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20 Jul 2020
Rural schools benefit from upgraded internet
The Northern Echo reports that rural primary schools across the North Yorkshire are set to receive a boost to their internet speeds High-speed connectivity provider NYnet is working to deliver...
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20 Apr 2020
Government announces major package to support online learning
The Government announced plans on 19th April to support online learning by providing disadvantaged children across England with laptops and tablets as part of a push to make remote education...
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16 Mar 2020
Levelling up the rural – urban education divide
This week, an article by Rural Services Network Chief Executive Graham Biggs was featured in the educational publication, FE News The piece, which was jointly written with the Chief Executive...
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16 Mar 2020
£1.8bn West Yorkshire devolution deal ‘is an example for the country’, says Rishi Sunak
On Thursday, several papers, including the Dewsbury Reporter, covered the news that Chancellor Rishi Sunak MP has signed a devolution document alongside the leaders of Leeds, Bradford, Kirklees, Wakefield and...
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17 Feb 2020
Urban schools get more funding than rural counterparts
In figures released by the Government on February 11 2020, schools in areas classified as Predominantly Urban received £332 more per pupil on average than those in Predominantly Rural areas...
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10 Feb 2020
Rural schools given access to government expansion funding
Schools Week have revealed that rural local authority-maintained schools will be given access to government expansion funding for the first time next year to encourage them to academise and form...
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03 Feb 2020
£1m funding opportunity for organisations in England working with young people
UK Youth is delighted to announce it will be distributing more than £1million in grants to youth groups and organisations working with young people across England With funding from the...
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27 Jan 2020
Government pledge to reassess funding for rural schools facing ‘bleak’ future
The Yorkshire Post reports the Government has pledged to reassess its funding for rural education amid stark warnings that schools in Yorkshire’s countryside communities are facing a perilous future due...
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06 Jan 2020
Schools designated as ‘rural’ in new listings
Several Oxfordshire papers including the Bicester Advertiser have reported how local schools are being designated as rural to help protect them from the risk of closure The Department for Education...
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11 Dec 2019
Childcare Provision
This analysis presents data on childcare provision and inspections using source data from Ofsted. The data shows the situation as at March in the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and as...
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