All news on the topic: Schools

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Schools face summer term closures as fourth teachers' union rejects pay offer
General Secretary of the teachers' union - NASUWT - Dr Patrick Roach said over the weekend strike action could be "on the cards" for his union in the summer
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Teachers call for 'zero tolerance' as 10% hit by pupil violence
Wendy Exton, a member of the union's national executive is calling for a "zero tolerance" policy from headteachers after the sharp increase in violence and threats since the pandemic
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Prestigious boarding school sued over historical child abuse by 'paedo priest'
Sutton Valence, near Maidstone, which charges up to £7,740 a term in tuition fees, is treating the allegations with the 'utmost seriousness' and has notified the police and Charity Commission
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Lags sign up for free skipper course to learn how to captain a boat from prison
The day sailing course has become one of the top 10 prison distance learning subjects. It is laid on for the Prison Education Trust by the East Anglian Sea School
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Kanye West’s private school accused of locking children inside
Kanye West runs a private Christian prep school and has been accused of violating health and safety rules
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Bronny James stopped from leaking college decision after NBA warning
LeBron James' eldest son is set to make his decision on whether he'll play college basketball or turn to a professional league prior to entering the NBA Draft ahead of this weekend's Nike Summit game
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Tory voter ID rule is a clear message to the young - you’re worthless to us
Brian Reade says the photo ID requirement for voting is just another example of how the Government couldn't care less about those who aren't true blue
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Naked man steals school bus to carry dead deer before taking cops on huge chase
Tony Saunders, 25, has been charged with fleeing an officer, receiving stolen property, reckless driving and resisting arrested after allegedly stealing a school bus in Pennsylvania, US
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Kids from School of Rock now - tragic death, co-star romance and music careers
Jack Black has revealed he will reunite his former co-stars for the School of Rock's huge 20th anniversary. But where are the child actors now?
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'Set your brain’s rhythm and you can learn faster'
Dr Miriam Stoppard has exciting news... Cambridge researchers have shown that matching the speed information delivered to the natural tempo of our brains increases our capacity to absorb and use new information, and this could help the brain to “stay young”
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School bus driver explosively quits after after being tormented by bully kids
Jackie Miller's exasperated outburst on a school bus in the Ohio town of Amherst, US, has turned her into an unlikely anti-bullying hero and T-shirts are even being made to support her
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'My cheating ex only dated me because I don't have a womb - it was tough'
University student Sofie Rask Jensen, 24, from Denmark was diagnosed with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome, which affects the female reproductive system, when she was 18 years old
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'My wife is fuming after I said she was privileged to be a stay-at-home-mum'
A man claims to recognise how hard his wife works around the house and with the kids but told her she was very privileged to be able to stay at home all day so should not be picking the kids up late
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Adult training college in data protection row with dissatisfied students
New Trades Career refuses to hand over recordings that could show if false promises were made to students about courses
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Nursery axe attack leaves four children dead after man scales wall into building
The man responsible for the attack, who killed four toddlers and babies with an axe in a nursery in Blumenau, southern Brazil, was arrested after turning himself in
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Gang of bullies beat boy, 12, in vicious attack as he steps off school bus
Schoolboy Logan Latham, 12, was chased by a gang of around 10 other youths as he stepped off a bus and savagely beaten - with the sickening video going viral on Snapchat
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Bullied student who lost his hair at 16 'can do anything' after £10k transplant
Alex Wood, 21, started losing his hair at just 16 and was picked on by his peers causing him to fall into depression - but he's turned it all around now after a trip to Harley Street Hair Clinic
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UK far-right launch wave of transgender web hate in wake of Nashville shootings
The report comes in a study by analysts from London-based Tech Against Terrorism and follows the gun horror when Audrey Hale, who identified as transgender, rampaged through a school
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Grandad dies of 'cardiac event' after mass brawl at school basketball game
Police in Vermont said an investigation into the incident was ongoing and police were working with country prosecutors to review the case
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Teachers forced to step in to provide uniforms and food for poor children
The troubling survey of more than 17,800 National Education Union (NEU) members laid bare the extent to which schools are being forced to intervene to help families bucking under cost of living pressures
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Dad accidentally puts Guinness in son's lunch thinking it was sparkling water
The dad left parents in stitches after he confessed to the hilarious mistake before he rushed to his son's school to explain the unfortunate mixup to the child's teachers
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UConn students flip cars and break doors with lampposts in title celebrations
UConn clinched their fifth men's NCAA championship since 1999 with a win over San Diego State - and students and fans flocked to the campus to embark on wild celebrations
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Parent claims school's new toilet system is an 'invasion of students' privacy'
A parent of a pupil at Olchfa School, in Swansea, has hit out at the monitoring of toilets by teachers who wait outside and mark down those entering and leaving
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Devastated sister of girl, 9, shot in home tells court 'I miss my best friend'
Yesterday, Thomas Cashman was sentenced to a minimum 42 years in prison after nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel was shot in the chest in her house in Liverpool last August
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'Extending free school meals is an investment in the potential of every child'
Tesco chairman John Allan urged ministers to give free school meals to all children in households receiving Universal Credit to fire up the economy and improve children's life chances