Free School Meals
Today's blog outlines the launch of a national voucher scheme aimed at children eligible for free school meals while schools are closed due to coronavirus.
Free School Meals
School breakfast programme and student loan repayments
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Free School Meals, Funding, Higher Education, Holidays, School food, Uncategorized, Universities
Today’s Education in the Media blog looks at the Department’s announcement about expanding the National School Breakfast programme. The blog also looks at news coverage of changes to the student loan repayment system. Breakfast programme expansion On Saturday, 4 January, …
Supporting schools in behaviour management
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Behaviour, Free School Meals, Funding, School food
Continuing to improve behaviour in our schools is a key priority for this Government. Calm and safe school environments benefit all students, allowing them to concentrate fully on their studies. Just one instance of bad behaviour in a classroom can derail an entire lesson, holding back every other pupil in the room.
GCSE computing, holiday clubs and free school meals
As the report notes, this government acknowledges the importance of computing – to create a workforce that has the knowledge and skills we need to drive the future productivity and economy of this country. That is why we made computing a compulsory part of the national curriculum.
Working to improve social mobility across the country
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Admissions, Apprenticeships, Attainment gap, Careers, Childcare, Free School Meals, Further education, Higher Education, Social mobility, Universities
We want to create opportunity for everyone. Employment has risen in every UK region under this government, wages are outstripping inflation, the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers has narrowed and the proportion of 16 and 17-year-olds in education or apprenticeships is at its highest ever.
Supporting schools and communities to build an anti-weapon culture
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Free School Meals, Sex and Relationship Education, Social work
The majority of schools are safe environments for pupils and teaching staff, and it’s important they remain so. The Education Secretary has been clear that education is the best protection for vulnerable young people most at risk of being led down a dangerous path, and we must all take a united approach to protecting them.
Ensuring that children progress in school
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Behaviour, Damian Hinds, Exams and qualifications, Free School Meals, Funding, Further education, Key Stage Two Tests, Mental Health, Primary Schools, School spending, School tests, School Workforce, Teacher workload, teachers, Technical education
In response to calls for SATs to be discontinued, the Education Secretary Damian Hinds wrote an op-ed for the Sunday Telegraph on 21 April, setting out the importance of primary school assessments to ensure that children are developing and progressing in education.
Education in the Media: Friday 2 November 2018
Today’s Education in the Media blog looks at the progress being made by breakfast clubs, and new funding for the Open Data Competition.
Education in the Media: Wednesday 1 August 2018
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Exclusions, Free School Meals, Grammar schools, Holidays, school exclusions, School places, Selective schools
Today’s Education in the media blog looks at the BBC’s piece on grammar schools, the National Education Union’s press release on holiday hunger, and responds to Robert Halfon’s latest comments on school exclusions.
Education in the Media: Friday 27 July 2018
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Free School Meals, Holidays, School food, School sport
Today’s Education in the media blog focuses on the announcement of a £2 million fund to provide free healthy meals and activities for disadvantaged families throughout the school holidays.