Listen: What should children learn?
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When will VAT be added to fees?
Getty Images The government has announced details of how it will change tax on private school fees. Labour says it is removing the current exemption from value added tax (VAT)…
‘I’m an Irish Traveller and I’m too anxious to go to school’
BBC Edee is one of the Traveller children the charity Leeds GATE supports “When I was going to school, the other pupils just didn’t understand our culture. I felt isolated…
Should smartphones be banned for under 16s?
BBC Smartphones have worked their way deep into our lives and have become indispensable for work and socialising. Unsurprisingly, many children want them too, but here we are much less…
The Leeds shopping centre helping international students feel at home
Town Centre Securities Opened in the 1960s the Merrion Centre in Leeds is home to a growing number of Asian-inspired businesses A 1960s shopping centre in the middle of Leeds…
How Hitchin parents pushed to delay phones for school children
DJ McLaren/BBC Some secondary schools in Hitchin, such as Hitchin Boys and The Priory, have already announced their plans to join William Ransom Primary School to be ‘phone-free’ Parents have…
Mum joins daughter at Warwickshire retirement village
It’s not often a mother follows in her daughter’s footsteps, but for Maureen that’s exactly what happened. The 88-year-old made the move from her home in Leamington Spa to a…
UK parents help less with homework
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Parents in the UK admire their children’s teachers, but they are too busy to help with the homework Parents in the UK are much…
Young people and loneliness: ‘What happens when we fail?’
Image copyright Getty Images “There can be so much disappointment and loneliness because we are encouraged to aspire and have ambitions – and then what happens when we fail? “Maybe…