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Primary school praised for values kindness and reading joy
Friday 18th April 2025This Forest of Dean school is a family first place where kindness leads learning and phonics helps readers growRead full story...
SEN children from Gloucestershire schools have 'amazing' time at the fair
Thursday 17th April 2025For some of the children it was the first time they had been to a funfairRead full story...
School wins Ofsted praise for valuing literacy and lively learning
Thursday 17th April 2025A school where ‘pupils thoroughly enjoy their learning’ and ‘relish coming to school and attend regularly’ has been praised by Ofsted...
School pupil attacked and parrot chicks hatch
Wednesday 16th April 2025A look at what stories are trending across the West of England on 16 April...
Cleeve School rated good as sixth form earns outstanding Ofsted praise
Tuesday 15th April 2025Aspirational teaching leadership and a buzzing sixth form win top marks for this Cheltenham secondary and its college bound studentsRead full story...
National news
America’s universities stand up to Trump – podcast
Friday 18th April 2025This week, Harvard University, the oldest and wealthiest in the US, defied Donald Trump a list of demands...
From homework to housework, how British attitudes have changed since the 1930s
Friday 18th April 2025Study shows women today are happier being women – but getting up to go to work remains as punishing as everThe mundane tasks of everyday life, such as homework after school and household chores at the weekend, may not have changed in the past 80 years, but societal attitudes towards them could not be more different...
Trump vs universities – podcast
Friday 18th April 2025This week, Harvard University, the oldest and wealthiest in the US, defied Donald Trump a list of demands...
A third of school staff in England report ‘physical underdevelopment’ in poor students
Thursday 17th April 2025A survey of more than 14,000 staff also found schools having to step in to provide basic household itemsA third of school staff have seen “physical underdevelopment” in students due to poverty, with schools in England stretching their budgets to buy basic household items such as cookers, bedding and clothes for pupils whose families are struggling...
A third of UK school staff report ‘physical underdevelopment’ in poor students
Thursday 17th April 2025A survey of more than 14,000 staff also found schools having to step in to provide basic household itemsA third of school staff have seen “physical underdevelopment” in students due to poverty, with schools in England stretching their budgets to buy basic household items such as cookers, bedding and clothes for pupils whose families are struggling...
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