Schools in England to give extra lessons on dangers of knives
Home Office plan to support and inform pupils aged 11-16 ahead of summer break as knife and gang crimes soar Pupils in schools in England are to be given additional… Read more »
Category: Schools
High court bans Birmingham school protests against LGBT lessons
Birmingham city council wins injunction to stop demonstrations and social media abuse Demonstrators protesting against primary school children being taught that people of all genders and sexualities should be treated… Read more »
Teachers volunteer for £7,000 pay cut to save colleagues’ jobs
Five members of staff at Furzedown primary in London take reductions of up to 20% Teachers at a cash-strapped primary school have volunteered to take a £7,000-a-year pay cut to… Read more »
Birmingham school should resume LGBT lessons, says former Ofsted chief
Parents must understand UK is a society ‘with liberal views’, said Sir Michael Wilshaw A Birmingham primary school that suspended lessons about LGBT rights following protests by parents should resume… Read more »
School governors unite in ‘deep concern’ over cuts and staffing
Leading English state schools having to axe ‘vital aspects of a rounded education’, letter says Governors at some of England’s top-performing state schools have joined the call for more money… Read more »
‘It’s dangerous’: full chaos of funding cuts in England’s schools revealed
Guardian investigation finds teachers doing the cleaning and paying for books and pens to plug the gaps Sussex headteacher: ‘Schools perform miracles with nothing’ The impact of the funding crisis… Read more »
Elite UK school fees paid via tax haven firms, leak reveals
Charterhouse one of 50 private education providers to have received funds via Baltic bank An elite boarding school is one of 50 British education providers to have received fees via… Read more »
‘Think I’ll leave him on steps of Downing St’: MP tweets PM over cuts at son’s school
Jess Phillips posts string of tweets to Theresa May and Damian Hinds over early Friday closure The Labour MP Jess Phillips has demanded that Theresa May and the education secretary,… Read more »
Schoolchildren take to streets in UK-wide climate strike – live
Thousands of children walk out of class in protest at environmental crisis. Follow the latest updates Are you taking part? Share your experiences 1.27pm GMT Although it is difficult to… Read more »
Girl found hanged weeks after school self-harm incident, inquest hears
Elena Mondal, 14, was found dead at Henrietta Barnett school, north London, in 2017 A 14-year-old girl at one of the UK’s top state schools was found hanged weeks after… Read more »
School defends LGBT lessons after religious parents complain
Petition signed by 400 parents calls for No Outsiders scheme to be dropped from curriculum The assistant headteacher of a school teaching children about homosexuality as part of a special… Read more »
Brexit threat to school dinners comes as stockpiling intensifies
Schools told to be ‘flexible’ in event of food shortages as councils and private sector step up no-deal planning Schools should be “flexible” in what dinners they serve children in… Read more »
Progress on school dinners could be rewound after Brexit
Nutritional guidelines may be ignored if there are shortages, government says Follow all the latest news on Brexit with our live blog Schools will be able to be “flexible” in… Read more »
Teachers to be helped to job share to prevent classroom exodus
Workloads will be cut under recruitment and retention strategy, says Damian Hinds Teachers will be given more help to job share and a lighter workload in an attempt to prevent… Read more »
Labour demands inquiry into how GCSE reform has benefited private schools
Independent schools are offering easier IGCSEs as state schools trial harder exams The Labour party is demanding an inquiry into GCSE reforms that it says are putting state school pupils… Read more »
Exam reforms boost private pupils in race for universities
Tough tests are forced on state schools as data reveals benefit to independent sector Tory education reforms are giving private school pupils a huge additional advantage in the hunt for… Read more »
Poorer primary school students narrow Sats test gap
51% of children eligible for free school meals met reading, writing and maths standards Children from disadvantaged families in England are slowly closing the gap with their better-off peers in… Read more »
Thousands of hard-to-teach pupils removed from schools – Ofsted
Inspectors say pupils are dropping off rolls as schools appear to be trying to boost exam performance illegally Thousands of difficult-to-teach pupils are being removed from school rolls in an… Read more »
Schools can’t be substitute parents, Ofsted chief warns
Issues such as obesity are better handled in the home, says Amanda Spielman Parents must not “abdicate their responsibility” by expecting schools to solve all the major problems children face,… Read more »
Record number of UK children excluded for racist bullying
Call for urgent action as rise in numbers blamed on ‘toxic rhetoric around immigration’ A record number of children are being excluded for racist bullying, a Guardian analysis has found,… Read more »
Air pollution levels ‘forcing families to move out of cities’
As diesel emission fears mount, a growing number of parents now consider clean air the main factor when choosing a school An increasing number of parents are shunning good schools… Read more »
Headteacher who told Hammond of funding crisis saddened by ‘little extras’
Chancellor accused of having misunderstood schools’ needs despite tour of comprehensive The headteacher of a comprehensive in Philip Hammond’s constituency has expressed disappointment at the chancellor’s budget suggestion that a… Read more »