&rdquo;, with councils on course to have run up debts of &pound;18bn by the end of the decade as a result of increasing numbers of children requiring extra teaching support in schools.Without urgent structural reform of the system, the cost of accelerating demand for special educational needs and disability (Send) support could push a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/special-needs-services-in-england-face-total-collapse-from-increasing-demand/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/special-needs-services-in-england-face-total-collapse-from-increasing-demand/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal inquiry into special needs teaching firm]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ofsted is investigating whether Remedicare Education failed to register as a school.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/criminal-inquiry-into-special-needs-teaching-firm/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/criminal-inquiry-into-special-needs-teaching-firm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School librarian of the year emotional after win]]></title><description><![CDATA[Julie Broadbent is praised for her "unique ability to connect with pupils".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-librarian-of-the-year-emotional-after-win/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 07:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-librarian-of-the-year-emotional-after-win/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Reframes history’: fears Māori knowledge diluted in plan to revise New Zealand curriculum]]></title><description><![CDATA[Minister rejects claims M&#257;ori history is being sidelined in rewrite which includes cutting some references to the Treaty of WaitangiAs cows grazed sleepily in a nearby paddock, then-14-year-old Leah Bell watched as a local M&#257;ori elder cried.She was standing at the site of the massacre at Rangiaowhia, where M&#257;ori were deliberately burnt to death by the British crown in 1864. The site was just down the road from her Waikato high school. But she had never heard about it; in history,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/reframes-history-fears-mori-knowledge-diluted-in-plan-to-revise-new-zealand-curriculum/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 04:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/reframes-history-fears-mori-knowledge-diluted-in-plan-to-revise-new-zealand-curriculum/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Councils warn of 'total collapse' in special needs system]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government is facing political pressure as it tries to reform the "broken" system of support for children with special educational needs.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/councils-warn-of-total-collapse-in-special-needs-system/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 01:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/councils-warn-of-total-collapse-in-special-needs-system/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joe Wicks returns to celebrate reopening of school]]></title><description><![CDATA[The blaze in May 2023 at Yatton Infants School, in Somerset, destroyed half of the roof.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/joe-wicks-returns-to-celebrate-reopening-of-school/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/joe-wicks-returns-to-celebrate-reopening-of-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[University staff to strike as jobs row escalates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Union members plan to walk out later this month over plans to cut 400 roles at Lancaster University.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/university-staff-to-strike-as-jobs-row-escalates/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/university-staff-to-strike-as-jobs-row-escalates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Consistent financial reporting 2025 to 2026: technical specifications]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data submission specifications for the consistent financial reporting 2025 to 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-consistent-financial-reporting-2025-to-2026-technical-specifications/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-consistent-financial-reporting-2025-to-2026-technical-specifications/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plan technology for your school]]></title><description><![CDATA[Find out how your school can plan and use digital technology effectively.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/plan-technology-for-your-school/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/plan-technology-for-your-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: Education and training statistics for the UK: 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data on schools, attainment, qualifications gained, education expenditure, further education and higher education in the UK.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-education-and-training-statistics-for-the-uk-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-education-and-training-statistics-for-the-uk-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accredited official statistics: A level and other 16 to 18 results: 2025 (provisional)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The attainment of students at the end of their 16 to 18 study in England.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2025-provisional/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/accredited-official-statistics-a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2025-provisional/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some schools in England taking up to six times more special needs pupils than others]]></title><description><![CDATA[Findings come as government prepares white paper to urgently overhaul provision and fundingSchools in England are steering away children with special needs, leading some to have six times as many pupils requiring learning or behaviour support compared with others, according to research.Local authority leaders told the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) they knew of schools that were &ldquo;happy&rdquo; to see others take children requiring extra support detailed by education, he]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/some-schools-in-england-taking-up-to-six-times-more-special-needs-pupils-than-others/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/some-schools-in-england-taking-up-to-six-times-more-special-needs-pupils-than-others/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Security and future generations at the centre of discussions as UK and Ukraine strengthen partnership.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Foreign Secretary welcomes Ukrainian Foreign Minister Sybiha to London for next steps on the 100 Year Partnership.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/security-and-future-generations-at-the-centre-of-discussions-as-uk-and-ukraine-strengthen-partnership/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/security-and-future-generations-at-the-centre-of-discussions-as-uk-and-ukraine-strengthen-partnership/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence: DfE update 12 November 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-12-november-2025/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/correspondence-dfe-update-12-november-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I really enjoyed it’: new RSC curriculum brings Shakespeare’s works to life in UK classrooms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Starting with Macbeth, online platform using rehearsal-based teaching methods aims to transform study of the BardAct 1. Scene 1. A classroom in a secondary school in Peterborough. It is a dreary, wet afternoon. Pupils file into the room, take their seats and face the front.These year 10 English students at Ormiston Bushfield academy are taking part in a workshop about Macbeth, part of a new curriculum devised by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) to bring the Bard&rsquo;s works to life in the U]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-really-enjoyed-it-new-rsc-curriculum-brings-shakespeares-works-to-life-in-uk-classrooms/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/i-really-enjoyed-it-new-rsc-curriculum-brings-shakespeares-works-to-life-in-uk-classrooms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why the shake-up of school inspections risks causing new problems]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ofsted's new 'traffic light' rating system comes into force this week - does this mark meaningful change or, as one expert puts it, 'high level tinkering'?