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Standard demands new pupil exclusion category that covers sexist abuse, harassment and violence against girls

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: How many exclusions from school are for sexist abuse? We haven’t a clue because the Department of education doesn’t measure it

Evening Standard · May 29, 2024

Overseas schools given ‘British’ accreditation despite anti-equality curriculum

UK government allows British private schools in countries like UAE to use BSO kitemark while not teaching about same-sex relationships

The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2024

Further strikes at Wembley school set to become academy

Byron Court Primary School will be closed for two days next month

Evening Standard · May 23, 2024

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Screens and adolescents: How phones broke children’s brains

LET’S UNPACK THAT: As evidence mounts that devices are sparking a mental health crisis in young people, ‘Adolescence’ writer Jack Thorne says he thinks smartphone sales should be banned for under 16s. Helen Coffey asks whether social media and tech are really to blame – and what parents can do…

The Independent UK · May 22, 2024

Staff at 'inadequate' London school to strike over plans to turn it into academy

A North London primary school is set to close for a further five days over the next two weeks after staff agreed to take strike action against government plans to turn it into an academy.

Evening Standard · May 21, 2024

Education’s deepest crisis is being ignored by Westminster – and even harsher cuts are on the way

A politicians fuss over sex education, a void in special needs provision is leaving families with nowhere to turn, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2024

Teachers could get protection against blasphemy claims under new laws

The report has been influenced by recent blasphemy cases, which has seen some teachers forced into hiding

The Independent UK · May 18, 2024

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Teachers in England stretched by pupils’ mental and family problems, MPs say

Education select committee concerned that excessive workload is driving teachers out of profession

The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2024

Headteachers demand end to ‘inhumane’ school ratings in England

Union to campaign against single-phrase Ofsted judgments, threatening possible strike action

The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2024

‘Almost beyond belief’: axing of teacher recruitment scheme will worsen crisis, say critics

The government’s scrapping of the Now Teach scheme, which has overdelivered on targets for older workers, has sparked an outcry

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2024

Just two in five pupils in England always feel safe in school, survey finds

Teachers say behaviour getting worse as survey also shows parents getting less supportive of school policies

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2024

Pupils in England ‘facing worst exam results in decades’ after Covid closures

GCSE results in key subjects to steadily worsen until 2030, predicts research that blames failure to tackle impact of schools lockdown

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2024

England childcare scheme may struggle to deliver places, finds ‘damning’ report

Watchdog says only a third of local authorities are confident they will have enough places for September

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2024

Expansion plans require 85,000 more childcare places by September 2025

Pilot to explore how to repurpose unused school space to increase capacity for funded childcare

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2024

English primary schools cutting teacher numbers amid budget pressure, survey finds

Rising inflation and falling pupil numbers also forcing schools to cut spending on extracurricular activities

The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2024

English schools could lose £1bn by 2030 as pupil numbers fall

School rolls swelled because of fertility surge in 2000s but birthrate and migration patterns have brought decline

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2024

A Labour government could face teachers’ strikes, union warns

National Education Union chief Daniel Kebede says Labour pledges are ‘a long way from the scale of change’ needed

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2024

Steep rise in schools in England recruiting teachers from Jamaica

Exclusive: Schools following NHS and social care in recruiting from overseas as work visas for secondary school teachers double

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The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2024

Cold, damp, unsafe: record number of UK schools refused funding for repairs

DfE allocates £450m to 826 building projects at 733 schools, a fall of almost 60% – in terms of total projects – compared with 2020-21

Evening Standard · Mar 29, 2024

Teaching union members back further strike action over pay

The National Education Union will decide next steps over pay and funding at its annual conference in Bournemouth next week

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2024

Record numbers of pupils in England absent for long periods, DfE data shows

Number of severely absent children was 150% higher last year than pre-Covid, with one in 50 children missing at least half of lessons

Evening Standard · Mar 13, 2024

Wembley school blighted by racism, bullying and sexual harassment to be turned into academy

Head teacher Martyn Boxall resigned from Byron Court primary school in north London

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2024

‘It’s an absolute mess’: building work seriously delayed on 33 new special schools in England

Promised provision, particularly for autistic children, was announced a year ago but few schools will open on time

The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2024

‘He hates failing’: mother describes lack of help for autistic son

Kirsti Hadley’s son, 12, had been looking forward to a new school but became burnt out and anxious

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2024

‘Heartbreaking’: the nursery forced to close over Hunt’s free childcare policy

Critics say the surprise policy in last spring budget’s was ill-thought-out, prompting higher prices and fewer nurseries

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