MINISTER of Education Fayval Williams will today address and officially open the International Education Symposium being co-hosted by The Mico University College and MOSA (the Mico University Coll.
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A new report published by the National Audit Office (NAO) today, Friday, July 2, said since the introduction of a national funding formula for England there had been a “relative redistribution” of resources to schools in better-off areas.
In a new report today the Whitehall spending watchdog has revealed Government efforts to “level up” funding for education have resulted in cuts to the money going to the most deprived schools. Photo credit: PA
In contrast, it said, almost 60 per cent of the most deprived fifth of schools had seen a real terms reduction in Government funding since 2017-18.
Charities, education and business leaders in Yorkshire alongside national school union leaders, are urging Downing Street to prioritise the most vulnerable young people in the North, who even before the pandemic hit were not on an “even-playing field” with their peers in the South.
Education and health leaders in Yorkshire have expressed concerns after the Government confirmed that face masks will non longer be required in secondary classrooms in England from May 17. Photo credit: JPIMedia
But education and health leaders in the region warned the decision to remove masks was a “step to soon” with the evidence on safety and lack of covid vaccination roll out for students and staff.
Samantha Twiselton, deputy for the Doncaster opportunity area, one of three Yorkshire opportunity areas, alongside Bradford and the North Yorkshire coast, highlighted the use of masks for secondary school children was particularly important across the region.