Secondary schools are to be given free sanitary products following a campaign against so-called "period poverty", Philip Hammond has announced.

Commenting on the Chancellor’s Spring Statement, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union, said: 

In order to engage children in STEM subjects, we need to improve the standard of science teaching, says Lord Robert Winston

Having been awarded the B&CE’s Mowlem Award grant in 2018, Mates in Mind have launched their Apprentices’ Mental Health Survey to support improvements in the mental health of apprentices across the construction and related industries

With the UK ranking 17th for literacy amongst OECD countries, World Book Day and all it stands for is needed more than ever, writes Seema Malhotra

If we want to build a fairer society then we must close the regional attainment gap in our schools, write the co-chairs of the Social Mobility APPG Baroness Tyler and Justin Madders

Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson for Education & former Primary School headteacher, Lord Storey, writes ahead of his Lords debate on ‘Improving the swimming and life-saving skills of children provided through schools’.

On National Apprenticeship Week 2019, CMI’s latest research with just under 600 management apprentices shows that management apprenticeships are confidently blazing a trail in workplaces across the UK.

Labour has accused ministers of presiding over a "national disgrace" after it emerged that schools are being forced to ask parents for hand-outs to fund teachers' salaries and essential repairs.

Liberal Democrat Education spokesperson and former teacher Layla Moran writes following a recently announced update to the curriculum guidance for Sex and Relationships Education (SRE).

State schools should be made so good that putting children into private education is considered an "eccentric choice", Michael Gove has said.

A Labour government overhaul of the universities sector would mean institutions could no longer fall into bankruptcy, Angela Rayner will say.

For every family who does not get the support they need, there is an unacceptable impact for parents and children alike, says Sir Vince Cable MP.

Education Select Committee Chair Robert Halfon writes about his Committee’s report ‘Tackling disadvantage in the early years’ which calls for additional support for the most disadvantaged children and to convert good intentions into good outcomes for all children.

Schools should stop their pupils from bringing mobile phones into the classroom, an education minister has said. 

Labour has blasted the Government after it emerged misconduct sanctions imposed on teachers in Europe will not be shared with UK authorities after a no-deal Brexit.

This is a welcome intervention from a key employer voice, said Rob Wall, Head of Policy, CMI.

Digital technology charity Good Things Foundation's Chief Executive reflects on the Social Mobility Commission report into the adult skills gap published this week.

When it comes to school exclusions, the current system is failing too many vulnerable children. It’s time for a radical rethink, writes Vicky Foxcroft 

Conservative MP Chris Green writes following his House of Commons Adjournment debate this week on the funding of pupil referral units.

WaterAid placed 800 children’s schoolbags on the famous steps of St Paul’s Cathedral as a stark reminder of the number of young children’s lives lost every single day due to dirty water and poor sanitation.

Vocational education needs to be seen as fulfilling as getting a degree 

We want T-Levels to be equally transformative, says CMI.