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Reframing digital skills for the workforce of tomorrow

No longer just for those with a passion for technology: why digital skills matter

Text-based programming tools for young learners

The Raspberry Pi Foundation’s Code Editor helps make learning text-based programming simple for children aged 9 and up. Learn how this free tool has been tailored for use in the classroom through Code Editor for Education.

Catch Up® Early Years research project has a positive impact on younger learners in Literacy and Numeracy.

Catch Up® has recently concluded a 3-year Early Years research project. The project sought to develop and trial Early Years specific Catch Up® Literacy and Catch Up® Numeracy resources and guidance to provide school staff with effective, evidence-based intervention support appropriate for Reception age children (older 5-year-olds), along with support resources for their families.

Vaccines to be offered to 16 and 17-year-olds ‘within weeks’

School leaders have welcomed the government’s plan to make vaccines available to 16- and 17-year-olds across England within “a short number of weeks”. The rollout has now been approved for over-16s by the government’s joint committee on vaccination and immunisation (JCVI), but it stopped short of recommending jabs for younger children. Professor Wei Shen Lim, […]