8 MINS AGO - Ministers announce plans to reform post-16 education to give employers the skilled people they need. Collapse

1 HR AGO - Startling disparities in home learning between poorer households and wealthier families uncovered by new research Collapse

6 HRS AGO - DfE clarifies that remote learning for younger children need not be wholly online during lockdown, after concerns raised Collapse

6 HRS AGO - The DfE has paused a major part of its Covid testing plan but says it remains committed to testing in schools. So what is exactly going ahead? Collapse

8 HRS AGO - Dr Tim Bradshaw says Russell Group universities are working hard to provide a high-quality learning experienceIt is wrong to suggest that universities have not put the interests of students at the heart of their response to the pandemic (The government has failed thousands of students in England. They deserve a refund, 14 January).From the start, Russell Group universities have worked hard to provide the best possible experience for students. Whether it is investing significantly to move courses online and devise new ways to teach medicine or geology, or creating Covid-secure campuses to complement that online learning with in-person teaching whenever possible, universities have taken their responsibilities very seriously. Continue reading... Collapse

9 HRS AGO - Schools minister also says government is 'exploring options for a strategy to create a more resilient education system Collapse

10 HRS AGO - Footballer says his campaign to end child food poverty in England still has a ‘million miles to go’The footballer Marcus Rashford has called on ministers to offer a guaranteed “meal a day” to all school pupils in England in financially struggling families as he warned that his campaign to end child food poverty still had a “million miles to go”.In a recorded video hearing with the Commons petitions committee, the Manchester United and England striker repeated his call for a review of the free school meals system, saying the government was too slow to put measures in place when coronavirus hit, with the result that too many families were “left with nothing”. Continue reading... Collapse

10 HRS AGO - DfE calls for schools to step up screening of staff and confirms it is pausing rapid tests for close contacts of cases Collapse