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• Teachers to benefit from multi-year pay deal

  01-07-2026 15:14 via gov.uk
  
  School teachers to see pay boosted over the next two years, as part of 17% increase since the general election, backed by significant additional investment.
  
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• Attorney General launches free Rule of Law lesson plans for every school in England and Wales

  02-07-2026 18:46 via gov.uk
  
  Free, classroom-ready lesson plans on the rule of law are now available to every school in the UK, following a new partnership between the Attorney General's Office, Oak National Academy and the Association for Citizenship Teachers.
  
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• Transparency data: DfE spend control data: January to March 2026

  02-07-2026 16:55 via gov.uk
  
  Centrally approved new spending on property, advertising, consultancy, technology and recruitment.
  
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• Government apologises for historic forced adoption practices

  02-07-2026 14:02 via gov.uk
  
  Apology comes with £4 million package of support which includes easier access to adoption records
  
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• Increasing the retention period for adoption records

  02-07-2026 13:00 via gov.uk
  
  Seeks views on increasing the retention period for pre-2005 adoption records from 75 to 100 years.
  
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• Guidance: Historic forced adoption: information and support

  02-07-2026 13:00 via gov.uk
  
  Help for those affected by issues around historic forced adoption.
  
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• Guidance: Early years teacher degree apprenticeship: employer support grant funding manual

  02-07-2026 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  Guidance for the employer support grant for employers and training providers.
  
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• Official Statistics: UK revenue from education related exports and transnational education activity 2023 and 2024

  02-07-2026 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Statistics on the estimated revenue generated by education related exports and transnational education activity in 2023 and 2024.
  
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• Councils supported to identify and support vulnerable teenagers

  02-07-2026 01:01 via gov.uk
  
  New data reveals 32,100 “Phantom NEETS” are being left to drift without help, with up to half of 16 and 17-year-olds unaccounted for in one area.
  
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• Teachers in England to get 3.5% pay rise

  01-07-2026 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Schools will need to fund some of the increase, which unions say will further stretch existing budgets.
  
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• Independent report: School Teachers’ Review Body 36th Report: 2026

  01-07-2026 16:15 via gov.uk
  
  Recommendations from the School Teachers’ Review Body on teachers’ and school leaders’ pay.
  
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• Correspondence: DfE Update 1 July 2026

  01-07-2026 14:15 via gov.uk
  
  Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.
  
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• Guidance: 16 to 19 funding: ILR returns

  01-07-2026 12:00 via gov.uk
  
  Advice about individualised learner record (ILR) funding returns for institutions funded by Department for Education.
  
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• Guidance: DfE official statistics: standards and policies

  30-06-2026 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  Documents describing the standards we follow to produce official statistics.
  
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• Recruiting MAP learners by raising awareness of modular study

  30-06-2026 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  How a provider increased enrolment on the modular acceleration programme (MAP) by raising awareness of modular study with prospective learners and employers.
  
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• Providing modular study for HTQs in rural areas

  30-06-2026 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  How a provider in a rural area enrolled significant numbers of learners studying higher technical qualifications (HTQ) on modular acceleration programme (MAP) modules.
  
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• Promotional material: LLE communication assets for education providers

  30-06-2026 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  Resources to help education providers communicate and explain Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) funding to prospective learners.
  
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• Engaging with the LSIP to create modular provision

  30-06-2026 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  How a provider worked with their Local Skills Improvement Partnership (LSIP) to create modules that meet employer needs and increase learner enrolment through targeted marketing.
  
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• Designing modular study with employers to fill skills gaps

  30-06-2026 16:00 via gov.uk
  
  A provider worked with employers to help them understand the benefits of modular study and to co-design study modules.
  
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• Pupil put in isolation booth for more than half a school year, BBC learns

  30-06-2026 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The pupil's experience in a Yorkshire school highlights concerns about zero-tolerance behaviour policies.
  
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• White working-class children failed by education system, says inquiry

  29-06-2026 12:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The inquiry spoke to thousands of young people and their parents, as well as hundreds of teachers.
  
