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'No concerns' about foreign students' entry grades
Tuesday 16th July 2024Universities have been accused of lowering standards to recruit overseas students, who pay higher fees...
Rich-poor education gap grows for 16-year-olds in almost all of England
Monday 15th July 2024First post-pandemic study of attainment gap finds pupils from low-income families have fallen further behind richer peers except in LondonThe attainment gap between 16-year-olds from low-income families and their wealthier classmates has grown across all regions of England since before the pandemic with the exception of London, research has found...
Zambia made education free, now classrooms are crammed
Sunday 14th July 2024The government is boosting investment to try and ensure everyone can benefit from good schooling...
School allows kids to arrive late after Euros final
Sunday 14th July 2024The school says while it takes attendance "very seriously" the final is an event worth celebrating...
Cleaners at prestigious UK girls’ school vote to strike over cut in hours
Sunday 14th July 2024James Allen’s girls’ school in London faces industrial action by members of union for low-paid migrant workersCleaners at one of the most prestigious private girls’ schools in the country have voted for strike action after being told out of the blue they are to be docked five weeks of work a year...
UK universities need rescue package to stop ‘domino effect’ of going under
Saturday 13th July 2024Experts say the next head of the Office for Students must oversee a programme that will protect higher educationThe new head of the Office for Students (OfS) will have to oversee rescue plans to avoid a “domino effect” with a number of universities going under, experts have warned...
UK universities face growing struggle to recruit international students
Friday 12th July 2024Applications for sponsored visas have plummeted since new restrictions brought in, raising financial fearsUK universities face financial turmoil as figures from the Home Office show plunging numbers of international students applying for courses starting in the next academic year...
Ampleforth inquiry finds alleged serious abuse against pupils in last 10 years
Friday 12th July 2024Allegations about monks and staff at North Yorkshire private school were shared with Charity CommissionAn inquiry into the running of a prestigious private school said it uncovered a string of “serious abuse allegations” committed against pupils by monks and staff within the last decade...
Starmer against 'simply banning' children's phones
Friday 12th July 2024The prime minister has waded into a debate on what content can be accessed by children online...
School judgement culture criticised after Ruth Perry death
Friday 12th July 2024The head teacher took her own life after an Ofsted inspection downgraded her school to "inadequate"...
'Macho' school judgements criticised after head's death
Friday 12th July 2024Ruth Perry took her own life after an Ofsted inspection downgraded her school to "inadequate"...
Inquiry into headteacher’s suicide says ‘macho culture’ of inspections must end
Friday 12th July 2024Independent inquiry into death of Ruth Perry after Ofsted inspection says ‘public excoriation of individuals’ must stopAn independent inquiry into the death of the Reading headteacher Ruth Perry has called for an end to England’s “macho culture” of inspections and school accountability...
School heads urge Labour to continue funding national tutoring scheme
Thursday 11th July 2024Programme due to close after its launch four years ago to help children in England catch up after Covid crisisMinisters are being urged to find new funding to save thenational tutoring programme, which is due to close this week four years after it was launched to help children in England catch up after the Covid crisis...
Keir Starmer on collision course with unions over public sector pay
Thursday 11th July 2024PM tells unions to prepare for disappointment despite warnings of a crisis in staffing and recruitmentKeir Starmer is on a collision course with unions after playing down the chance of real-terms pay increases for public sector staff in negotiations, prompting widespread warnings of a crisis in recruitment and staffing...
Pupil with cancer able to attend school using robot
Wednesday 10th July 2024Howard says having the robot has made a "big impact" and he can attend class from home or hospital...
Eton set to give 'brick' phones to first years
Wednesday 10th July 2024The world-famous school is handing out handsets that can only send and receive texts and calls...
School can be brutal. Congratulations to anyone who has just made it through another year | Adrian Chiles
Wednesday 10th July 2024Day after day, week after week, term after term, the challenges keep coming...
Boy charged with seven sex offences at school
Wednesday 10th July 2024The boy, who is under the age of 16, will appear before a youth court in August...
Teacher wishes he had conversation with knifeman
Tuesday 9th July 2024Ex teacher Neil Cole is part of a campaign warning young people about the dangers of carrying a knife...
