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Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond

C of E faces dilemma as far right claims Christianity to push agenda that often clashes with gospel message

The Guardian - UK

Fitness trainer discovers terminal brain cancer on medical trial despite ‘zero symptoms’

Iain recalled ‘it was a freakish amount of luck’ to discover the tumour

The Independent UK

‘The community is in the fabric of the building’: as UK pupil numbers fall, what will happen to empty schools?

The exodus of young families from some areas amid rising housing and childcare costs has left empty buildings

The Guardian - UK

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Former girls’ school in London to reopen as pioneering youth hub

Oasis St Martin’s Village will offer mentoring and other help for at-risk young people and is intended to be first of many

The Guardian - UK

Indoors at breaktime: the school in a London office block

Group that runs Oasis Academy South Bank warns councils prioritise private housing over space for children to breathe

The Guardian - UK

Historic Lambeth girls school closing due to shortage of pupils saved for educational use

300-year-old St Martin-In-The Fields High School for Girls in Lambeth to become therapeutic centre for vulnerable pupils

Evening Standard

Ban won’t end knife crime, says founder of Bristol academy whose pupils died

Rev Steve Chalke says killing of Mason Rist and Max Dixon was ‘devastating’ and calls for earlier intervention on knife crime

The Guardian - UK

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Therapy project yields ‘dramatic’ rise in Sats results at London school

Nurture programme devised by Camila Batmanghelidjh to be rolled out to more primary schools after pilot success

The Guardian - UK

Camila Batmanghelidjh’s mourners lay her to rest with a rite of colour and joy

Hundreds pay respects to Kids Company founder at defiant north London funeral and glowing wake in Waterloo church

The Guardian - UK

DfE failing to resource changes at troubled Kent school, says charity head

Staff at Oasis Academy Isle of Sheppey strike over threatening pupil behaviour as Steve Chalke says no government promises being met

The Guardian - UK

Private schools wanting to opt out of GCSEs ‘unable to produce the results’

Former social mobility tsar Katharine Birbalsingh says proposals come amid fears English state sector is catching up

The Guardian - UK

‘Children without a bed aren’t going to be interested in school’: can England’s north-south education divide be repaired?

This year’s GCSE and A-level results exposed devastating inequalities. But Tory promises to help ring hollow

The Guardian - UK

Headteachers warn UK facing ‘dangerous’ teacher shortage as recruitment crisis deepens

Employment ‘worst it’s ever been’ as pay and conditions put graduates off profession

The Independent UK

Social media firms 'must be made to pay for kids' mental health services' say experts

There were 734,000 children referred to the NHS’s mental health services last year - an enormous 84% increase from 2018-19. Experts want social media companies, 'who contribute to the problem', to help fund services and tackle waiting times

Daily Mirror

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Evening Standard

Schools battle to stay open for vulnerable children amid snow chaos

Warm spaces open at schools for families struggling with the cold

Daily Mirror

Horrified teacher buys family food after realising ill student hasn't eaten for TWO DAYS

Rev Steve Chalke, who founded the Oasis Charitable Trust, told The Mirror of the heartwrenching emails he' regularly receives from school staff - as he called for Free School Meals to be extended

Manchester Evening News

Salford headteacher accuses government of failing to help schools hit by budget crisis

'Our school is calm and staff and pupils are working hard but against a background of huge uncertainty'

Manchester Evening News

Headteachers warn of redundancies as schools struggle to make ends meet

Schools are facing a crippling funding crisis with unions saying staff cuts would be 'catastrophic'

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The Conversation

Schools in England are facing bankruptcy – here's what the government could do to help

We have barely reached the autumn half term and school leaders are already beginning to worry about what the academic year beginning in September 2023 will hold. The combined effect of the cost of living crisis with unexpected salary costs have already made it almost impossible for schools to balance…

The Guardian - UK

90% of schools in England will run out of money next year, heads warn

Exclusive: Heads say they will be in deficit next academic year, even without cuts Jeremy Hunt is planning

Daily Mirror

Education chief moves GMB fans with refusal to shut schools as they face £10m energy bills

Steve Chalke, the founder of the Oasis Charitable Trust, issued a passionate speech as he refused to consider shutting any of his schools this winter amid rising energy bills

Daily Mirror

Education leaders mull over buying jumpers to keep poorer children warm in winter

Officials are desperate to come up with a plan after energy prices rose to £3,549 on Friday with £6,600 expected next year. The squeeze on budgets will also affect schools and needier pupils

The Guardian - UK

‘Our theme is relentless love’: England to open first secure school for young offenders

Oasis Restore, which will have bedrooms not cells, aims to revolutionise justice for children convicted of serious crimes

Evening Standard

UK heatwave: More schools forced to close as temperatures reach 42C in classrooms

Increasing numbers of schools were closed on Tuesday, including some that had pledged to remain open during the heatwave, after experiencing “unbearable” temperatures in classrooms.

Manchester Evening News

"We had to take hot urns from school so they could warm the baby's bottles" - The Manchester schools stepping in to help families on the brink of disaster

"You see some of the situations people are living in and it's frightening"

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