News and communications

The Department for Education (DfE) and the Welsh Government has confirmed a change to the maximum Plan 2, Plan 5 and Postgraduate (PG) loan interest rates for April 2024.

• Updated: 3 April 2024

Latest information and actions from the Education and Skills Funding Agency for academies, schools, colleges, local authorities and further education providers.

• Updated: 3 April 2024

First phase of the biggest ever expansion of childcare starts giving working parents of 2-year-olds access to 15 hours a week.

• Updated: 1 April 2024

Latest information and actions from the Education and Skills Funding Agency for academies, schools, colleges, local authorities and further education providers.

• Updated: 27 March 2024

The Chevening Alumni Solomon Islands (CASI) on Tuesday (26 March 2024) elected its new executive members to lead the association forward.

• Updated: 27 March 2024

Councils are to receive a record £850 million cash boost to ensure children across the country receive an education that meets their needs.

• Updated: 26 March 2024

Empowered by education and fuelled by ambition, meet Jesús Ramírez, a Chevening scholar who knows no limits.

• Updated: 25 March 2024

The Student Loans Company is urging new students to apply now.

• Updated: 25 March 2024

Warning notice to The Diocese of Chelmsford Vine Schools Trust in relation to Two Village Church of England Primary School.

• Updated: 25 March 2024

Ahead of a huge summer of sport in 2024, schools will receive new guidance on delivering two hours of PE a week, and equal access to sport and PE.

• Updated: 23 March 2024

Ofqual intends to fine awarding organisation City & Guilds £200,000 for failing to resolve problems with its governance and incident management systems.

• Updated: 22 March 2024

Minister Halfon delivers a speech on adult education at the Skills Matter Event.

• Updated: 21 March 2024

Latest information and actions from the Education and Skills Funding Agency for academies, schools, colleges, local authorities and further education providers.

• Updated: 20 March 2024

Letter from David Withey, Chief Executive of the Education and Skills Funding Agency, to accounting officers in colleges.

• Updated: 20 March 2024

Sellafield Ltd’s award winning training programmes were once again praised in front of the nation’s nuclear skills leaders.

• Updated: 18 March 2024

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2024, British Consulate General Toronto is organising a 'Consul General for a Day' competition for girls aged 14 to 18 from Ontario.

• Updated: 15 March 2024

On Tuesday 12 March, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) welcomed key Welsh stakeholders, as well as students and academia, to their Innovation and Technology Roadshow.

• Updated: 15 March 2024

The British Embassy in Montevideo celebrated the fourth edition of the initiative that promotes the professional growth of young women.

• Updated: 15 March 2024

Places boosted even further with new measures to support childminders, and funding rates confirmed for all childcare providers ahead of historic rollout.

• Updated: 15 March 2024

Latest information and actions from the Education and Skills Funding Agency for academies, schools, colleges, local authorities and further education providers.

• Updated: 13 March 2024