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/why-the-shake-up-of-school-inspections-risks-causing-new-problems/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 05:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/why-the-shake-up-of-school-inspections-risks-causing-new-problems/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education Secretary sets roadmap to improve attendance levels]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every school to be set an individual minimum target to improve attendance and set up every child to achieve and thrive.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/education-secretary-sets-roadmap-to-improve-attendance-levels/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/education-secretary-sets-roadmap-to-improve-attendance-levels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All schools in England to be given AI-generated pupil attendance targets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unions decry move, saying it will put more pressure on headteachers without tackling absence from classroomsEvery school in England is to be issued with an AI-generated target for minimum pupil attendance, the government has announced, as part of its continuing efforts to tackle absence in the country&rsquo;s classrooms.Headteachers will be given the targets this month in an effort to boost attendance rates, which remain stubbornly below pre-pandemic levels. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/all-schools-in-england-to-be-given-ai-generated-pupil-attendance-targets/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/all-schools-in-england-to-be-given-ai-generated-pupil-attendance-targets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Form: Exceptional learning support – cost form]]></title><description><![CDATA[Use these forms to submit estimated costs and final claims for exceptional learning support.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/form-exceptional-learning-support-cost-form/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 17:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/form-exceptional-learning-support-cost-form/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fresh strike action begins at city university]]></title><description><![CDATA[Union members at Sheffield Hallam Uni strike in a dispute over job losses, workload and welfare.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/fresh-strike-action-begins-at-city-university/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 17:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/fresh-strike-action-begins-at-city-university/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK 18- to 24-year-olds: we would like to hear your experiences of trying to find a job]]></title><description><![CDATA[Persistently high numbers of 16- to 24-year-olds are not in work or studying in the UKAlmost a million young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training (Neet).This week, the government announced the launch of an independent investigation into the issue, which Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Pat McFadden has called a &ldquo;crisis of opportunity&rdquo;. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uk-18-to-24-year-olds-we-would-like-to-hear-your-experiences-of-trying-to-find-a-job/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/uk-18-to-24-year-olds-we-would-like-to-hear-your-experiences-of-trying-to-find-a-job/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy paper: Delivering the best for girls in custody: government response]]></title><description><![CDATA[The full government response to the independent review into the placement and care of girls in youth custody.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-delivering-the-best-for-girls-in-custody-government-response/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/policy-paper-delivering-the-best-for-girls-in-custody-government-response/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guardian view on education reform: Labour risks missing its chance to change schools | Editorial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ministers should encourage teachers who are keen to try new things before the new curriculum&rsquo;s formal adoptionMuch better to defer a white paper on special needs education in England than to announce plans in haste, only to be forced to withdraw them. This was the calculation behind the government&rsquo;s decision to put off until next year its plans for reform in a vitally important and sensitive area. Some council leaders were disappointed by the delay, such is their desperation about ov]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-guardian-view-on-education-reform-labour-risks-missing-its-chance-to-change-schools-editorial/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 20:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/the-guardian-view-on-education-reform-labour-risks-missing-its-chance-to-change-schools-editorial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Ofsted and how will the new school ratings work?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The system is changing after the death of head Ruth Perry highlighted the pressure of inspections.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/what-is-ofsted-and-how-will-the-new-school-ratings-work/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/what-is-ofsted-and-how-will-the-new-school-ratings-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New college support teams to raise standards and drive growth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Government introduces Regional Improvement Teams to help underperforming colleges to turn things around.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-college-support-teams-to-raise-standards-and-drive-growth/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 13:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/new-college-support-teams-to-raise-standards-and-drive-growth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interim Director for Fair Access and Participation appointed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Professor Chris Millward appointed as Interim Director for Fair Access and Participation]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/interim-director-for-fair-access-and-participation-appointed/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/interim-director-for-fair-access-and-participation-appointed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tutoring a baby to make him an 'English gentleman' - Is it worth the money?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The advert seeks "an extraordinary tutor" required "to support child on his first steps to becoming an English gentleman."]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/tutoring-a-baby-to-make-him-an-english-gentleman-is-it-worth-the-money/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/tutoring-a-baby-to-make-him-an-english-gentleman-is-it-worth-the-money/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[University staff to work to rule in job cuts row]]></title><description><![CDATA[The university is looking to save &pound;30m amid rising costs and a fall in international student numbers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/university-staff-to-work-to-rule-in-job-cuts-row/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 07:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/university-staff-to-work-to-rule-in-job-cuts-row/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minister calls for Send investment at school visit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Georgia Gould says "too many families" feel they have to "really fight" for support.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/minister-calls-for-send-investment-at-school-visit/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 07:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/minister-calls-for-send-investment-at-school-visit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No special school places and kids are 'overlooked']]></title><description><![CDATA[The council says the county's special schools are full to capacity.