The Department for Education (DfE) has announced a 3p free school meals funding rise for academic year 2025 to 2026, which ...

Tablets for Schools is a charity that commissions the largest independent research programme in the world on how tablets impact learning and attainment. The latest report summarises findings from an ...

To close the STEM skills gap, there is a significant role for businesses and schools to link activities to give young people an insight into STEM industries. Julie Feest, CEO of the Engineering ...

The UK’s education sector is subject to constant scrutiny and evokes wildly different opinions – and rightly so. In order to create and maintain the best possible system of learning for our children, ...

When planned well, school trips give students unrivalled opportunities to learn in the real world, enable them to grow in confidence and self-belief and can lead to better engagement when back in the ...

The Chancellor announced the creation of a National Insurance Contributions (NICs) Employment Allowance in the 2013 Budget. From 6 April 2014 this new initiative enables eligible companies to reduce ...

In mid-July, the education sector received some good news: schools are to receive an additional £1.3bn over the next two years. However, the Institute for Fiscal Studies brought us back to reality ...

Dyslexia affects around ten per cent of the population and is a Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD). It does not only concern reading and writing, but can also impact on maths, spelling, memory and ...

Play is more than just the chance to run around outside for a quarter of an hour. Play is just as importance in the development of a pupil’s social, emotional, intellectual and physical development as ...

It is human nature to seek the assurance that you are not too out of line with your peers. Therefore, in the last issue of Education Business, we invited Mark Rosser, of the British Educational ...

There are many schools demonstrating excellent and inclusive SEND practice, but there is still more to do to ensure that children are experiencing consistent, high quality provision across England. Dr ...

Research by the Association of Play Industries (API) shows that parents are increasingly concerned about the shift from outdoor play to indoor screen time. API Chair Mark Hardy explores the effect the ...