
Students ‘go on strike’ over teacher shortages
Officials say specialist teachers from Guernsey may be sent to help pupils prepare for their exams.
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Officials say specialist teachers from Guernsey may be sent to help pupils prepare for their exams.

Those caught speeding on a stretch of road outside a rural school are being taught some lessons by the pupils.

A parent pleads for children to be seen as “more than just a number on a spreadsheet”.

The National Education Union says schools need more funding to be able to make all classrooms inclusive.

The number of people on Dysgu Cymraeg courses has risen by 61% since 2017, as people in Wales rediscover the ‘poetry’ of the language
Elinor Staniforth from Cardiff hated Welsh lessons at her English-medium school – after her GCSEs, she said, she “forgot all about it”. Winning a place at Oxford University, however, made Staniforth reassess her identity and relationship with the language.
“I...

National Education Union poll finds 89% feel class sizes in England are too big to be ‘properly inclusive’
Oversized classes and inadequate staffing levels are hindering teachers’ capacity to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send), according to a large survey of state school teachers in England.
Nine out of 10 (89%) of the 10,000 teachers who took part in the...

Olivia Bailey says she wants Sure Start-style hubs that will be rolled out in England on Monday to be inclusive for all
Reform UK’s “pro-family” policies are a sham and exclude non-traditional families, the government’s early years minister has said before the rollout of hundreds of new Sure Start-style family centres across England on Monday.
Olivia Bailey said she wanted the hubs to be...

School food has suffered at the hands of politics and economics for almost 50 years
Almost a generation has passed since Jamie Oliver’s four-part Channel 4 documentary series Jamie’s School Dinners exposed the unhealthy reality of the food served to pupils at lunchtime, including – notoriously – fat-heavy, meat-light Turkey Twizzlers. It proved a shaming and effective intervention. His...

New government guidance also suggests children under-two should not be watching screens alone.

Study backed by Jamie Oliver finds pupils are foregoing sit-down meals for often less healthy, convenient options
Pupils in England are routinely eating pizza slices, sausage rolls and paninis for lunch as school canteens become dominated by a “grab-and-go” culture of unhealthy food.
Convenience foods eaten on the move are ousting sit-down meals as the main way secondary pupils in England...

Parents say new government guidance on restricting children’s screen time has to be “realistic”.

Cuts of nearly 70% may force university departments to close and damage UK’s research progress, senior scientists say
British physicists have shaped our understanding of nature and the universe for more than a century, uncovering the building blocks of matter and furthering our knowledge on cosmic puzzles from the big bang to black holes.
But senior scientists warned on Friday that the field of...

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.