Welsh students to start replaying loans earlier after thresholds frozen
The Welsh government said it was "unavoidable" after controversial changes in the 2025 UK budget.
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School bomb hoax emails: 'Stay vigilant but not alarmed'
Assistant Chief Constable Mark Sutherland assured parents it is safe for children to attend school after over 1,000 schools received a hoax email.
Guidance: Supporting SEND reform: developing the Experts at Hand offer
Information for local authorities, integrated care boards, those leading and working in mainstream settings, parents and carers on our expectations in year 1.
Guidance: Choosing a phonics teaching programme
Sets out what the government is doing to help schools choose a phonics teaching programme.
Hoax bomb threats made to hundreds of schools in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Police assure parents and teachers that warnings were bogus despite pupils being evacuated from some sites UK politics live – latest updates Hundreds of schools in Scotland and Northern Ireland were hit by a fresh wave of hoax bomb threats on Wednesday, with some sites evacuated as a precaution. Police said at least 470 schools, from Dumfries in the south of Scotland to Aberdeenshire and Orkney in the north, had…
Josh MacAlister - National Children and Adult Services Conference
Speech delivered by Children's Minister at annual NCASC conference in Liverpool
Official Statistics: Stability measures for children looked after in England: 2027
Statistics on the stability of Children Looked After (CLA) in their placement and in their professional support, for CLA on 31 March 2027.
Official Statistics: Initial teacher training: trainee number census - 2027 to 2028
Provisional recruitment to initial teacher training (ITT) programmes in England in the academic year 2027 to 2028.
'Hoax' bomb threats sent to hundreds of NI schools
The PSNI says more than "300 schools to date have reported to police receiving the same emailed message".
Correspondence: DfE Update 11 November 2026
Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.
Official Statistics: Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers: 2027
Statistics on the characteristics of early years providers in England.
Accredited official statistics: Primary school performance data in England: 2027
Information on the achievements of pupils in each state-funded primary school in England.
Accredited official statistics: Key stage 2 attainment (revised): 2027
Revised results for the 2027 national curriculum assessments at key stage 2.
Colleges put at heart of drive to get young people learning
Education Secretary calls on colleges to work with government to get today’s 16-18s not currently in education back in and re-engaged
Speech at Association of Colleges conference
In her speech, the Education Secretary calls on colleges to work with government to get today’s 16-18s not currently in education back in and re-engaged.
Guidance: National school breakfast programme: secondary school support grant
Information for schools and local authorities on funding for the national school breakfast programme secondary school support grant.
Guidance: 16 to 18 qualifications, discount codes and point scores
Approved 16 to 18 qualifications, discount codes and point scores for reporting in the 2018 to 2028 school and college performance measures.
Schools across Scotland targeted by fresh malicious bomb threats
Police Scotland said at least 470 schools received the email but the warnings were immediately assessed as hoaxes.
Guidance: Managing risk in international education partnerships and overseas operations
Guidance for UK education providers and organisations forming partnerships with foreign entities or delivering education services or research overseas.
Post-16 level 2 and 3 qualifications 2028: science
Give your views on proposed content for new science V Levels and Foundation Certificates for teaching from September 2028.
Post-16 level 2 and 3 qualifications 2028: health and care
Give your views on proposed content for new health and care V Levels, Foundation Certificates and Occupational Certificates for teaching from September 2028.
Reception quality webinar series
Series of webinars on RISE reception quality in schools led by senior education sector experts.
'Large number' of schools sent threatening email
Police are conducting urgent enquiries, and liaising with the schools in question.
Accredited official statistics: Children looked after in England including adoptions, year ending 31 March 2026
Statistics on looked-after children at national and local authority level for the year ending 31 March 2026.
State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information
Management information aggregated and published monthly, and publications of inspections and outcomes from 2005 to 2015 and 2015 to 2019.
Official Statistics: Teacher development: inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2026
Official statistics covering initial teacher education (ITE) and inspections of early career framework (ECF) and national professional qualifications (NPQ) lead providers in the 2025 to 2026 academic year.
The relationship between October half-term holiday length and absence
We use FFT Attendance Tracker data from 2025/26 to estimate the number of schools with a two-week October half-term break and whether these schools see higher or lower rates of absence than schools with a one-week break.
Students passing university assessments in minutes using AI, regulator warns
The Office for Students says students can frequently use AI "in ways that cannot be reliably detected".
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Accredited official statistics: Children looked after in England including adoptions, year ending 31 March 2027
Statistics on looked-after children at national and local authority level for the year ending 31 March 2027.
Accredited official statistics: Early years foundation stage profile results: 2026 to 2027
Statistics on early years foundation stage profile assessments in England, including on the 7 areas of learning and the 17 early learning goals.