It's unclear when season 2 will air, but it'll probably hit Disney Plus in 2023 or 2024. Creator Tony Gilroy confirmed at May's Star Wars Celebration Anaheim that the show will return for a 12-episode second season that leads directly into Rogue One. Expect to hear more at Star Wars Celebration Europe next April.

SHANGHAI, Oct 23 (Reuters) - China has passed an education law that seeks to cut the "twin pressures" of homework and off-site tutoring in core subjects, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.

LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union have made "some progress" in post-Brexit trade talks but there are still significant gaps and the most likely outcome is for negotiations to end in no deal, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said on Wednesday.

He is also expected to confirm that teachers will be given the final decision over what grades to award pupils for cancelled GCSEs and A-level exams in 2021 - instead of the troublesome Centre Assessment Grades algorithm which saw average grades drag some candidates down last year.

The Education Committee said the Government needs to take action over the issue of persistent absence, ensuring that no more pupils became 'ghost children' - those who have fallen off of schools' radars during the pandemic.

If a north-south divide really does exist, it was well in evidence on Monday as the Yorkshire based Emmerdale battled cockney soap EastEnders for the lion's share of accolades at the 2022 Inside Soap Awards.

Beijing has exercised a more assertive paternal hand this year, from tacking the addiction of youngsters to online games, deemed a form of "spiritual opium", to clamping down on "blind" worship of internet celebrities.

Schools expect early years pupils to have basic social skills such as being able to share, to write some letters and numbers, to follow simple instructions and to be able to concentrate for short periods of time.

It highlighted that, during the pandemic, studies showed a fifth of pupils did no schoolwork at home or less than an hour a day, but that, 'equally alarmingly', absence remains high now schools have reopened, with 182,000 pupils absent for Covid-related reasons on February 10.

The new law, which has not been published in full, makes local governments responsible for ensuring that the twin pressures are reduced and asks parents to arrange their children's' time to account for reasonable rest and exercise, thereby reducing pressure, said the agency, and avoiding overuse of the internet.

Statistics should be published every half-term on the number of tutoring sessions started, with information on regional access to the scheme, as well as how many disadvantaged pupils or Send students are being supported.

Jen - best known for her role as feisty Mercedes McQueen in the Channel 4 show - commanded attention in a form-fitting green dress with a daring thigh-high split as she greeted onlookers inside the exclusive Soho venue.

If the Government is really focused on educational catch-up, it wouldn't even countenance pushing 800,000 children into the type of devastating poverty which can have a much bigger impact on their life chances than the school they go to or the catch-up tuition they get.

The 'complex bureaucratic system' for applying for funds may have burdened teachers with more work and hampered schools' ability to get support for their pupils as quickly as possible, the committee said.

The children's commissioner Anne Longfield, who gave her last speech yesterday before stepping down from the role, said it was 'impossible to overstate how damaging the last year has been for many children'.

Ms Longfield said: 'Two weeks ago the Prime Minister said educational catch-up was the key focus of the entire Government - yet we still don't know if next month he is planning to take the Universal Credit uplift away from millions of families.

The committee said it is 'not clear that the National Tutoring Programme will deliver for the pupils that need it most' and that there needs to be full transparency over how the scheme is working, including how many pupils are benefiting and their characteristics, such as if they have a disability.

Around one in six children aged between six and 16 have a probable mental health disorder, with witnesses telling the committee that one of the biggest issues for pupils' mental wellbeing is their access to social media.

The plan for summer school, which was drawn up by the newly appointed education recovery commissioner Sir Kevan Collins, will see pupils enjoy sports and physical education in the morning before sitting down at the desk - due to fears that a lack of activity could affect students' mental health and academic success, the publication reports.

Schools are to be handed hundreds of millions in funding to provide 'catch-up' classes throughout the summer in an effort to stop children falling through the gaps following almost a year of missed education.