All news on the topic: Schools

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'I ruined Christmas day and left home because I didn’t get enough presents'
A teenager revealed she ruined Christmas Day because she felt she didn’t get as many presents as she usually does. However, some readers think she was pushed to melt down in a setup
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Reward offered to help find cat killer after pet found hung from fence
The cat was found hanged with a belt, with scratch marks and teeth embedded in the fence, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on 13 November - suggesting the animal was still alive after being attacked
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Dad wins £3.75million after placing bet on phone when wife popped to loo
Tommy and Shelley Roche scooped £3,790,637.42 after placing a £1 bet on an online casino game they had never played before - and it completely changed their lives
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Shops forced to close and 200 homes without power in Cambridge
Hundreds of homes and shops have been left without after a power outage occurred in Cambridge this morning, which is said to be due to an underground electricity cable fault
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Hard-pressed school staff worried they can’t afford presents and festive food
A survey of more than 4,000 support staff such as teaching assistants, lunchtime supervisors and nursery nurses found 41% fear they can’t pay for their Christmas groceries
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Almost half of teachers work with children who have experienced homelessness
Charity Shelter said teachers are witnessing the 'horrors of homelessness' with school children missing days in the classroom due to bad housing or homelessness
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School closed amid threats to staff as pupil's warned over support for Palestine
Barclay Primary School in Leyton, East London became involved in a row with some of its parents after letters were sent home following a non-uniform day for Children in Need
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Brianna Ghey's headteacher says students 'angry' over 'iconic' teenager's murder
Birchwood Community High School headteacher Emma Mills revealed how deeply the killing of the "quick-witted" Brianna Ghey has affected the school and local community
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Kids to take GCSE in British Sign Language as Rose Ayling-Ellis raises awareness
A new qualification will teach students to sign effectively using British Sign Language and give them an understanding of the history of sign language in the UK
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Exactly when Storm Pia will bring 80mph winds as schools shut - full list
Storm Pia is set to turn the run up to Christmas and festive period into a gusty and wet stretch with winds of up to 80mph forecast as one part of the UK has already shut all their schools tomorrow
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Boy, 17, killed as boarding school wall collapses on him days before birthday
Dávid Gábor was just 17 years old when he died after the walls collapsed on top of him in the dormitory where he was staying, while three girls were also injured
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South Korean students sue the government after exam ended 90 seconds early
The students are demanding £12,000 each after the examiner mistakenly rang the bell 90 seconds earlier than it was supposed to be during the notorious national college entrance exam
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Schoolgirl's heartbreaking letter to whole class after devastating diagnosis
Venus Hinds bravely shared her cancer story with her classmates by writing to them to explain her medical situation while also asking them to 'be kind' about her hair loss
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Kid's homework questions leave adults scratching their heads
A parent posted their six-year-old's maths question online concerning apples and paint and it was so baffling that one person labelled it a 'weird sphinx riddle' - can you solve it?
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Primary school apologises after teacher tells children Santa isn't real
A supply teacher has been added to the naughty list after telling a classroom full of children aged around 10 and 11 the truth about Father Christmas, infuriating their parents
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Five new players joining PGA Tour in 2024 after LIV Golf exits
With its continued battle against LIV Golf dividing the sport, the PGA Tour has added five new players to the field for 2024 after they earned their card through qualifying events
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Mum left livid over her son's birthday party exclusion following toilet mishap
A five-year-old boy found himself in an awkward situation at his local synagogue with one mum being branded 'ridiculous' for seemingly holding a grudge against the child
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Teachers don't have to accept pronoun requests from pupils under new guidance
New guidance issued by the Department for Education says schools and colleges "do not have to, and should not" accept all requests for social transition - which includes changing pronouns, names and uniforms
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Boy, 4, found dead in boiling school bus - driver 'thought he'd dropped him off'
The child was found lifeless on a minibus in Brazil in near 100-degree Celsius heat after the alarm was raised around 4pm on Monday outside a nursery school in the neighbourhood of Mooca
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Poorer children '18 months behind wealthier classmates when they leave school'
A study by the Education Policy Institute think tank today lays bare the gulf between kids from different backgrounds, including how poorer children are more than 18 months behind wealthier pals
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Palestinian schoolboy expelled from high school after his mum criticised Israel
Jad Abuhamda, 15, was told not to return to Pine Crest School in Florida after his mum, Dr Maha Almasri, was fired from her role as a tutor at the academy for slamming Israel's invasion of Gaza
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Couple who took in Alex Batty share why he finally tried to go back to Britain
Alex set off for the UK last Sunday in the hopes of getting a set of new identity papers because he was desperate to get back to education and lead a "normal life", according to a French family
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Subtle sign of deadly Victorian disease found in school that may go overlooked
A highly contagious and potentially deadly Victorian disease has been found in a UK school - and there's a subtle symptom of the illness that can be easily overlooked
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Victorian illness fears in city after super-spreader visits multiple schools
An infected person visited 26 schools in Las Vegas, Nevada, before realising they were struck down with the deadly infection Tuberculosis
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Emails say 600 schools could still have crumbling RAAC and not know about it
Officials privately accepted it is likely to take “a number of years” to resolve the RAAC crisis in documents seen by the Mirror