All news on the topic: Schools

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Teachers sued after alleged meme of student with exposed breast circulated
Teachers in Delaware have been sued after an alleged meme of a student showing their exposed breast circulated. Aniya Harmon, 18, has taken legal action against her former school
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Urgent warning issued to parents as kids fall ill from 'drug muffins' at school
Ninety children purchased what they thought were tasty baked goods - which turned out to be laced with cannabis - en route to the Pulamadibogo Primary School, north-west of the South African capital, Pretoria
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School on lockdown over 'armed person on campus' with kids hiding in closets
Ardrey Kell High School in Charlotte, US, looks to have been the victim of a cruel hoax today, causing students to barricade themselves inside classrooms and hide in closets
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'Girls must be given chance to play football or we'll wreck Lionesses' legacy'
Labour's Bridget Phillipson vowed to get more girls doing sport as she revealed she was stopped from playing football as a kid - and has taken up hockey as break from her MP life
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A-levels set to be scrapped as pupils forced to study maths for longer
Rishi Sunak want to replace A-levels with a new British Baccalaureate that would see children study more subjects, but Labour has dismissed the idea as an 'undeliverable gimmick'
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School bus crash horror as roof torn off and children rushed to hospital
An air ambulance has dashed to Clavering, Essex, following a crash involving a car and a school bus, which lost part of its roof and was taking kids to Joyce Frankland Academy
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Stoke school on 'lockdown' after 'intruders' attack pupil and then return later
The Discovery Academy, in the Bentilee area of Stoke kept children inside this morning, in what it described to parents as a "full lockdown" due to an incident outside its gates
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'Humiliated' girl forced to wear nappy to school due to no disabled toilets
The parents of Violet Heasley, who had to wear a nappy to school due to the lack of appropriate facilities, have reached a settlement with Dunmurry Primary School following their ordeal
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Mum drives to school daily to deliver food to daughter after packed lunch ban
Fay Armitage takes four-year-old lactose intolerant daughter Bonnie out of Bean Primary School for lunch after being told they are no longer allowed packed lunches
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Schoolgirl, 12, left in tears at being put in isolation for wearing Asda skirt
Parents claim the youngsters was made to sit in isolation and was not given teacher-led lessons as punishment for not wearing the branded uniform from the approved supplier
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Furious parents slam school's 'severe' punishments for children caught yawning
Camborne Science and International Academy in Cornwall is standing by its rules and says they are helping to install "personal success"
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Bungling Gillian Keegan claims pupils prefer being in temporary classrooms
The gaffe-prone Education Secretary insisted pupils like learning in temporary classrooms rather than proper school buildings as the Government admitted 174 schools in England contain collapse-prone RAAC concrete
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Boy, 7, who wears girls' dress to class is hailed as 'inspirational' by friends
Theo Easton has received significant praise since he started "experimenting" by wearing girls' clothes and now he has even worn a pinafore, and knee-high socks to school
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Parents slam school for punishments over wrong pencil cases and removing blazers
Camborne Science and International Academy in Cornwall has faced backlash for the "harsh" detentions, which are also known as 'reflection' time
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Parents slam school's 'ridiculous' new uniform rule banning long socks for girls
The King's Church of England Academy in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, has defended its change to the uniform policy, saying it helps everyone feel "part of one community"
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Pupil 'humiliated' and 'starved' as he's told to 'put his school dinner back'
Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy, which is in Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, has apologised to Kelly Bowman and her family after her son was "starved" during a lunchtime
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Teacher, 30, faces rape charges after sending naked shower selfies to students
A teacher from southern Missouri has been charged with three counts of rape after allegedly having sex with her 16-year-old student - after seducing him with nude images in the shower
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Teen suspended from school as officials say his dreadlocks violate dress code
A Black teen in Texas was suspended from a week of school after he wore his hair in dreadlocks. This is despite a new law protecting against race-based hair discrimination
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Angry parents claim school isolated girls over 'distracting short skirts'
Parents of children at Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy in Runcorn have claimed that their children were among around 100 who were "isolated because their skirts were too short"
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School forced to move classes online after dozens of mass brawls break out
Students at Riverview Gardens High School in St Louis, Missouri, have been told they will not be allowed back on site as police and staff continue to investigate an outbreak of dangerous fights
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'Mums on school run block my drive - I'm at my wit's end but they don't care'
A woman is at her 'wit's end' with one mum who keeps parking in front of her driveway to pick her kids up from school, as she always refuses to move even when asked
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School blasted for ‘putting child in isolation’ for wearing supermarket uniform
Parents have accused Holderness Academy near Hull of 'punishing less privileged pupils' after a child was put in isolation for wearing a supermarket skirt which looked similar to the official uniform
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Schools on lockdown as email 'threatens violence to pupils and staff'
Gates, doors and windows were closed at schools in Leeds and Bradford, Yorkshire, with reports of pupils being kept inside all day over the "threat"
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Expert's trick to keep kids' school uniforms fresh without washing machine
From showers to essential oils, an expert has revealed some unusual ways to help you keep your children's school uniforms fresh and clean without the need for a washing machine
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Parents slam school for stopping girls from wearing 'stretchy' trousers
Parents have been left outraged by a change in uniform rules at Beacon Hill Academy in West Midlands - around 30 parents are said to have turned up to the school in protest