Harlow school punishes pupils for scoring below 90% in maths
Louise Parry & Sonia Watson BBC News, Essex Stewards Academy Stephen Drew says the purpose of the detentions is to help students with their progress A school’s policy of giving…
Experts warn pre-school children’s screen time at ‘crisis point’
Amy Garcia BBC News, Yorkshire Getty Images An expert said children are not experiencing the world ‘first-hand’ Pre-school children’s speech and language development is in “steady decline” due to an…
Schools must be safe for everyone, says children’s commissioner
Daniel Heard & Nicholas Bourne BBC News PA Media Police outside Ysgol Dyffryn Aman after two teachers and a pupil were stabbed last April Schools should not be turned into…
Rayleigh mum calls for career breaks for parents of ill children
Lewis Adams BBC News, Essex Supplied Christina was praised by her local MP for her “absolute determination” A petition calling for employers to offer career breaks for parents of seriously…
‘My university course made me who I am
Hayley Clarke Education reporter Darcie James Darcie James says her course, which included a year abroad in France and Spain, made her ‘much more confident’ Universities across the UK are…
Manchester mayor ‘sorry’ after buses made children late for school
Richard Stead BBC News, Manchester BBC The 203 service runs between Stockport, Reddish and Manchester city centre A mayor has apologised to a group of mums who said cancelled or…
Access to ‘sex survey’ data paused by Sottish government
PA Media More than 130,000 schoolchildren took part in the census The Scottish government “need to do better” in how sensitive information is gathered from schoolchildren after access to a…
Pupil fears for crisis-hit Synergy Trust school in Norfolk
Dolly Carter BBC Investigations, Norfolk Qays Najm/BBC After proposed redundancies and curriculum cuts, Martha fears for the future of education at her school A GCSE student has told of fears…
University of Wolverhampton closures ‘unsettling and worrying’
Eleanor Lawson BBC News, West Midlands University of Wolverhampton UCU’s Wolverhampton branch chair, Catherine Lamond, says students and staff are concerned about what the closures will mean A union representative…
Tetchy exchanges over £700k school pitch funding
Brendan Hughes BBC News NI political reporter Liam McBurney/PA Wire Education Minister Paul Givan said he “did not take the decision” to award Lisneal College £710,000 to upgrade its football…