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Essex nursery 'closes because of universal free hours scheme'
Tuesday 25th July 2017Fidgety Fingers is one of many nurseries which say they cannot make government funding rates stretch...
Food banks warn of school holiday hunger
Tuesday 25th July 2017Many children risk going hungry over the summer, warns the Trussell Trust, which runs 420 UK food banks...
Action urged to teach children to swim
Monday 24th July 2017Almost a third of 11-year-olds in England leave primary school unable to swim, a survey suggests...
Cartoon alien helps children in Mexico deal with trauma
Monday 24th July 2017In Mexico a psychologist has come up with an unusual way of getting children, dealing with trauma, to open up about their experiences...
Children in temporary housing up a third since 2014
Saturday 22nd July 2017Councils say child homelessness has reached unsustainable levels with the numbers rising sharply...
School's out!
Friday 21st July 2017Parents ponder whether to relax and pack away the school books - or get ahead for next term...
Newcastle University students targeted by cyber-scam
Friday 21st July 2017Fraudulent site takes personal details and course payments for fake university...
Children in temporary housing up a third since 2014
Friday 21st July 2017Councils say child homelessness has reached unsustainable levels with the numbers rising sharply...
How do you get ready...
Thursday 20th July 2017for BIG school? Children get ready for the next step - and describe their expectations...
Half of pupils expelled from school 'mentally ill'
Thursday 20th July 2017A study suggests if those with undiagnosed problems were included, the rate would be much higher...
Post-16 maths to get government cash boost
Thursday 20th July 2017Too many teenagers drop maths completely after GCSE and it harms their prospects, a report says...
School exclusions: Record numbers for drugs and alcohol
Thursday 20th July 2017New figures reveal schools in England are battling a growing drug and alcohol problem Read full story...
Grandmother, 86, awarded doctorate from University of Bristol
Wednesday 19th July 2017Peggy Styles left school at 15 with no formal qualifications having come to Britain as a WW2 refugee...
News story: Ambition for vast majority of students to study core academic GCSEs
Wednesday 19th July 2017Read full story. Taken from the Announcements on GOV...
News story: Childcare service opens for parents with children under five
Wednesday 19th July 2017Read full story. Taken from the Announcements on GOV...
Nayland Primary schoolchildren 'helped' by new dog
Wednesday 19th July 2017A new "teacher's pet" is brought in to provide calm for anxious pupils...
NI health and education benefit in £131m funding boost
Wednesday 19th July 2017Brokenshire announces £131m of additional funding to "keep Northern Ireland's finances functioning"...
Press release: Joint statement on the expansion of British-German youth and school exchange
Wednesday 19th July 2017Read full story. Taken from the Announcements on GOV...
Chelmsford school will cut teaching hours from autumn
Wednesday 19th July 2017Head teacher Joe Wincott says cutting teaching hours is the only way to balance his budget...
School budget boost 'not new money'
Tuesday 18th July 2017An extra £1.3bn for schools in England is being taken from other education budgets, Labour says...
Call to 'overhaul' bullying in schools across Wales
Tuesday 18th July 2017Some schools are "reluctant" to record bullying in case it reflects badly on them, a commissioner's report warns...
News story: Benefits of 30 hours confirmed as free childcare places soar
Tuesday 18th July 2017Read full story. Taken from the Announcements on GOV...
Huddersfield primary school takes part in lockdown training
Tuesday 18th July 2017Reinwood Junior School is one of several in West Yorkshire which carries out lockdown drills...
Teaching union calls for UK-wide school lockdown plan
Tuesday 18th July 2017Schools are urged to practice for emergency situations such as chemical incidents or bomb threats...
Teaching union calls for school lockdown plan
Tuesday 18th July 2017Schools are urged to practise for emergency situations such as chemical incidents or bomb threats...
Social networks 'lead to anxiety and fear in young'
Tuesday 18th July 2017Research suggests that cyber-bullying is affecting young people's perceptions of themselves...
Instagram tops cyber-bullying study
Tuesday 18th July 2017Seven per cent of young social media users said they had been bullied on the photo-themed app...
Extra cash in school funding shake-up
Monday 17th July 2017Schools are being promised an extra £1.3bn - but Labour says there is 'not a penny of new money' Read full story...
Extra cash in school budgets in funding shake-up
Monday 17th July 2017Schools to receive an extra £1.3bn - to be taken from elsewhere in the education budget...
Statement to Parliament: Justine Greening statement to parliament on school funding
Monday 17th July 2017Read full story. Taken from the Announcements on GOV...
Decorated World War 2 veteran, 97, graduates from high school
Monday 17th July 2017The Great Depression and Second World War got in the way of Charles Leuzzi getting his diploma before...
Schools will gain from funding shake-up, says Greening
Monday 17th July 2017The education secretary says every school in England will gain from a shake-up of how funding is allocated...
News story: £1.3bn for core schools budget delivers rise in per pupil funding
Monday 17th July 2017Read full story. Taken from the Announcements on GOV...
Decorated World War Two veteran, 97, graduates from high school
Monday 17th July 2017The Great Depression and World War Two got in the way of Charles Leuzzi getting his diploma before...
Children 'exercise less as they get older'
Sunday 16th July 2017The number of children doing an hour of exercise a day falls by 40% between the ages of five and 12...
The children drawing Syrian war memories
Friday 14th July 2017Art therapy classes are being offered to children in Lebanon who have fled the Syrian civil war...
Secondary school pupil numbers set for 19% rise by 2026
Friday 14th July 2017The baby boom of the early 2000s is the reason for the increase in the number of students...
News story: New deal to help schools save cash on computer equipment
Friday 14th July 2017Read full story. Taken from the Announcements on GOV...
Schools in Derby a serious concern, says Ofsted
Thursday 13th July 2017Ofsted inspectors raise the alarm over educational standards in Derby...
Segregated schools could face new inspections, says Ofsted
Thursday 13th July 2017If Ofsted wins test case it will reinspect all mixed-sex schools with segregation policies Read full story...
Schools fail fire safety checks in wake of Grenfell blaze
Thursday 13th July 2017Cladding on two schools tested so far has failed combustibility tests, the government says...
News story: Update on school cladding safety checks
Thursday 13th July 2017Read full story. Taken from the Announcements on GOV...
Schools failed fire safety checks in wake of Grenfell blaze
Thursday 13th July 2017Cladding on two of the schools tested so far has failed combustibility tests, the government says...
Norfolk parents fined for unauthorised holiday absence
Thursday 13th July 2017A couple are told to pay £450 in fines and charges for taking their children on holiday in term time...
Warmer welcome
Wednesday 12th July 2017Canadian universities are seeing a surge in applications from overseas students...
School funding not always linked to results
Wednesday 12th July 2017The OECD's head of education says effective school funding is about much more than supplying enough cash...
Trump's biggest fans? Canadian universities
Wednesday 12th July 2017Canadian universities are seeing a surge in applications from overseas students...
Greening announces 'evidence champion' for schools
Wednesday 12th July 2017The education secretary says her new priority will be improving social mobility with better use of evidence...
Primary school's edible playground a hit with pupils
Wednesday 12th July 2017The enthusiastic pupils in this primary school's gardening club showed us around...
Plant, eat, play repeat
Wednesday 12th July 2017The enthusiastic pupils in this primary school's gardening club showed us around...
