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How do you manage screen time, does it have a bad impact and what steps can you take to mitigate the problem?

Barnsley Council’s target to reduce home education by 30% is branded “unlawful” by campaigners.

School absence in England has improved overall, but those with additional needs are missing more school.

GP says long waits for support mean some doctors feel forced to prescribe medication outside of guidelines.

The Christian independent school was attended by 40 students.

Nick Turley says the head of a school where a boy died in the Manchester bombing is supporting him.

Two years ago the Netherlands banned phones in schools. Now the government wants to go further, pushing to restrict social media for under‑16s.

First tranche of a £3bn fund aimed at creating 50,000 new Send places in mainstream schools part of changes announced last month
Councils in England will have to set out plans to create more places in local mainstream schools for children with special educational needs and disabilities as a condition of receiving a share of £860m in new government funding.
Authorities must submit their written...

Teachers are walking out for 12 days in March and April over lack of action on poor pupil behaviour.

A study found correlation between the environment and long-term wellness in sample of 1,978 who attended college between 1940-80
Attending a historically Black college or university (HBCU) as a young adult may be linked with better later-life cognitive outcomes for Black Americans, according to a recent study. The authors sampled 1,978 Black American adults who attended college between 1940 and...

Pupils from West Yorkshire mainstream and specialists school share one site and mix during breaks to help drive inclusion.

Arfan Munir Rai taught philosophy and sociology at Kensington Park School when he broke the rules.

Unite Group says it does not expect the art deco site to reopen for the next academic year.

Nine UK universities are setting up campuses in India, but enrolment is expected to be modest initially.

School leaders believe some deploy a deliberate strategy to boost grades and improve finances, new research suggests
The top 500 secondary schools take in half as many disadvantaged pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) as the average comprehensive, in what is believed may be a deliberate strategy to boost grades and improve finances.
New research from the Sutton Trust...

Sudanese and Afghan students with offers to study in UK say government’s ‘emergency brake’ is discriminatory
The women banned from studying in Britain
Six students from Sudan and Afghanistan have accused the home secretary of racial discrimination and launched legal action to try to overturn a ban on them taking up university places in the UK.
The students – five from Sudan and one from...

The Home Office has blocked new study visas for applicants from Afghanistan, Sudan, Myanmar and Cameroon. It means many women will miss out on life-changing opportunities – as five female academics explain
Six students challenge Home Office visa ban on four countries
Shahira Sadat was thrilled. She had received an invitation to interview for the prestigious Chevening scholarship. “I cannot...

‘In series one, it was bullying, drugs and alcohol. Twenty years on, it’s vapes, cyber-bullying and bloody energy drinks’
I was working on women’s prison drama Bad Girls when the idea for Waterloo Road came up. Bad Girls creators Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus had a fiery belief in social justice and did rigorous research. Those are often the foundations of successful serial drama. Ann had...

A union claims up to 300 students will see offers withdrawn as a result of the decision.

A couple call for rule changes on teacher driving after 13 people from a Hagley school died.

Fountainhall Primary in the Borders has capacity for 50 pupils but numbers attending fell sharply.