All news on the topic: Schools

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Brock Purdy announces engagement to volleyball star he's dated since college
Brock Purdy has had an incredible 12 months after emerging from third string quarterback to becoming the starting QB for the San Franciso 49ers , and he has now announced his engagement to his college girlfriend
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'Labour must push for free school meals – but Keir Starmer seems opposed'
Daily Mirror's Kevin Maguire has urged the Labour party to put free school meals at the front and centre of their election pledge, at a time when their leader seems opposed to it
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Super-teacher hit squads to rescue failing schools under Labour plans
Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said new improvement teams will target poorer areas as figures show ­children from those ­backgrounds are almost twice as likely to go to an ­inadequate school
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'Labour's plans to raise school standards is promising – every child matters'
Labour has announced plans to raise standard in struggling schools and their reforms sound promising, although the devil will as ever be in the detail
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Gymnast Olivia Dunne makes about £400k from single sponsored post
LSU gymnast and emerging influencer Olivia Dunne has built up her social media to gain millions of followers, and she said she cashed in with a deal for a single post worth over £393,000
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New teachers to be offered £2,400 bonus by Labour to stop classroom exodus
Keir Starmer and his Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson will this week pledge 'world-class teaching for every child' in a major speech on education
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Rishi Sunak vowed to get tough on unis as they're full of non-Tory voters
Rishi Sunak and his Government have changed student loan funding to cut the state’s contribution from 44p in the pound to 19p from September, leaving students to pay off their loans from when they earn £25,000 a year
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Gourmet menu for Rishi Sunak's daughter as 4m pupils go hungry in free meals row
The PM's girl Anoushka, 10, attends £22,000-a-year Glendower Prep in South Kensington, London – where pupils enjoy a menu that bosses boast 'can’t be bettered'
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​Rishi Sunak gives £10 wine to local school after $3million US college donation
The mega-rich PM who is worth more than half a billion pounds picked the cheapest wine from the House of Commons shop to donate to Leyburn Primary School in his constituency
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'It's nigh on impossible to argue against free school meals'
'There are more than four million children in this country who grow up in poverty – just shy of a third of all kids, in every class of 30 there are nine - it’s an obscene statistic'
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Teacher in tears over nickname students used in class - after figuring out joke
The educator went a whole year without realising the meaning behind the nickname chosen for them by their students. But when social media users helped the inquisitive teacher, there wasn't a dry eye in the house
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Dad speaks of his 'nightmare' after boy set on fire in accident at nativity play
The boy, now 10, was wearing a sheep costume made of cotton wool next to another child who tripped while holding a candle in a plastic cup and accidentally set his outfit on fire
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School fined £35,000 after boy, 7, accidentally set on fire during nativity play
The boy was wearing a costume made of cotton wool when another child tripped while holding a candle, accidentally setting the outfit on fire at Our Lady of the Annunciation Church in Croydon in 2019
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Girl, 7, writes tear-jerking 'sad and sleepy' plea to PM for free school meals
Dozens of MPs, activists and school children gathered outside the gates of No10 to hand over an open letter to the PM calling for free school meals for all primary school pupils to prevent kids from going hungry
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NHS plan will see nearly a million staff hired to plug doctors and nurses gap
The long-awaited NHS workforce plan is likely to come under scrutiny when it is published at midday on Friday, with the Tories having only committed funding for the first five years
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'Rishi Sunak has never shown he understands the plight of those less fortunate'
No child’s education should suffer because parents are unable to afford the cost of a meal
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The man who left a legacy that proves there is such a thing as society
It’s rare for someone to have changed so many lives, but Neil Jameson was a rare person – and Michael’s is one of the lives he changed
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Sick world of Bay City Rollers' manager from band attacks to child sex parties
A new ITV documentary sees Edinburgh-born Nicky Campbell explore the Bay City Rollers' rise to being one of the biggest pop bands of the '70s - and the dark story behind it
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Biden slams Supreme Court in fiery speech dispelling affirmative action myths
America's colleges and universities can no longer weigh race and gender when considering a student's eligibility for enrollment after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action on Thursday
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Girl's response to bully who shared her mum's OnlyFans around entire school
Mum Ari Taylor is striving to remove the 'mysticism' around OnlyFans creators after her 14-year-old daughter was bullied at school because of her mum's X-rated content on the subscription service
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Inside 'unsuitable' lessons of teacher sacked after calling in sick for 20 years
Teacher Cinzia Paolina De Lio, from Italy, is believed to have used sick leave, holiday, personal and family reasons and time permitted to go to conferences to avoid turning up to work
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Primary kids must get careers classes to stop them ruling themselves out of jobs
The Commons Education Committee found that teaching children about the world of work at an early age would help raise aspirations - and stop them deciding against jobs based on gender or background
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Mirror's defibrillators campaign praised as ministers unveil £1million funding
Community organisations can bid for funding, and successful applicants can choose to match the funding, meaning up to 2,000 life-saving devices could be supplied
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Teacher's eight-word reply after she was sacked for calling in sick for 20 years
Cinzio Paolina De Lio had been employed to teach literature and philosophy and spent 24 years in the role but only worked four of them - spending the rest avoiding teaching lessons
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Primary pupils beg Rishi Sunak for free school meals for all to help hungry kids
Youngsters from Monksdown Primary School, in Liverpool, put pen to paper to urge the Prime Minister to change strict eligibility rules that mean kids living in poverty miss out