All news on the topic: Schools

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Man gets reality check after moaning about his chatty eight-year-old neighbour
A man has taken to social media to complain about his neighbour's eight-year-old boy popping over almost every day to fill him in on what's going on in his life - but users urge him to hear the youngster out
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Labour blast Jeremy Hunt for failure to find more money for RAAC riddled schools
The list of buildings found to have been built with the cheap, bubbly concrete continues to grow, including more schools, public buildings and council homes. It was widely used in flat-rooved buildings constructed between 1950 and 1990
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Mum bullied for her large 'slaphead' forehead has surgery to make it smaller
The mum's hairstyle choice as a child resulted in her hair receding and making her forehead appear bigger. After 20 years of being cruelly tormented for it, she decided to get revolutionary surgery
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Horrific 'ghost town' where creepy human-sized dolls outnumber locals by 10 to 1
The Japanese village of Nagoro was on the cusp of being abandoned and left as a ghost town - but it's had quite the transformation owing to a range of terrifying human-sized dolls
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Boy 'kicked out of class for wearing Tesco trousers' returns in a skirt
A mum was left seriously unimpressed after her son was 'isolated' after wearing the wrong trousers in school - and she claimed the uniform rules had been changed numerous times
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Teacher cries as she's cleared of forming 'inappropriate relationship' with girl
Ellie Pattison was accused of forming an 'inappropriate relationship' with a 14-year-old schoolgirl - but she has today been cleared of all charges at Hove Crown Court
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PM is denying kids chance to learn and flourish by slashing school repair budget
Instead of investing to fix up schools across England, Tories decided to slash the budget for repairs by £1.5billion just months after thousands of school children had their education disrupted due to unsafe buildings
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Cash for school buildings faces £1.5billion a year cut as fresh austerity looms
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled plans for a deep squeeze for public services in the Autumn Statement, paving the way for a period of renewed austerity after the next election
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Mum pretended to be daughter at middle school - and even sat in classes
Casey Garcia dressed up as her daughter and headed into school for the day - claiming she did so to make a statement on school safety. But now she has been convicted and sentenced
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Psychopath Life Coach Lewis Raymond Taylor's rise from thug to mogul millionaire
The Psychopath Life Coach has landed on Netflix and at the heart of the documentary is the incredible tale of how Lewis Raymond Taylor seemingly turned his life around
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Cash-strapped school staff help pupils with food, uniform and stationary
A Unison survey of more than 13,000 support staff such as teaching assistants, caterers and cleaners found nearly all (96%) worry their pay isn't enough to cover their bills
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School hands out Saturday detentions as furious parents slam 'prison' policy
According to the Education Act 1997, detention outside of school hours is lawful even without parental consent. The Towers School in Ashford Kent's policy has sparked a backlash
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School friends killed in camping tragedy were known as 'The Four Musketeers'
Flowers were lined outside Shrewsbury College on Wednesday following the deaths of Jevon Hirst, 16, Harvey Owen, 17, Wilf Fitchett, 17 and Hugo Morris, 18, on a camping trip in North Wales
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'Dad won't buy me tampons, he says it's degrading and not his responsibility'
A young woman has been inundated with support after sharing how her father refuses to buy her tampons or give her money to buy them herself - saying it's not his responsibility
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Kate Middleton uses a strict 'no pushover' tactic when her children are naughty
At the end of the day, the Princess of Wales is a mother to her children just like the rest of us, and has a much more "normal" mum life than you would imagine
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Friend's tribute to 'one in a million mate' found dead with pals on camping trip
Wilf Fitchett was described as 'one in a million' in the short tribute as friends and loved ones grieve following the news he and Jevon Hirst, Harvey Owen and Hugo Morris, died in a car accident in Snowdonia, Wales
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'I refused to give pregnant woman my chair – she should have brought her own'
Having health conditions that mean you need to sit down any time there may be a long wait trumps the needs of a pregnant womean – especially if the the chair you bring belongs to you, according to social-media users
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Should the school summer holidays be shorter - vote in our poll
The Welsh Government has started a consultation over school term dates - which would see the summer holidays cut down to just four weeks, while the autumn break could be extended
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Nicola Bulley's family turned to media during search for missing dog walker
A new report released by the College of Policing has highlighted how, at times, the message conveyed to the public could have been more unified with the police had officers used a better media strategy
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One week warning for millions of parents who risk losing £1,152 a year
If your child is 16 years old, it’s vital to check whether you are still eligible to claim child benefit. If so, you will need to inform HMRC using one of these methods for the payments to continue
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Teacher's horror after recieving Christmas gift made from a parent's breastmilk
The teacher was horrified after using the seemingly-normal Christmas gift for a whole month before finally realising it was made from their pupil's parent's breastmilk
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School summer holidays could be slashed by two weeks in UK curriculum shake-up
Pupils and teachers are set to have their summer holidays cut by up to two weeks in some parts of the UK, with an extra week added to the autumn half term in new plans
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Inside UK Santa school where people learn how to be the perfect Father Christmas
Reporter Anna Willis attended Santa School at Battersea Power Station, South London, and watched Father Christmases practice climbing down chimneys, sign language and ice skating
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Two students tragically killed by car as they were walking to primary school
Two young children who were believed to have been walking to Riverdale Elementary School in Prince George's County, Maryland, were rushed to hospital in a critical condition but died of their injuries
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Child, 9, crushed to death by metal gate at her school while she helped close it
Nine-year-old Arlette was helping to close the large metal gate at Centennial Elementary School in Tucson, Arizona, when the gate disconnected and fell on top of her leaving her with severe injuries that proved fatal