
SEND students share nerve-wracking journey planning life after college
The BBC is following the lives of final-year students at Gloucestershire’s National Star College.
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The BBC is following the lives of final-year students at Gloucestershire’s National Star College.

The Education Authority is trying to trace the pupils as it is not clear what school they now go to.

The council plans to close Monkseaton Middle School and merge others to tackle falling pupil numbers.

Downing Street says had Starmer intervened he would have been interfering in a case related to a previous government
Ward says that “no minister or special adviser played any role in the provision of evidence” under this government. He says he cannot say if that was the case under the last government.
There is a lot of jeering at this. The Speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, reprimands Tom Tugendhat for...

We would like to hear from UK students about their experiences of being targeted by criminals trying to steal their money
A survey by NatWest has found that 57% of UK students have been scammed by fraudsters, or have had close shaves.
Young adults had an average of £300 stolen by scammers in the last year, with one in four targeted by scammers impersonating their bank, according to a survey of...

A report published today says staff and pupils may be at risk due to the maintenance backlog.

The couple spent £30,000 in legal costs after being taken to court by the Education Authority.

Sutton Trust’s research reveals huge inequalities in how parents navigate Send system, with poorer children ‘doubly disadvantaged’
One in eight children in special schools have parents who spent £5,000 or more on their assessments, according to research that reveals huge inequalities in how parents navigate England’s special educational needs system.
The research comes as the government is...

One head teacher is considering using locking magnetic pouches so pupils cannot use their phones.

One in 10 people unwilling to live next to someone who has been mentally ill even if they have recovered, Mind reports
The number of people in England who are frightened of living near people with mental health problems has nearly doubled to one in seven, which experts warn reflects an “alarming rise in stigma”.
Even if the mentally ill person had recovered, one in 10 people said they would be...

Backlash as California governor rejects measure allowing preferential treatment for descendants of enslaved people
California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, is facing backlash from progressives over his veto of a reparations bill that would have allowed universities to give preference to applicants descended from enslaved people.
Assembly Bill 7, widely supported by Democratic lawmakers, established...

I studied Old and Middle English. Although I didn’t know it, I couldn’t have chosen a better subject to train me to become a children’s author
Hwaet! When I was a Yale undergraduate, I hated being asked what my major was. “Medieval studies? What will you do with that?”, was the inevitable question from non-students. When I went on to Oxford and studied Old and Middle English, the...

One in four students say AI ‘makes it too easy’ for them to find answers
Pupils fear that using artificial intelligence is eroding their ability to study, with many complaining it makes schoolwork “too easy” and others saying it limits their creativity and stops them learning new skills, according to new research.
The report on the use of AI in UK schools, commissioned by Oxford University...

The former education secretary tells the Covid inquiry there was a “lack of seriousness” in government.

What will the ballet dancer of the future look like? We visit the hunting lodge where the next generation are being trained – and find huge changes are under way
It’s an idyllic autumn day in leafy Richmond Park, London, where a grand Georgian hunting lodge houses the Royal Ballet school. Enter through the classical columns and it feels like a bubble away from the world. “I was on a video...

Some parents say help is not available quickly enough to deal with violence from their children.

Layoffs ‘decimating’ office responsible for protecting rights of infants, children and youth with disabilities, says worker
The majority of staff in the education department handling special education has been laid off, according to multiple reports.
Friday’s total of 466 layoffs across the education department also impacted the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, which...

The university says the proposed reduction in staff comes are in response to financial challenges.

More than 50 people gathered outside a council’s headquarters to protest against Send provision.

The special edition of Jennifer L Armentrout’s new ‘romantasy’ will stand out on any bookshelf, even if you’ve got your eyes closed. I refuse to be sniffy about it
Would you like a book that smells like garlic? Didn’t think so. But that didn’t stop author Jennifer L Armentrout from using garlic-infused ink to print 1,000 copies of her new novel The Primal of Blood and Bone.
Seem strange? Maybe...

Politicians write to ministers about Palestinians who cannot take up scholarships because they are barred from bringing families
A cross-party group of more than 100 MPs has written to the government, highlighting the plight of Palestinian students unable to take up scholarships at UK universities because they have been barred from bringing their children.
The British government has now...