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• Statutory guidance: Mobile phones in schools

  29-06-2026 01:01 via gov.uk
  
  How schools can prohibit the use of mobile phones throughout the school day.
  
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• Children embrace Cornish language as it enjoys ‘remarkable resurgence’

  27-06-2026 15:00
  Go Cornish Celebration engages younger generation as council finalises strategy to boost everyday use of Kernewek Seven-year-old Albie, a pupil at Trewirgie infants’ school in Redruth, did not hesitate when asked why he liked learning Kernewek, the Cornish language.“We used to talk this way in the old days,” he said. “And I like speaking now. I enjoy the songs we sing, the Cornish books we read, all the words. It’s fun.” Continue reading...
  
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• ‘I’m missing out’: the cash-strapped UK university students forced to live at home

  27-06-2026 14:00
  Experts say students from poorer backgrounds increasingly having to limit their options because of money worriesMost days, Mariam spends hours simply waiting.The 19-year-old University College London student often finishes her lectures by mid-morning but has careers events or society meetings in the evening. The three-hour round trip to her family home means travelling back and forth makes little sense, so she waits on campus instead. More often than not, by the time the event starts, she is too
  
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• Dave Eggers: ‘Once you have a machine think and write for you, you’re cooked as a species’

  27-06-2026 10:00
  
  As his new novel is published, the US author talks about nurturing the next generation of creatives, debating Sam Altman – and why he writes on a boat in San Francisco BayAt Dave Eggers’s suggestion, we’re starting the interview by life drawing together. The novelist dropped out of art school but has been drawing for decades, and his new book is set in the art world. Prudence, our model, stands before us with her palms open, nude but for a pair of black knee-high socks. This, u
  
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• Screen time can damage under-twos’ development, landmark study suggests

  27-06-2026 09:00
  Exclusive: Researchers call for urgent investigation of risks to babies of tablets, smartphones and other digital devicesScreen time for babies and toddlers under the age of two has been linked with long-term negative effects on health and quality of life and should be avoided, according to a landmark study.It warns that using screens during that period may lead to wide-ranging developmental concerns and calls for further urgent investigation of the risks smartphones, tablets and other digital d
  
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• ‘Basically you’re trapped’: UK postgraduates burdened with double loan debt

  27-06-2026 08:00
  Calls for reform to student loan system as those studying for a master’s can be left with ‘a life tax’Whether to pursue a master’s degree was not really a choice for Francesca Peters. Fresh from an undergraduate degree in biochemistry in 2020, she had set her sights on securing her dream job. There was a catch, however. The only route into her chosen field was further study – and more debt.She had finished university with more than £60,000 in student debt but
  
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• A smartphone ban in English schools is coming into force. What's changing?

  27-06-2026 02:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Schools must now follow government guidance that says schools should be phone-free for the entire day.
  
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• Teenage boys in UK ‘stuck’ reading primary-level books while girls’ tastes expand

  26-06-2026 16:37
  Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series accounts for eight of the 10 most read books by 11- to 14-year-old boys, while girls the same age enjoy a wider range of authors and genresTeenage boys are “stuck” reading primary school books such as Diary of a Wimpy Kid, while girls their age are moving on to a wider range of novels, according to a new study.Among the boys aged 11 to 14 who were surveyed, eight of the 10 most read books were from Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy K
  
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• Tarmac playgrounds and windows that don’t open: why hot spells turn our schools into heat traps | Harry Paticas

  25-06-2026 19:09
  Our schools are a dated mix of single glazing, dodgy pipes and atriums like Kew hothouses. They urgently need retrofitting for a changing climateThis week’s soaring summer temperatures have put a spotlight on our schools and their ability to cope, with one in Hertfordshire telling me that it recorded temperatures of more than 40C. So why are our schools struggling?Modern schools often have too much glass, and not enough shading or ventilation to keep out the sun’s heat. During the 19
  
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