Welsh schools use mainly vegetables imported from other countries
BBC Pupils at Ysgol Sant Baruc said they enjoyed the pasta bake with local organic vegetables that the kitchen staff prepared for them Only 6% of vegetables served in Welsh…
IT fault gave Edinburgh primary school children access to porn
Contributed Library PCs were taken offline by the council following the discovery Primary school pupils in Edinburgh had access to pornography and videos of executions at public libraries due to…
Londoner becomes youngest woman to climb world’s 14 tallest peaks
AGA Adventures Adriana Brownlee said she quit university to become a mountaineer, and is now the youngest woman to scale the world’s 14 peaks over 8,000m Adriana Brownlee has just…
Fight begins to make mobile-free schools law
Getty Images Calls are growing to ban smartphones in schools in England by law, as education experts and unions back an MP’s attempt to push a new law through Parliament.…
Families ‘left in lurch’ on child autism diagnoses, report warns
Hundreds of thousands of children with suspected neurodevelopmental conditions in England, including autism and ADHD, face unacceptably long waits to be diagnosed, the Children’s Commissioner has warned. Dame Rachel de…
University of Buckingham vice-chancellor suspended, students told
A university vice-chancellor has been suspended following what it described as “a number of serious allegations”. Students at the University of Buckingham were told in a letter by Mark St…
Scotland’s Rural College gets degree-awarding powers
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) is beginning a new chapter after becoming the country’s first education provider in nearly two decades to be granted the power to award degrees. The college…
Derby school to launch challenge over VAT increase
BBC The head teacher at Emmanuel School, Ben Snowdon, fears parents may not be able to afford the increase A school in Derby is launching a court challenge against the…
Bristol families are recording school run ads for research
Anna Bryher Anna Bryher took part in the project with her children on their way to school Families have been asked to record the different kinds of adverts they see…
Children must not pay price of council cuts says Rachel de Souza
Getty Images Schools, youth services and early help provision have been hard-hit by council cuts The wellbeing of children and young people is at risk from cuts to local services,…