Exam board faces £300k fine for 'major failings'
Tuesday 9th July 2024One student tells BBC News she was a "guinea pig" in her T-level in health and it was "wasted time"...
Migration to Scotland doubles as overseas student numbers jump
Tuesday 9th July 2024Migration to Scotland has hit a 10-year high, according to new data from the National Records of ScotlandRead full story...
Students under near constant surveillance at Exclusive Brethren-linked schools, insiders claim
Monday 8th July 2024School laptops are allegedly monitored by a roster of church members, with parents sent summaries of their child’s internet useWhy Guardian Australia is investigating Exclusive Brethren SchoolsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastStudents at a network of private schools set up by the Exclusive Brethren sect are subject to near constant surveillance, including in out-of-school hours, according to former staff, students and parents...
Former girls’ school in London to reopen as pioneering youth hub
Monday 8th July 2024Oasis St Martin’s Village will offer mentoring and other help for at-risk young people and is intended to be first of manyOne of the UK’s first girls’ schools is to reopen in September as the first of a series of youth hubs for young people at risk of falling out of education and into crime...
Children’s choir gets surprise audience with new PM
Monday 8th July 2024Pupils set to perform for King Charles were rehearsing when Keir Starmer stopped to listen...
The Observer view on the new Labour government: a fine start but still a mountain to climb
Sunday 7th July 2024The prime minister has reminded the country that politics can be a force for good and change people’s livesIt could not come soon enough...
It’s no surprise a Newsweek writer panned Taylor Swift for being single and childless | Arwa Mahdawi
Saturday 6th July 2024The broader context of what the magazine has become starts with political activist Josh Hammer running its opinion pagesPoor Taylor Swift...
Five key workers on how Labour can fix Britain, from the NHS to prisons
Saturday 6th July 2024Workers in healthcare, education and justice are battling crumbling systems...
Schoolchildren become market traders for the day
Thursday 4th July 2024"Don't be shy, give us a try" - children have a go at market lingo as they sell goods for charity...
Trump and Project 2025 are attacking the Department of Education. How might they reshape US schools?
Thursday 4th July 2024The rightwing manifesto proposes hobbling it, but the ex-president wants to abolish the department completelyDonald Trump wants to shut down the US Department of Education, saying at recent rallies that it should be disbanded to “move everything back to the states where it belongs”...
Manchester teacher who groomed two boys jailed for six-and-a-half years
Thursday 4th July 2024Rebecca Joynes, 30, groomed two pupils from age of 15, with one boy describing aftermath as ‘a very dark time’A teenage boy has described how he was “coerced, controlled, manipulated, sexually abused, and mentally abused” as the Manchester teacher who victimised him was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison...
Girl who died in Wirral school bus crash was wearing seatbelt, inquest hears
Thursday 4th July 2024Coroner finds Jessica Baker, 15, died from head injury after driver collapsed at wheel on M53A teenage girl who died when her school bus crashed on a motorway was one of the few people onboard wearing a seatbelt, an inquest has heard...
‘Here comes the sun’: Zadie Smith on hope, trepidation and rebirth after 14 years of the Tories
Wednesday 3rd July 2024I used to shock US audiences with my stories of Britain’s excellent, accessible universities and healthcare...
Blanket highlighting school exclusion unveiled
Wednesday 3rd July 2024The blanket is made of 2,999 pieces of fabric and is set to tour England to raise awareness...
Goldsmiths accused of being ‘determined’ to close Black British literature course
Wednesday 3rd July 2024Staff, students and writers criticise decision to issue programme’s co-founder with a redundancy noticeGoldsmiths, University of London has been accused of being “determined” to close its Black British literature course after selecting its co-founder for redundancy as part of a cost-cutting programme...
Goldsmiths ‘determined’ to close Black British literature course, critics say
Wednesday 3rd July 2024Staff, students and writers criticise decision to issue programme’s co-founder with a redundancy noticeGoldsmiths, University of London has been accused of being “determined” to close its Black British literature course after selecting its co-founder for redundancy as part of a cost-cutting programme...
