Schools and colleges across England are making progress in cyber security training, but are struggling to recover quickly from attacks when they occur, new data from Ofqual reveals.
As part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month this October, the regulator is urging schools to ensure they are protected from malicious software and backups are in place to restore students’ coursework and other vital systems in the event of an attack, News Cover reports, citing UK government.
The proportion of teachers who received cyber security training has risen by 11 percentage points from 61% during the academic year 2023 to 2024, to 72% in 2024 to 2025.
Despite this, the time taken for schools to recover from cyber incidents has worsened - 55% of schools which experienced a cyber incident were able to recover immediately, compared to 63% the previous year.
