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Costs in England have now risen to £2.3bn a year, with local authorities arguing eligible pupils don’t always need a ‘door-to-door taxi service’
“Home-to-school transport” should be renamed “assisted travel to school” to help manage parental expectations, MPs on the public accounts committee have been told.
While councils are committed to helping children entitled to support to get to school,...
Funding will be used to help employ young people in sectors including AI, hospitality and engineering.
Teachers in England and Wales are burnt-out and barely functioning. Solving that will help young people and their families too
Tis the season to be jolly, unless you’re a teacher, in which case you are most likely a zombified wreck tenuously held together by caffeine and chocolate bars that aren’t even made of chocolate any more.
In the popular imagination, teachers finish at 4pm and have...
Apprentices split their time between training and working – and are paid by their employer.
About 350,000 new places to be offered to ‘neets’ with ‘sanctions’ levied for those who do not engage, says DWP
Young unemployed people will be offered training or job opportunities in construction, care and hospitality as part of a UK government scheme, but could have their benefits cut if they do not take up offers.
Pat McFadden, the work and pensions secretary, announced on Sunday that...
Kishwer Falkner says Reform leader should apologise to people who say he targeted them at school, even if he rejects being deliberately racist
Nigel Farage should offer an unreserved apology to people who allege he targeted them with racist or antisemitic behaviour while at school, the outgoing head of the government’s equalities watchdog has said.
Kishwer Falkner, a crossbench peer who has...
AI research in question as author claims to have written over 100 papers on AI that one expert calls a ‘disaster’
A single person claims to have authored 113 academic papers on artificial intelligence this year, 89 of which will be presented this week at one of the world’s leading conference on AI and machine learning, which has raised questions among computer scientists about the state of AI...
Astrid Tuminez, Utah Valley University’s first female leader, had to pivot from personal tragedy to address ‘a wounding that happened to all of us’
Astrid Tuminez was on her way to Rome, the trip a kind of pilgrimage after months of grief. Her husband, Jeffrey Tolk, had died suddenly earlier in the year, and the loss had left her carrying a weight she couldn’t set down. “I felt darkness and...
Pupils from schools with differing demographics meet and play under charity scheme set up after city’s 2001 riots
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On a bright wintry morning, Bradford’s majestic 19th-century city hall is alive with children’s laughter, chatter and songs. Sixty girls and...
James Graham’s play Punch touches on gang culture, restorative justice and masculinity in crisis, and for the playwright the true story was a privilege to tell
When thousands of schoolchildren came to see James Graham’s play Punch in the West End, the playwright, actors and producers were struck by one thing. Despite fears about social media eroding attention spans, the pupils were engrossed...
‘For every three children wanted… only two are born,’ says one expert. So, what has led to this gap?
The child poverty strategy also includes making childcare more accessible for families on Universal Credit.
DfE figures showed an 11% increase in teacher trainees in England this year compared with 2024, the biggest rise after the pandemic
A surge in the number of recent graduates signing up to become teachers has helped the government in England meet crucial recruitment targets in subjects including maths and sciences for the first time this decade.
New figures from the Department for Education...
University is already being investigated by police over ‘allegations of financial irregularities’ and has suspended three of its senior staff
The University of Greater Manchester is being investigated by England’s higher education regulator amid mounting allegations of financial misconduct, bribery and bullying.
The Office for Students will examine whether the former University of Bolton had...
More than 200 pupils of Nazareth House primary school in Derry are at home for a second day because of concerns over the building’s roof.
The council says repurposing an old school will “create urgently needed places locally”.
The Children’s Homes Association says there is no clear national plan and government must ‘fix the system’.
After the death of former pupil Jack Lloyd, a primary will train children in a portable pool.
James ‘Jamie’ Richards left several staff traumatised and was described as “predatory” by a panel.
Families seeking help for their children’s complex needs describe threats of police action against them.
From 10 December, social media firms must ensure Australians aged under 16 cannot have accounts.