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Permanent exclusions up 21% as violence in schools rise
England’s schools have been described as being gripped by rising levels of violence against both teachers and pupils, leading to permanent exclusions.
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Former teacher charged with up-skirting pupils at schools in Greater Manchester
A former supply teacher has been charged with up-skirting pupils at schools in Greater Manchester.
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Violent injuries against school staff most common in Scotland
Scotland has Britain’s highest rate of violent injuries to school staff reported to the safety watchdog, FactCheck can reveal.
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Excluded children more likely to offend regardless of social factors, charity finds
A new report from the Youth Endowment Fund has found that, even whilst controlling for behavioural difficulties, children who are suspended or excluded from school are still nearly two and a half times more likely to become involved in violence.
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Schools in England told they cannot close early for Christmas
Schools in the London borough of Greenwich are being forced to stay open, even though the council wanted to move to online learning amid fears over rising Covid infection rates.
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Jamie Oliver frustrated over Conservatives’ school lunches plan
It was a few short lines in the Tory manifesto: an end to universal free school lunches for the first three years of primary school. But to TV chef Jamie Oliver those lunches represent a decade of campaigning for healthier kids.
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Are University Technical Colleges failing?
They were meant to herald a revolution in the way we teach children vocational skills, but last week yet another University Technical College announced it was to close – the seventh to do so. And it follows a familiar pattern: low student numbers, poor GCSE results and financial problems. The former Education Secretary Michael Gove…
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Mental health: schools struggling to help support children
Children aren’t getting enough mental health support at school – according to a survey of head teachers.
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Schools ‘lose out’ from new funding formula
Teaching unions say that 98 per cent of schools in England will lose out from the new national funding formula announced before Christmas.
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First new grammar school for 50 years given go-ahead
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan approves a new 450-pupil selective school in Sevenoaks. Defence Minister and local MP Michael Fallon says he’s “thrilled”, but are grammar schools on the way back?
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New free schools given go-ahead by government
Eighteen new free schools are announced by the government as it strives to meet a key election pledge to open 500 new premises.
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FactCheck: should we scrap private schools?
Do you have to be posh to get to the top in modern Britain? Or is a private education a waste of money? FactCheck looks at the evidence…
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FactCheck: do the Conservatives give young people the best start?
The Conservatives are urging their supporters to “share the facts” about the party’s achievements in government. Should that be “share the fiction?”
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World renowned music teacher jailed for raping students
A recorder teacher at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, one of Britain’s leading arts schools, is jailed for 11 years for raping and indecently assaulting young female pupils during lessons.
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Childcare costs rise 33 per cent in this parliament
The cost of a part-time nursery place for a child under two goes over £6,000 a year for the first time, according to research by the Family and Childcare Trust.
