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A government department is offering dedicated teaching resources for the core subjects for the first time in a bid to promote healthier eating habits among schoolchildren.

Education Secretary stresses importance of basic life-saving skills and first aid – under plans for health education to become compulsory in all schools.

As GPs warn young people could suffer harm because of treatment delays, one 16-year-old talks about her experience

Children are consuming the equivalent of eight excess sugar cubes a day, or 2,800 a year, says PHE, which has launched a new healthy eating campaign under its Change4Life scheme. National guidance recommends no more than five or six sugar cubes (20g-24g) a day for children aged four to 10.

James Innes warns of the impact your social footprint has on getting that dream job in 2019 It’s a fact of our time that most of us are social media addicts! Young people hardly put their phones down and it seems we now do everything on our smart phones.

The government has announced 25 trailblazer sites to launch new mental health services for children and young people.

This poster-style document sets out 10 steps to providing high quality Relationships and Sex Education as an identifiable part of PSHE education.

The Education Secretary set out his plans to get more people into skilled jobs in a speech at Battersea Power Station

Key findings on bullying among 10 to 15 year olds based on analysis of the ONS crime survey for England and Wales.

Is the mental wellbeing of children getting worse? Not hugely, if you go by the headlines that followed last week’s major NHS Digital survey on the issue. But delve deeper and things start to look a lot more desperate for young people.

Ofsted's Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman discusses the quality of education, training and care services in England at the launch of Ofsted's Annual Report today.

What to look out for in your pupils. Download a guide for school staff from Young Minds

Last year, 4,590 cases of racial abuse among school students were deemed serious enough to warrant fixed or permanent exclusion, up from 4,085 in the previous year.

Sex education classes are failing to include appropriate discussions of pornography, according to a survey, despite concern among experts about young people’s unfettered access to online porn sites.

A poll of one thousand 16 and 17 year-olds in England, published by the Sex Education Forum and the National Education Union, shows that 52 per cent of pupils thought more time should be spent on Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) and 34 per cent wanted the subject to be treated more seriously. Ekklesia reports.

Tougher rules will ensure providers deliver high-quality apprenticeships

Schools can significantly reduce the impact of bullying and improve pupils’ wellbeing by using a specialised system of conflict resolution and training, according to a ground-breaking study published in the Lancet.

Teachers are critical of the personal finance lessons being taught in schools, OneFamily research has found.

Almost half (49%) of young people (aged 17-23) believe that their education has not prepared them for the world of work, according to a new CBI survey, alongside Accenture and Hays. FE News reports

A new study has examined a less obvious manifestation of prejudice — student bullying that’s motivated by race, ethnicity, gender identity, religion or sexual orientation. And its researchers have concluded that this particular type of bullying can have a lasting negative impact on an individual’s health and well-being.