All news on the topic: Schools

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'I'm worried my daughter hasn't got any friends since she started high school'
'Her 13th birthday is coming up next month and I don’t really know how to approach it because I have no clue who her friends are any more, and don’t really know any of the other parents at school'
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Mum rages after maths teacher starts embarrassing rumour about her daughter
A teacher has come under fire for allegedly starting a rumour about a 14-year-old student to teach her a lesson - causing her to be bullied by the other students in her school
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Abducted Alex Batty reveals his biggest regret from six years living on the run
Alex Batty, settling into life at home after being 'kidnapped' by his mum and grandad when he was 11-years-old, has revealed his biggest regret at his old lifestyle
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Dad blasts school for 'ridiculous' science project with five strict requirements
A science project is a great way of engaging and educating children... unless what is being asked of the pupils is so complex even their parents are struggling to understand
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Kate Middleton 'ignored' at Prince George, Charlotte and Louis' school
Kate Middleton was reportedly 'ignored' during the school run at the previous school her three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis attended
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Inside the London school ensuring secondary pupils get free school meals
Ark Walworth Academy Principal Jessica West told the Mirror how critical free school meals are for pupils at her school in Southwark, south London
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Payouts for ministerial 'merry-go-round' could fund 13,500 free school meals
The ministerial 'merry-go-round' triggered by the chaotic collapse of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss's Governments led to bumper payouts in the Department for Education
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'Burning sensation' was first sign of paralysis for teen who lost use of legs
Ava Kennedy, 13, was at school when she felt a burning sensation in her legs which eventually caused paralysis and has spent more than two months in hospital waiting to come home
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Ofsted inspections to be halted for training after headteacher's suicide
New Ofsted chief Sir Martyn Oliver has halted school inspections for mental health training following the suicide of Caversham Primary School headteacher Ruth Perry
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William and Harry's school warned not to do one specific habit when around them
When Prince William and Prince Harry were at school, their teachers were instructed not to do one thing around the young royals, an expert claims - and it's very specific
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School crash mum's heartbreak as she couldn't give dying daughter one last hug
Nuria Sajjad, 8, died after a Land Rover crashed into her school playground in Wimbledon, South West London. Her mother Smera Chohan says she wishes she could turn back time so she could hug her
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Heartbreaking place William could escape from being Diana's 'emotional crutch'
A royal author has claimed that during his childhood, there was only one place that Prince William could go to escape from being Princess Diana's 'emotional crutch'
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Find out how a stressed-out teacher ditched her job to grow her property empire
Karen went from being a stressed-out teacher and missing time with her kids to now having more flexibility and freedom to do what she wants
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Mystery as six million 'ghost patients' registered with GP surgeries in England
New NHS Digital data shows there are 62.9 million registered patients - even though England's population is estimated to have been around 57.1 million in 2022
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'My mum's going out with a toyboy - and I know him from school'
I never liked this guy at school - He was dodgy and a bully, and not my kind of person at all, so I’m shocked by my mum’s lack of judgment
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Former rugby league star details aim to get one million kids active every week
The ex-Castleford, Huddersfield and Yorkshire hooker, 44, is already helping shape the way PE is delivered in schools across the country but is branching out further with new venture
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Mum fumes at school's 'ridiculous' policy that 'punishes parents' and kids
One mum found herself fuming at a policy her children's school enforces that she believed to be totally 'ridiculous' and punishing to both parents as well as their kids
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'Parents say I'm a failure because I don't have PhD like all my other siblings'
Academic family belittles creative son's 'fantasy' book deal, leading to an intense family feud that reignites his childhood trauma and self-harming past
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Teacher 'sexually abused pupil, 13, a dozen times, sent cash in pregnancy scare'
A Texas teacher was arrested this month after she reportedly sexually abused a student, 13, at least 12 times in recent months, sent him money and had a pregnancy scare
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Mum who lost daughter to fatal asthma attack says her other three kids have it
Tracy Bulpitt’s oldest child Katy, 12, died on November 2 2021, after a catastrophic attack. And of her five other kids, her youngest three all have asthma too
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Deputy head banned from teaching for life after sexual relationship with teen
Rebecca Smith, 41, who was working at Lyndon School in Solihull, West Midlands, engaged in a sexual relationship with a former pupil who was under 18 after exchanging phone numbers
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Teen who visited dentist with swollen jaw given devastating diagnosis hours later
Frankie-Ella Lloyd was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in hospital after she said her GP dismissed her concerns as being a "lazy teenager". Two years later, she was finally cancer-free in time for Christmas
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6ft 2in man shares what it's like as a full-height person in family of dwarfs
Peet Montzingo, 25, is 6ft 2in, making him the only full-height person in his family of "little people" with dwarfism. Strangers even accuse him of lying about being related to his mum and dad
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NHS urges Brits to 'mask up' again as Covid cases soar throughout Christmas
The emerging JN.1 Covid variant has helped a rise in cases over the Christmas period as NHS staff in hospitals struggle to meet demand of soaring number of patients
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'Music therapy found to help patients suffering from stroke or aphasia'
Doctors at the University College London Hospital (UCLH) will for the first time test music therapy in patients in rehab after a severe brain injury