The Department for Education’s new Enrichment Framework is a welcome recognition that education extends beyond the classroom.

Especially for pupils in Years 6, 11 and 13, the school year in England ends with a crescendo of formal testing.

Pupils attending the least deprived schools are offered a greater choice of enrichment activities than those at the most deprived, new research suggests.

The Enrichment Benchmarks are here. They outline eight standards for schools to deliver enrichment activities across five core areas. But do we have enough staff to deliver?

The government’s long-awaited enrichment benchmarks for schools have finally been published, encompassing areas such as civic engagement, the arts, nature and sport.

Schools will be expected to provide broad and varied enrichment activities, celebrate participation and achievement and work with external partners where necessary as part of the new enrichment framework.

Schools and colleges will be expected to provide broad and varied enrichment activities, celebrate participation and achievement and work with external partners where necessary as part of the new enrichment framework.

Every child, regardless of where they grow up or which school they attend, will benefit from enriching activities that build the skills, confidence and relationships they need for life and work thanks to government action announced today.

The government is set to publish enrichment benchmarks for schools this week, alongside announcing a £132.5 million scheme to fund activities in schools.

Colleges will be included in new government enrichment benchmarks to be published this week, but ministers have not said they will be eligible for funding from a new £132.5 million activities scheme.