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Pupil behaviour getting worse, say teachers

Thursday 28th March 2024

A survey reveals nearly one in five teachers in England has been hit by a pupil this year...

 

‘Sadistic’ Edinburgh teacher found to have assaulted pupils for 20 years

Wednesday 27th March 2024

John Brownlee, deputy head at private Edinburgh Academy, inflicted pain on children as young as eight, sheriff hearsBeatings, humiliation and a loss of self-worth: how Edinburgh Academy victims were scarredA “sadistic” deputy headteacher at one of Scotland’s most prestigious private schools has been found to have conducted a systematic campaign of violence and torture against children as young as eight over a 20-year period...

 

Beatings, humiliation and loss of self-worth: how Edinburgh Academy victims were scarred

Wednesday 27th March 2024

Former schoolboys at the private school give raw testimonies about abuse meted out by John Brownlee‘Sadistic’ teacher found to have assaulted pupils for 20 yearsThe enormity of the abuse suffered at the hands of the Edinburgh Academy housemaster became clear when the first witness was asked a simple question about the moment his mother left him alone at the elite private boarding school...

 

Free lunches, brain breaks and happy teachers: why Estonia has the best schools in Europe

Wednesday 27th March 2024

How did a small, relatively poor country become an educational powerhouse? Creativity, autonomy and a deep embrace of the digital ageToday’s subject in the sci-fi class at Pelgulinna State Gymnasium is Blade Runner...

 

Council spending on special needs transport doubles

Wednesday 27th March 2024

The rising cost of getting children to school is a key driver of current pressure on council budgets...

 

Successful school building bids drop to record low

Tuesday 26th March 2024

The government has approved the lowest number of school building work requests since its model began...

 

Tory MP Robert Halfon quits as minister and James Heappey confirms resignation, paving way for mini reshuffle – as it happened

Tuesday 26th March 2024

Robert Halfon quits as skills, apprenticeships and higher education minister as James Heappey confirms decision to step downIn interviews this morning Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, admitted that special educational needs provision was in crisis, Ben Quinn reports...

 

Tory MP Robert Halfon quits as minister and James Heappey confirms resignation, paving way for mini reshuffle – UK politics live

Tuesday 26th March 2024

Robert Halfon quits as skills, apprenticeships and higher education minister as James Heappey confirms decision to step downIn interviews this morning Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, admitted that special educational needs provision was in crisis, Ben Quinn reports...

 

Home Office efforts to stop abuse of care worker visa system inadequate, leading to ‘shocking’ abuse, says watchdog – politics live

Tuesday 26th March 2024

Former chief inspector of borders says Home Office does not appear to have identified any lessons from ‘this debacle’In interviews this morning Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, admitted that special educational needs provision was in crisis, Ben Quinn reports...

 

Sunak gently mocks Liz Truss’s ‘deep state’ claims – UK politics live

Tuesday 26th March 2024

‘I wouldn’t tell you if I was,’ PM tells MPs at liaison committee when asked if he is a member of group cited by his predecessorIn interviews this morning Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, admitted that special educational needs provision was in crisis, Ben Quinn reports...

 

Rishi Sunak dismisses claims local authorities are facing funding crisis – UK politics live

Tuesday 26th March 2024

PM faces questions from MPs at liaison committee over economy, global affairs and strategyIn interviews this morning Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, admitted that special educational needs provision was in crisis, Ben Quinn reports...

 

Unis may have to end some overseas partnerships

Tuesday 26th March 2024

Freedom-of-speech guidelines pave the way for a new complaints system in England's universities...

 

Rishi Sunak faces grilling from MPs over economy, global issues and strategy – UK politics live

Tuesday 26th March 2024

PM says he is making progress on five priorities on the economy and says debt will fall next yearIn interviews this morning Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, admitted that special educational needs provision was in crisis, Ben Quinn reports...

 

Special educational needs in English schools in ‘crisis’, minister admits

Tuesday 26th March 2024

Gillian Keegan says parents having to ‘fight to get right support’ as unions say provision falls short of what is neededSpecial educational needs provision in England is in the grip of a “crisis”, the education secretary has said, as school unions questioned whether a funding boost promised for the sector by the government was actually new money and said it fell a long way short of what was needed...

 

Labour suggests Sunak might have to means test pensions to fund £46bn national insurance cut – UK politics live

Tuesday 26th March 2024

PM to face questions on strategic thinking in government, economy and public services, and global issues from Commons Liaison committee Teaching unions have complained that the extra money announced for special educational needs (Send) in schools in England today (see 10...

