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Adoptions, School Uniform Grants and class sizes
Today’s Education in the Media blog looks at adoption trends in England, Local authority school uniform grants and class sizes.
Adoption
Supporting parents to build a home learning environment
The new campaign is driven by the Secretary of State’s ambition to halve the number of children who leave reception with early learning skills in the next 10 years. The campaign will go live with a new website featuring videos, simple tips and activities that parents can do with their children either at home or out and about. The campaign will also be joining forces with a range of businesses to help spread the message.
Honours for the education sector
On Friday 7 June, the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for 2019 was published. This year’s list includes 96 figures from the education and children’s services sectors, including headteachers, governors, principals and foster carers.
Education in the Media: Friday 19 October 2018
Today’s Education in the Media blog focuses on music and arts in the school curriculum and funding for new digital skills standards. We also round-up National Adoption Week and touch on some good news regarding early years development.
Education in the Media: Monday 15 October 2018
Today’s blog marks the start of National Adoption Week and Colleges Week.
Education in the media: Wednesday 27 June 2018
Today’s education in the media looks at learning foreign languages in schools, flexible terms dates, adoption and a letter from the Skills Minister about the apprenticeship levy.
Education in the media: Thursday 10 May 2018
Today’s Education in the media blog focuses on the support the department is providing to people who adopt children with attachment issues, as well as the requirements on teachers to understand the needs of all types of children.
Education in the media: Wednesday 18 April 2018
Today’s Education in the media blog looks at siblings in care and the work that teachers do to teach democracy, law, mutual respect and tolerance in schools.
Education in the media: Thursday 22 March 2018
Today’s Education in the media blog focuses on the work grammar schools do on social mobility, teachers’ pay and the latest round of regional adoption agencies set up by the department. Pupil backgrounds Today, Thursday 22 March, the University College …
Education in the media: 17 October 2017
Today’s Education in the media blog looks at the Daily Mirror’s campaign for National Adoption Week and the Close Brothers survey which shows the benefits of apprenticeships.