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/no-special-school-places-and-kids-are-overlooked/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 07:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/no-special-school-places-and-kids-are-overlooked/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School recovers after 75% of pupils left over Raac]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stourview Primary Academy says it is thriving again after it dropped from 85 pupils to fewer than 20.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-recovers-after-75-of-pupils-left-over-raac/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 06:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-recovers-after-75-of-pupils-left-over-raac/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: College oversight, improvement and intervention]]></title><description><![CDATA[How the government helps colleges improve financial resilience, quality and performance.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-college-oversight-improvement-and-intervention/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-college-oversight-improvement-and-intervention/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three arrested after school emergency lockdown]]></title><description><![CDATA[Police say two teenagers and a man are arrested on suspicion of an imitation firearm.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/three-arrested-after-school-emergency-lockdown/</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2025 16:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/three-arrested-after-school-emergency-lockdown/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Substantial' risk to life from fire in school, report finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[The BBC has seen the report which points out issues with fire doors, fire exits and the storage of combustibles at Lenzie Academy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/substantial-risk-to-life-from-fire-in-school-report-finds/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 12:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/substantial-risk-to-life-from-fire-in-school-report-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School-level annual school census: guide to submitting data]]></title><description><![CDATA[How independent schools must collect and submit data for the school-level annual school census (SLASC).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-level-annual-school-census-guide-to-submitting-data/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 10:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/school-level-annual-school-census-guide-to-submitting-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My verdict on the 'woke' review of England's school curriculum? It isn't radical enough | Simon Jenkins]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I heard it was dumbing down education, my heart sank. In fact, it&rsquo;s outspoken about the chaos of Michael Gove&rsquo;s reforms and the changes neededSchooling in Britain today is where medicine was in the days of bleeding and leeches. It is trapped in the past, between teachers wedded to their subjects and politicians obsessed with tests. Doctors generally know if they have cured you, lawyers know if you are found not guilty. Educators have only exams to measure their professional succ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/my-verdict-on-the-woke-review-of-englands-school-curriculum-it-isnt-radical-enough-simon-jenkins/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/my-verdict-on-the-woke-review-of-englands-school-curriculum-it-isnt-radical-enough-simon-jenkins/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Huge step in the right direction’: arts leaders hail move to boost creative subjects in England’s schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cultural figures hope proposed shake-up of curriculum can reverse years of &lsquo;madness&rsquo; in which arts were devaluedFor years, Britain&rsquo;s leading cultural figures have warned that substandard arts provision in schools is devaluing the sector and creating an increasingly elite industry. But the government&rsquo;s proposed shake-up of the national curriculum, which includes scrapping the English baccalaureate (Ebacc), has been met with overwhelming positivity, with one figure saying i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/huge-step-in-the-right-direction-arts-leaders-hail-move-to-boost-creative-subjects-in-englands-schools/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/huge-step-in-the-right-direction-arts-leaders-hail-move-to-boost-creative-subjects-in-englands-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schools disrupted as support staff strike over pay]]></title><description><![CDATA[A dozen schools in the Cathedral Schools Trust are shut or partially closed because of the two-day action.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-disrupted-as-support-staff-strike-over-pay/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/schools-disrupted-as-support-staff-strike-over-pay/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: High needs funding: due diligence process for special post-16 providers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information outlining the process for securing grant funding from the Department for Education to support high needs education provision for students.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-high-needs-funding-due-diligence-process-for-special-post-16-providers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-high-needs-funding-due-diligence-process-for-special-post-16-providers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teacher ban for drinking and crashing into gates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Michelle Stant is found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct at a misconduct hearing.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teacher-ban-for-drinking-and-crashing-into-gates/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/teacher-ban-for-drinking-and-crashing-into-gates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Submit a school land transaction proposal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Which forms you need to complete when submitting a school land transaction proposal and when you need to involve the Secretary of State for Education.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/submit-a-school-land-transaction-proposal/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/submit-a-school-land-transaction-proposal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[University to suspend music and language courses]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a statement the institution also says it is "proposing to reduce its nursing offer".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/university-to-suspend-music-and-language-courses/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 11:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/university-to-suspend-music-and-language-courses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidance: Setting executive salaries: guidance for academy trusts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guidance to support academy trusts setting levels of pay for executive leaders.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-setting-executive-salaries-guidance-for-academy-trusts/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/guidance-setting-executive-salaries-guidance-for-academy-trusts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sheeran praises curriculum changes which mean more kids will study music]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ministers are making changes to the curriculum in England after a review of what is taught in schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/education-and-training/sheeran-praises-curriculum-changes-which-mean-more-kids-will-study-music/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:31:00 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For example, modernisation will always be denounced as a dilution of standards. 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