In 2024 alone, the UK spent more than £3 billion in fossil fuel producer subsidies, almost seven times more than the £430 million that Save the Children is calling on the UK​Government to pledge to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) this week at the UN General Assembly in New York.

Discover why climate education for girls matters, how climate change affects their learning, and how Save the Children wants to build gender-inclusive climate change resilience around the world.

Parents have told us all summer about their worries about the cost of their children returning to school. Today's announcement, alongside the new extension of free school meals and uniform grants, will remove some of that worry, and give families some breathing space to focus on supporting their children back to school.

Over half of parents (53%) in Wales are worried about the cost of school uniforms ahead of the new school year, according to research commissioned by Save the Children.

16,000 organisations united in one message: invest in education. More than 190 partners, representing over 16,000 organisations from around the world unite behind a powerful call to action: the world must not turn its back on one of the greatest proven investments for peace, prosperity, and equality: education. This blog amplifies children's calls for education to be a priority, setting out why decision-makers must step up and address the global education financing gap. No Funding. No Learning. No Chance. The time to invest is now!

Evans is 7, lives in Vanuatu, and dreams of being a chief - and an astronaut. But for millions of children across the Pacific, books are out of reach. Here's why that matters, and what's changing.

We previously published the results of the Sierra Leone Education Innovation Challenge, showing that our performance, while not neglible, fell short of what was expected. In this blog we dig into what went right, and what went wrong.

Access to education is a fundamental human right, yet millions of girls and women continue to experience gender inequality which prevents them from receiving the same opportunities as boys and men. This article explores the causes and consequences of gender inequality in education and discusses strategies to achieve gender equality in learning environments.

This blog provides a brief summary of the learning gains we achieved through the SLEIC programme, and what they might mean.

Choosing to bring new life into an uncertain future is never an easy decision to make - but the hope and possibility that all children bring can be galvanising.

One in five UK children experience anxiety. Discover 5 evidence-based ways to support your child with back-to-school worries and separation anxiety.

The goal of the National Learning Event for the Sierra Leone Education Innovation Challenge was to come together at the close of the programme to reflect on lesson learned, share experiences and explore how insights from SLEIC implementation can be used to strengthen Sierra Leone’s education system moving forward. This blog captures takeaways and next steps from the national learning event.

African children need more than handouts: they need allies.

The Sierra Leone Education Innovation Challenge uses an outcomes contract to reward achievement of results, rather than delivery of outcomes. This blog reflects on what we have learned from the first two years of programme evaluation, and what we aim to learn before the programme finishes in June 2025.

This World Teachers’ Day 2024 is an opportunity to spotlight a group of educators whose exceptional contributions to their communities often go unrecognised.

Six reflections from the TES stocktake

Global leaders must take advantage of this year's IDA21 replenishment to raise resources for education.

Save the Children calls on partners at the Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks in Geneva to recognize the lifesaving role of education in emergency settings.

Accountability for the pledges made at the second Global Refugee Forum is the most important next step to ensure success on education for refugees.