All news on the topic: Schools

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Headteacher had affair with pupil's mum after her end of year thank you gift
The mother gave Aled Rees 12 bottles of wine as a thank you gift for helping her child at Ysgol Teilo Sant in Llandeilo, southwest Wales, and he would later use the school phone to call her
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Passengers hear explosion and begin praying after engine tears off plane mid-air
Iolani Kuoha was taking children from her school to a conference on another Hawaiian island and while on the plane, she heard a loud noise that sounded like an explosion
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Mass killer who shot dead 9 and had primed Molotov cocktails set to swerve jail
Teenage student Kosta Kecmanović, 13, killed eight classmates and a security guard at Vladislav Ribnikar Elementary School in the Vracar area of Serbia's capital Belgrade on Wednesday morning
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More than half of schools disrupted by strikes - but Tories won't reopen talks
NEU Joint General Secretary Kevin Courtney said the row will only be resolved when the Education Secretary 'faces up to the responsibilities of her role' by restarting pay negotiations with unions
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'I'm letting my kids pull a sickie for Glastonbury - tickets are so hard to get'
The parents are attending the famous festival but they are not sure how to get their kids out of school to go with them and really do not want to give up their tickets so close to the big event
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Man slammed for defending daughter over 'cruel prank' after she's suspended
A parent was slammed online when he complained about his daughter's treatment - as people thought her punishment was a fair reaction to the 'cruel' prank she orchestrated
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Hundreds gather for mass candlelit vigil for victims in Belgrade school shooting
A teenage student killed eight classmates and a security guard at Vladislav Ribnikar Elementary School in the Vracar area of Serbia's capital Belgrade on Wednesday morning
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Dis Life: How you can be Disabled if you can’t be diagnosed with a disability
It's incomprehensible that the North Yorkshire and York Health and Care Partnership is removing access to autism and ADHD assessment and diagnoses for adults
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'Education at risk as Labour back pedals on fees'
As Eva Simpson's son contemplates his future after A-levels, our columnist discusses whether those in further education actually need to be, and asks if there's more value in undertaking vocational training, considering the news that tuition fees may not be scrapped after all...
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Teacher 'kissed pupil in classroom' after spending weeks making sexual comments
Michele Little, 29, from Sarasota, Florida, US, was teaching at Sarasota Military Academy High School when police started to look into rumours she had kissed a 17-year-old pupil
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Parents share tragic last words of bullied son who took his own life
The parents of a student who took his own life after he was bullied revealed his heartbreaking last words to them. Bill and Elizabeth Reid's son Jack, 17, was falsely accused of rape and his school admitted more could have been done
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What we know about Belgrade school shooting, 9 victims and 13-year-old attacker
Details emerging from the horror school shooting include the 13-year-old suspect making a sick 'kill list' weeks before he used his father's gun to leave nine dead and more injured
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Shooter, 13, had list of pupils he wanted to 'liquidate' before killing 8 kids
Kosta Kecmanovic, a 13-year-old student at the Vladislav Ribnikar school, has been arrested for murder after stealing his dad's gun and opening fire on his peers and teacher this morning during class in Belgrade, Serbia
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Teacher 'had sex with pupil in Travelodge' after 'kissing teen in his classroom'
Dr Iain David Bryant is accused of starting an affair with a school pupil which developed into a relationship where they met at a local Travelodge for sex after she turned 18
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Headteacher apologises to family after admitting affair with pupil's mum
Aled Rees is facing six misconduct allegations from his time as headteacher at Ysgol Teilo Sant in Llandeilo, Wales, including telling a pregnant colleague "that will teach you to open your legs"
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Dad defends taking kids to Disney in school term to save £8,000 after £480 fine
Paul and Jessica Benson, who live in Redcar, North Yorkshire, took their children to Florida twice in term time and were fined £240 on each occasion but have no regrets
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New rules to slash school uniform costs in Wales with ban on compulsory branding
Education Minister Jeremy Miles unveiled new statutory guidance to make uniforms more affordable by ensuring families aren't made to buy branded items or specific styles which can drive up bills
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BBC confirms Waterloo Road return date as familiar face makes comeback to drama
Waterloo Road will return to BBC One for a second series after the drama was rebooted earlier this year
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School staff suspended over alleged 'naked bicycle prank' and 'peeing on shoes'
Bosses at the Mill School in Bury said an internal investigation has been launched, relating to 'alleged interactions solely between staff members, at a time when no children were in the school building'
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Boy, 12, kicked out of school over shirt that said 'there are only two genders'
Liam Morrison, a seventh-grader at John T. Nichols Jr. Middle School in Middleborough, Massachusetts complained it is "within his rights" to sport such a slogan on a shirt
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Parents face 'cost of eating crisis' as price of school lunches rockets by third
Free school meals funding has failed to keep up with the rising cost of food meaning schools are forced to make up the difference from teaching budgets, it has been warned
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Rishi Sunak's wife has stake in tech firm awarded £350k in taxpayers' cash
Multi-millionaire Akshata Murty's investment company has shares in Study Hall - which was last year boosted by a grant of £349,976, official records shows
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Man plunges 30ft to death from Death Ride zipline in front of group of children
Aaron Delannoy, 25, died of multiple injuries when he fell from a zipline in Belgium on April 26. Horrified schoolchildren who were visiting the area witnessed the tragic accident
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Tearful A&E patient begs Rishi Sunak to 'pay staff fairly' after 8-hour wait
An exhausted patient posted a tearful video to Twitter urging Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to support NHS staff and pay them a fair wage, after waiting almost nine hours in A&E to be seen by a doctor
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Teachers urged to chip in £1 each to crowdfund legal challenge against Ofsted
A group of school leaders are crowdfunding 'to gather evidence of Ofsted’s unfair practices and their devastating impact on schools' in the wake of the death of headteacher Ruth Perry