News archive for 24th October 2021

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Budget to include £2.6bn for special educational needs and disabilities - Mail Primary school pupils ‘more than three months behind with reading after pandemic’ - Independent Rishi Sunak dismisses Marcus Rashford's plea for free school meal programme to be extended - Mail A-level textbook withdrawn over ‘horrifying’ question about Native Americans - Metro A-level textbook withdrawn over ‘inappropriate’ Native American question - Guardian Government has ‘maxxed out’ on school catch-up cash, says Sunak - Schools Week Budget 2021: Rishi Sunak to pledge funding for T-levels - BBC Spending review: funding boosts for 16-19 and adult training - FE Week University World News Global Edition 24/10/2021 - University World News Wales curriculum: New science GCSE prompts dumbing down fears - BBC A-level textbook withdrawn over 'shocking' Native American question - BBC ESFA probes trust forced to up top-slice after overspend - Schools Week Exam board apologises and withdraws A-level text book - Mail How schools will join the green revolution - Schools Week Five urgent tips for the DfE on adult education - FE Week Top 10 behaviour management tips - UKEdChat Government announces 'Multiply' numeracy scheme - National Numeracy Exams: GCSE reform isn’t as simple as stick or twist - Schools Week Grade inflation now means the Leaving Certificate is failing students - Sunday Times Free meals are the gift we must give more children - Sunday Times Singapore school beats Harrow for Oxbridge places - Sunday Times The £100k student loan bill - Sunday Times Parents urged to book children in for Covid-19 vaccine during half-term - Express