 

School takes a stand to stop teen toilet vaping

Tuesday 26th March 2024

The Royal High School in Edinburgh is installing "screaming" vape detectors in toilets to tackle the problem...

 

The working farm tackling anxiety in young people

Tuesday 26th March 2024

GroundEd provides training to students who have special educational needs such as autism and anxiety...

 

Why Wales' sign language GCSE is being delayed

Tuesday 26th March 2024

It will be introduced a year later than planned but an expert says it is vital to "get it right"...

 

School leaders welcome proposal to tackle harassment of teachers

Tuesday 26th March 2024

Creation of a ‘cohesion and conflict unit’ in England is among recommendations in government-commissioned reviewSchool leaders have welcomed proposals for the creation of “a cohesion and conflict unit” to support teachers who face “freedom-restricting” threats and harassment during the course of their work...

 

Labour starts review of government childcare plan

Tuesday 26th March 2024

Bridget Phillipson tells the BBC the £4bn plan is a "mess" and calls for wider reform of provision...

 

Labour will not commit to government childcare plan

Tuesday 26th March 2024

Bridget Phillipson tells the BBC the £4bn plan is a "mess" and calls for wider reform of provision...

 

Labour won't commit to government childcare plan

Tuesday 26th March 2024

Bridget Phillipson tells the BBC the £4bn plan is a "mess" and calls for wider reform of provision...

 

Labour won't commit to free childcare plan

Tuesday 26th March 2024

Bridget Phillipson tells the BBC the £4bn plan is a "mess" and calls for wider reform of provision...

 

School leaders welcome proposal to tackle harassment of teachers

Monday 25th March 2024

Creation of a ‘cohesion and conflict unit’ in England is among recommendations in government-commissioned reviewSchool leaders have welcomed proposals for the creation of “a cohesion and conflict unit” to support teachers who face “freedom-restricting” threats and harassment during the course of their work...

 

Teachers facing threats and harassment at work offered a lifeline in official report

Monday 25th March 2024

Creation of a ‘cohesion and conflict unit’ to stop intimidation at schools in England is one of the recommendations in a new government-commissioned reviewSchool leaders have welcomed proposals for the creation of “a cohesion and conflict unit” to support teachers who face “freedom-restricting” threats and harassment during the course of their work...

 

Who screwed millennials: a generation left behind, part 1 - podcast

Sunday 24th March 2024

With rising house prices, a decade of wage stagnation and ballooning student debt, young people in Australia are living through what author Jill Filipovic describes as ‘a series of broken promises’...

 

Who screwed millennials: a generation left behind - podcast

Sunday 24th March 2024

With rising house prices, a decade of wage stagnation and ballooning student debt, young people in Australia are living through what author Jill Filipovic describes as ‘a series of broken promises’...

 

Playground bullies do prosper – and go on to earn more in middle age

Sunday 24th March 2024

Five-decade UK study finds that aggression at school leads to better-paying jobs, while those with emotional instability went on to earn lessChildren who displayed aggressive behaviour at school, such as bullying or temper outbursts, are likely to earn more money in middle age, according to a five-decade study that upends the maxim that bullies do not prosper...

 

Who screwed millennials? - podcast

Sunday 24th March 2024

With rising house prices, a decade of wage stagnation and ballooning student debt, young people in Australia are living through what author Jill Filipovic describes as ‘a series of broken promises’...

 

Hard-up English councils ration access to special needs tests

Sunday 24th March 2024

Many local authorities are increasingly rejecting requests to assess children who need help in schools, new data revealsCouncils are increasingly ­rejecting requests to assess children for ­special needs such as autism amid the financial crisis in the education system, according to figures seen by the Observer...

 

'We don't live, we're just alive': Afghan girls despair at Taliban school ban

Saturday 23rd March 2024

The new term has begun, but secondary school remains closed to girls for another academic year...

 

Boarding school matrons and the ‘abuse that is hardly ever spoken of’

Saturday 23rd March 2024

After Charles Spencer’s revelation, former borders tell of abuse by women – and complicity in crimes of male colleaguesThere were muted cheers among other boarding school survivors this week after Charles Spencer spoke of the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of an assistant matron...