University of Sydney stabbing: 14-year-old boy arrested after alleged attack at campus
Tuesday 2nd July 2024University confirms police operation under way with 22-year-old man taken to Royal Prince Alfred hospitalFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA 14-year-old boy has been arrested and a 22-year-old man has been taken to hospital after an alleged stabbing at the University of Sydney...
University of Sydney alleged stabbing: 14-year-old boy arrested after incident at campus
Tuesday 2nd July 2024University confirms police operation under way with 22-year-old man taken to Royal Prince Alfred hospitalFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA 14-year-old boy has been arrested and a 22-year-old man has been taken to hospital following an alleged stabbing at the University of Sydney...
‘Reading’s in danger’: Frank Cottrell-Boyce on books, kids – and the explosive power of Heidi
Tuesday 2nd July 2024He has written hit films like 24 Hour Party People and cooked up the Queen’s Olympic skydive...
‘It’s the future of sugar’: new technology feeds Vermont maple syrup boom amid climate crisis
Tuesday 2nd July 2024The season to tap trees is now earlier and longer, but new processes and generations are helping the industry thriveOn a warm May Monday, more than three dozen high school students took to the forest behind a former dairy barn at Vermont State University in Randolph...
Toddler found in road after escaping nursery
Tuesday 2nd July 2024Talks are being held between the council, inspectors and the business to stop it happening again...
University of Sydney stabbing: 14-year-old may have been influenced by ‘salad bar’ of ideologies, police allege
Tuesday 2nd July 2024NSW police say alleged attacker was known to police and government agencies but not known by the alleged victimFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales police investigating whether a 14-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed a 22-year-old student at the University of Sydney has extremist links believe he may have been influenced by a “salad bar” of mixed ideologies...
UK universities urged to end drugs zero tolerance and focus on harm reduction
Monday 1st July 2024Report proposing new approach welcomed by mother of Jeni Larmour, who died after taking alcohol and ketamineUK universities are being urged to ditch a zero-tolerance approach to drug use and focus instead on public health and harm reduction, with drug testing and non-judgmental support for students seeking help...
The Guardian view on youth clubs: these vital institutions do more than prevent crime | Editorial
Monday 1st July 2024Deep cuts to council budgets have hit teenagers hard...
Prison rehabilitation numbers in England and Wales down 74% since 2010, MoJ data shows
Monday 1st July 2024Almost 12,000 fewer inmates completed offender management courses than when David Cameron took officeUK election live – latest updatesThe number of prisoners completing rehabilitation programmes in England and Wales under consecutive Conservative governments has fallen by 74%, according to research...
Online safety warning as school holidays begin in Scotland
Monday 1st July 2024Police Scotland say reports of online child sexual abuse and exploitation have increased by 21% in a year...
The Hartlepool headteacher trying to find beds for 10,000 sleep-deprived pupils
Sunday 30th June 2024Tees Valley project is hoping to help 10,000 children whose ability to learn is suffering as a result of bed povertyAt Rift House primary school in Hartlepool classrooms now have spaces in which children can sleep...
Wider use of physician associates will increase inequality, say UK doctors
Sunday 30th June 2024Regulator warned of risk to patient safety posed by plan to recruit 10,000 healthcare workers to assist doctorsDoctors are warning the UK medical regulator that wider use of physician associates in the NHS may risk patient safety and lead to greater inequalities in care in deprived areas that struggle to recruit GPs...
Council tax: final-year students warned they could get surprise bills
Saturday 29th June 2024Students are exempt during their course but as soon as they finish their final year they are liable to payFinal-year university students have been urged to check that they do not owe council tax for the last few weeks of their rented accommodation...
Private school gives VAT lobbying tips to parents
Friday 28th June 2024The headmaster urges parents to voice worries about Labour's plan to add tax to private school fees...
‘You get paid well because it’s extremely difficult’: life as a private tutor for the rich
Friday 28th June 2024With a job advert offering £2m, one tutor says such roles require huge amounts of commitment This week, a job advert emerged for a private tutor to an architecture student with potential earnings of more than £2m...
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