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Post-pandemic test results fall sharply for youngest pupils in England

Disadvantaged children fall further behind peers as teachers and parents call on Truss to boost school funding

The Guardian - UK

Ministers ‘dragging feet’ on adding Black history to curriculum, teaching leader warns

Exclusive: ‘The government is making good noises at the moment – but really there’s not been any action and it hasn’t been quick enough,’ says NEU boss

The Independent UK

England’s A-level and GCSE grades to fall to pre-Covid levels in 2023

Some warn about impact on disadvantaged students, who suffered greatest learning loss during pandemic

The Guardian - UK

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Department for Economy cancel three energy crisis meetings with All Party Group on Climate Action

Kate Nicholl says their failure to engage is "shameful and disheartening"

Belfast Live

Jonathan Gullis suggests he has taken on schools brief

The DfE said ministerial portfolios will be confirmed next week.

The Independent UK

Kwasi Kwarteng sacking Tom Scholar marks ‘shift away from impartial advice’

Exclusive: Former head of civil service says move is ‘disgraceful’ and will have a ‘chilling effect’

The Guardian - UK

England’s FE colleges face ‘unprecedented’ wave of strikes

Staff across country will take 10 days of action, spread over a four-week period, in protest over latest pay offer

The Guardian - UK

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German firm DFE Pharma’s CoE opened in Genome Valley

‘Capabilities offered through this centre can reduce the time to launch a product’

The Hindu

Schools to stay open after Queen death as government issues guidance to headteachers

Headteachers will be informed whether they can close by the Department for Education (DfE), it has been reported

Bristol Post

Will there be a bank holiday for Queen’s funeral?

How period of mourning will affect schools and sporting events, and what visitors to London can expect

The Guardian - UK

Covid drives biggest Sats results gap since 2012 for poorest pupils in England

Deprived children fall further behind better-off peers as they lose most learning due to coronavirus

The Guardian - UK

Taxpayers billed hundreds of pounds for Christmas cards from mega-rich Nadhim Zahawi

The current Chancellor, who has a property empire estimated at around £100 million, sent out the festive greetings during his tenure as Education Secretary in 2021

Daily Mirror

GCSE results expected to confirm widening of north-south attainment gap

Tory leadership candidates called on to commit to fixing growing regional disparities in education

The Guardian - UK

Cash-strapped parents struggling to pay for uniforms as schools ban unbranded clothing

Parents struggling to feed their children are fretting the start of the school term as many schools have banned the use of unbranded items, forcing them to buy expensive clothes

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The Guardian - UK

Student loan interest rates cut again as inflation and cost of living soar

DfE says maximum rate in England and Wales will be fixed at 6.3%, having previously reduced it to 7.3%

The Guardian - UK

Universities urged to allow for Covid impact on poorer students’ A-levels

Pandemic has compounded working-class applicants’ disadvantages as teachers fear growing attainment gap, charity finds

The Guardian - UK

Lionesses urge next PM to ensure all girls are able to play football in schools

European champions call on Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to commit to bringing change if they enter No 10

The Independent UK

Lionesses write to Tory leadership hopefuls over access to football for girls

Just 63% of schools in England offer equal football coaching to boys and girls, the FA found.

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Wales Online

Survey finds 32% of girls ‘cannot access period products at school’

Girlguiding is calling on the Department of Education to fully evaluate England’s Period Products Scheme and make it permanent

The Independent UK

32% of girls ‘cannot access period products at school’ despite Government schemes

Girlguiding is calling on the Department of Education to fully evaluate England’s Period Products Scheme and make it permanent.

Bristol Post

Bristol City Council scraps funding support for special needs charity in surveillance row

Council chiefs said the decision to pull support for a grant was unrelated to the ongoing dispute about social media

The Independent UK

National Tutoring Programme gets take-up boost as new contractors announced

New figures show pupils began nearly 600,000 courses in the last two months, taking the total to just under 2.1 million since the scheme’s inception.

Manchester Evening News

Primary school facing huge £2.7m repair bill set to get full rebuild

Thorn Grove Primary School, in Cheadle Hulme, was said to be facing a £2.7m maintenance bill three years ago - prompting council bosses to make a bid to the Department for Education (DfE) for a new school building.

The Guardian - UK

Pupil numbers in England set to shrink by almost 1 million in 10 years

Government forecast anticipates 12% decline, mainly due to fewer births, with surplus school places in years ahead

The Guardian - UK

Schools in England advised to assess risk of strip-search before calling police

Guidance issued after 15-year-old black girl known as Child Q was strip-searched by female police officers in 2020

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