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Nearly three-quarters of nursery schools to cut costs amid pressures

Many maintained nursery schools are struggling to stay afloat, research shows – at a time when the government is talking up early years’ role in getting children school-ready.

Three colleges land share of £80m defence skills fund

Three FE colleges have won a share of an £80 million government fund to increase defence-related education places and improved facilities.

DfE Early Years Champion urges sector to ‘work as one’ amid claims policy ‘pits school-based nurseries against PVIs’

Sue Robb has urged the early years sector to ‘work as one’ amid concerns that the Government’s Best Start in Life strategy ‘pits private, voluntary and independent (PVI) nurseries against school-based nurseries’.

Hague: Oxford lectures cancelled over protests should go ahead

University chancellor says both academic freedom and legitimate protest must be upheld on campus.

A long-running question in education research is just how much difference individual teachers make to pupil outcomes.

Universities should pitch to the centre, not (yet) the right.

Nursery teachers to get £4,500 tax-free bonus if they take jobs in these 10 areas

Qualified nursery teachers will be offered a £4,500 tax-free bonus to take jobs in 10 areas of the country with the most acute staff shortages.

Population pressures, staffing challenges and overcrowding have undermined staff and prisoner safety and the effectiveness of rehabilitation across the prison estate in England and Wales, the Welsh Affairs Committeewarns in a report published today.

The Committee has been investigating the access, affordability and quality of early years provision, among other issues including the safeguarding of children in early years settings.

Struggling academy trust with £9m deficit names new CEO

The academy trust in the largest financial hole in England has named its new chief executive, days after the resignation of its last boss.

CITB launches fast-track apprenticeship ‘hub’ grants

A construction skills quango has launched an “accelerated apprenticeships” grant programme that will fund its network of 20 training “hubs” first promised in late 2024.

Universities are the missing partners in local resilience

Local resilience forums are one of the UK’s key ways to organise emergency responses.

Cambridge more expensive than Ivy League for foreign medical students

Cambridge and other leading UK universities are now more expensive than Ivy League colleges for foreign medical students.

'Shocking' rise in number of home-schooled children in Wales

There has been a "shocking" rise in the number of children being taught at home in recent years, a council has heard.

School based nurseries 'far more likely' than PVI providers to receive an Ofsted ‘needs attention’ grade

An investigation by National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) suggests that far more schools with early years provision are receiving ‘needs attention’ grades, than private or voluntary settings.

Ofsted to include safer sleep in inspections – early years minister Olivia Bailey

Ofsted will now consider safe sleep practices as a routine part of inspection, alongside an update to safe sleep requirements in the early years curriculum from September.

Can pensioners bring back buzz to university life?

Developers behind ‘university retirement communities’ believe the model can benefit pensioners, students and institutional finances.

Oxford professor forced to axe lectures after ‘intimidation’ from trans activists

An Oxford University law professor has been forced to axe lectures after facing "intimidation" from trans activists.

Prison education in the UK is widely recognised as an essential yet chronically underresourced area of further education.

Trusts with higher disadvantage and SEND face 75% bigger deficits

Tes analysis sparks calls for reform of funding and accountability systems to better support academy trusts with high numbers of vulnerable pupils.

Nearly three-quarters of nursery schools to cut costs amid pressures

Three colleges land share of £80m defence skills fund

DfE Early Years Champion urges sector to ‘work as one’ amid claims policy ‘pits school-based nurseries against PVIs’

Hague: Oxford lectures cancelled over protests should go ahead

Primary school teachers matter for learning, but may have little impact on attendance

Populism and centrism in universities

Nursery teachers to get £4,500 tax-free bonus if they take jobs in these 10 areas

Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation in Wales: Overcrowded prisons and workforce pressures undermining safety and rehabilitation, MPs warn

Are parents happy with early years childcare? MPs hear evidence on affordability and safeguarding

Struggling academy trust with £9m deficit names new CEO

CITB launches fast-track apprenticeship ‘hub’ grants

Universities are the missing partners in local resilience

Cambridge more expensive than Ivy League for foreign medical students

'Shocking' rise in number of home-schooled children in Wales

School based nurseries 'far more likely' than PVI providers to receive an Ofsted ‘needs attention’ grade

Ofsted to include safer sleep in inspections – early years minister Olivia Bailey

Can pensioners bring back buzz to university life?

Oxford professor forced to axe lectures after ‘intimidation’ from trans activists

Rethinking professional identity and progression in prison education

Trusts with higher disadvantage and SEND face 75% bigger deficits