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32% of girls ‘cannot access period products at school’ despite Government schemes

Girlguiding is calling on the Department of Education to fully evaluate England’s Period Products Scheme and make it permanent.

The Independent UK

Bristol City Council scraps funding support for special needs charity in surveillance row

Council chiefs said the decision to pull support for a grant was unrelated to the ongoing dispute about social media

Bristol Post

National Tutoring Programme will ‘fail’ pupils unless it reforms

A new report has argued for reforms of flagship tutoring programme to ensure ‘high-quality’ providers.

The Independent UK

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Schools on brink of ‘full-blown funding crisis’, teachers warn

Unions claim new pay rises are too low but are also angry no extra fresh cash is being offered

The Independent UK

Face masks affect how children understand speech differently from adults – new research

While mask-wearing is no longer required in many locations, it remains in use as a way to limit the spread of COVID-19. One of the criticisms of masks has been that they make communication more difficult. A recent report by the UK Department for Education, for example, suggests that mask…

The Conversation

All schools to get defibrillators after campaign by parents of boy who died of cardiac arrest

Life-saving devices to be mandatory in England’s state schools from end of next academic year

The Independent UK

Schools deciding to close on Monday and Tuesday as Met Office issues heatwave ‘red alert’

Kemnal Technology College in Bromley is among the schools asking students and staff to work remotely

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Four major challenges facing Britain's education system after the pandemic

The UK goverment’s Department for Education has some new ministers in charge following the political turmoil surrounding Boris Johnson’s resignation. After resigning only two days into the job of education secretary, Michelle Donelan has been replaced by James Cleverly, MP for Braintree.

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Primary school facing huge £2.7m repair bill set to get full rebuild

Thorn Grove Primary School, in Cheadle Hulme, was said to be facing a £2.7m maintenance bill three years ago - prompting council bosses to make a bid to the Department for Education (DfE) for a new school building.

Manchester Evening News

School population set to shrink by a million children within a decade

Data from the Department for Education shows the state school population could be 6,915,000 by 2032 – down from 7,859,000 this year.

The Independent UK

End of BTECs could increase NHS vacancies, healthcare leaders warn

The NHS Confederation has written to Education Secretary James Cleverly with concerns over the ‘short-sighted’ decision.

The Independent UK

One in eight children off school as fears grow over Covid rates

Teachers call for better ventilation in classrooms to avoid spiralling Covid rates next term

Evening Standard

Wirral Primary school where ceiling fell in set to be rebuilt

The school will be rebuilt after battling issues for years

Liverpool Echo

Teachers demand investigation into missing exam results

Fears that children will leave primary school with no SATs results or the wrong marks

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Bristol Post

Department of Education threatens to withdraw funding from Bristol school after Ofsted rating

Montpelier High School received an 'inadequate' Ofsted rating in its first inspection in twelve years

The Independent UK

New Tory education minister attacked free school meals as ‘nationalising children’

Brendan Clarke-Smith also said he didn’t believe families could not afford to buy food

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire MP hits back after being accused of mocking mask guidance

He said the picture was taken during a charity event

Manchester Evening News

Education minister Andrea Jenkyns reveals why she raised middle finger outside Downing Street

Jenkyns was filmed making the rude gesture at the crowd

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Daily Mirror

Tory Education Minister Andrea Jenkyns defends giving voters the finger after PM quit

Andrea Jenkyns, a staunch ally of Boris Johnson, made the gesture towards a group of people gathered at the gates of Downing Street as the PM made his resignation speech

The Guardian - UK

Tory MP says she made rude gesture after being provoked by ‘baying mob’

New education minister Andrea Jenkyns appeared to raise middle finger at Downing Street protesters

The Independent UK

Minister who made rude gesture says ‘I had reached the end of my tether’

Andrea Jenkyns said she stood up to a ‘baying mob’ outside Downing Street after being subject to ‘huge amounts of abuse’ over the years.

The Independent UK

New education minister should explain rude gesture, says Commons Leader

Andrea Jenkyns appeared to make a rude sign with her hand as she walked through the black gates to Downing Street.

The Independent UK

New education minister criticised over gesture

The footage appears to have been taken on Thursday, prior to Andrea Jenkyns’ appointment as a minister.

Evening Standard

No10 makes new Government appointments as Boris Johnson stays as caretaker PM

The new faces in government come after Mr Johnson carried out a Cabinet reshuffle

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire MP with unfaltering support for Boris Johnson is promoted to education minister

'Not bad for a working-class lad from Clifton'

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