 

How Covid lockdowns hit mental health of teenage boys hardest

Saturday 23rd March 2024

New research findings are contrary to what had previously been thought about pandemic’s effect on children’s wellbeingTeenage boys were hit hardest by the Covid lockdowns, with their mental health failing to recover despite the return to normality, according to the most comprehensive academic study of its kind...

 

Takeaway service launches in school kitchen

Friday 22nd March 2024

The venture in York will raise funds for the school and teach pupils cooking skills...

 

'I feel ill sending my son to a mainstream school'

Friday 22nd March 2024

Kimberley says her son has additional needs that schools can no longer support...

 

Experience: I discovered a mass grave under my house

Friday 22nd March 2024

How did the bones get there? Was it a serial killer burying his victims?In 1996, when I was 10 years old, my mother and I moved to Gamboa, a neighbourhood by the waterfront in the Port Zone of Rio de Janeiro...

 

Inquiry into HBCU president finds no bullying before administrator’s suicide

Thursday 21st March 2024

John Moseley of Lincoln University reinstated after review clears him of allegations he bullied Antoinette Bonnie Candia-BaileyThe president of a historically Black Missouri university has been reinstated after an independent investigation cleared him of claims that he bullied another top administrator before she killed herself this year, university leaders announced on Thursday...

 

'Our school building has every issue except Raac'

Thursday 21st March 2024

"This school's got everything else wrong with it - but it doesn't have problems with Raac," one head says...

 

'Our school has been crumbling for 20 years'

Thursday 21st March 2024

Schools fear they are "stuck" after the final spots on a rebuilding programme went to Raac schools...

 

Record numbers of pupil absences in England, DfE figures show

Thursday 21st March 2024

Number of severely absent children was 150% higher last year than pre-Covid, with one in 50 children missing at least half of lessonsRecord numbers of pupils in England were absent for long periods last year, with one in 50 missing at least half of their lessons, according to official data showing absences remain far higher than pre-Covid levels...

 

Pupils in Wales perform only as well as disadvantaged children in England – IFS

Thursday 21st March 2024

Improving schools is first challenge for new first minister, Vaughan Gething, as IFS study shows lower attainment is not due to povertyWales’s new first minister, Vaughan Gething, faces a major challenge in improving the country’s schools, after the Institute for Fiscal Studies found that pupils in Wales were performing only as well as disadvantaged children in England...

 

Leaking schools 'stuck' after Raac rebuild pledges

Thursday 21st March 2024

"This school's got everything else wrong with it - but it doesn't have problems with Raac," one head says...

 

Children need protection from drug gangs, expert says

Thursday 21st March 2024

Tens of thousands of children are at risk of being groomed and coerced into crime, a leading expert says...

 

Children need protection from crime gangs, expert says

Thursday 21st March 2024

Tens of thousands of children are at risk of being groomed and coerced into crime, a leading expert says...

 

School with no pupils to close by end of month

Wednesday 20th March 2024

Fountains Earth Church of England Primary School in Upper Nidderdale will close by 31 March...

 

Pop! goes the curriculum: songs to inspire primary school children

Wednesday 20th March 2024

Keir Starmer is on a personal mission to promote music to the under-11s...

 

Primary school with no pupils to close in April

Wednesday 20th March 2024

Plans were drawn up to close Hexton JMI the school, founded in 1846, in 2021, when it had 21 pupils...

 

PE teachers retrain in maths to fill school gaps

Wednesday 20th March 2024

As research warns of maths teacher shortages, schools say they are turning to PE teachers to plug gaps...

 

‘You have to stand out’: six Dagenham teenagers on their future prospects

Wednesday 20th March 2024

Final year students from Goresbrook school talk about housing, higher education and social media – as well as hopes and fearsYoung people becoming less happy than older generations, research showsSocial media is like driving with no speed limits, says US surgeon generalZainab Shehzadi has a long list of worries: robots stealing jobs from humans, the damage wreaked on the climate by previous generations, turmoil in other countries, fighting fierce competition to secure a job that pays enough to live a comfortable life...

 

World Happiness Report sounds alarm about the welfare of young people

Wednesday 20th March 2024

Lack of education, training and housing is behind loss of gen Z’s traditionally positive outlookYounger people becoming more unhappy than older generationsVivek Murthy: the US surgeon general fighting for youngsters’ happinessSomething is going wrong for young people between the ages of 15 and 24 in the UK, across Europe, and in the US...

 


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