From DfEE
Guidance: Free courses for jobs
Details of the free courses and qualifications for adults (19+) available through the government’s Plan for Jobs including eligibility criteria and how to apply.
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From DfEE
Guidance: National Skills Fund
An overview of the National Skills Fund which aims to help adults to train and gain the valuable skills they need to improve their job prospects and support the economy.
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Guidance: School attendance: guidance for schools
Covers registers and attendance codes (including circumstances due to coronavirus (COVID-19)), school hours and term dates and improving school attendance.
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Guidance: Actions for FE colleges and providers during the coronavirus outbreak
Find out what you’ll need to do during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak to maintain provision.
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Guidance: Responsibility for exams
Guidance for schools, colleges and exam centres on who should enter students for exams, the health arrangements for exams and the support DfE is providing.
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Guidance: Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
What childcare services early years settings, childminders and local authorities need to provide during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
From the Guardian mental health
A children’s ‘new deal’ mustn’t be limited to schools | Letter
Funding for children’s mental health must extend to tackling area deprivation and a lack of services, says Prof Mike Stein As your leader (21 September) suggests, it is to be hoped that the new children’s commissioner for England, Dame Rachel Read more…
From the Guardian
Keir Starmer’s keynote speech aims to prepare school leavers for their future
Labour refocuses on concerns of working families ahead of the next election Keir Starmer will vow to make every school leaver “ready for work and ready for life” with a pledge to include practical skills such as pension planning and Read more…
From DfEE
Press release: UK achievements celebrated in new children’s book to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Primary school children across the United Kingdom to receive a free book next year to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
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News story: More support to help people to become HGV drivers among package of government measures to ease risk of shortages
Government taking action to tackle the shortage of HGV drivers.