Private schools say drop in enrolments mainly due to impending VAT on fees
1 DAY AGO - Survey by Independent Schools Council finds UK pupil numbers down 1.7% compared with 2023Private Expand
1 DAY AGO - Survey by Independent Schools Council finds UK pupil numbers down 1.7% compared with 2023Private schools say the impending addition of VAT to school fees is a big factor in the drop in pupil numbers this year, ahead of the cost of living and the falling national birthrate.The Independent Schools Council (ISC) said a survey of 1,185 member schools in the UK found their rolls fell by 1.7% when the school year started last month, compared with 2023. Continue reading... Collapse
Private London college taught students by showing videos, investigation reveals
2 DAYS AGO - Business students at £9,250-a-year Regent College London raised series of complaints with Office Expand
2 DAYS AGO - Business students at £9,250-a-year Regent College London raised series of complaints with Office for StudentsStudents at a private higher education college charging £9,250 a year were taught by staff reading out bullet points and showing videos, according to an investigation that found one tutor held an online class while appearing to be on public transport.The students attending Regent College London told investigators from England’s higher education regulator that teaching staff changed frequently, including one cover tutor who “arrived almost half an hour late” to host an online class and “was clearly travelling or in a public place”. Continue reading... Collapse
You're sending them into the lion's den
3 DAYS AGO - Parents say children have been shouted at in class for movements and sounds they cannot control.
Campaigners devastated as sign language GCSE scrapped
3 DAYS AGO - The qualification was due to be introduced in September 2026 but was delayed until 2027.
Prison education failing young offenders - Ofsted
4 DAYS AGO - Some children in young offender institutions spend 23 hours per day in their cells, a report says.
Head teacher said he imagined me in a bikini
5 DAYS AGO - Five staff members say a head teacher made sexually inappropriate comments towards them.
Dinner lady congratulated by Jamie Oliver after 40 years at Oldham school
5 DAYS AGO - Alison Hopkinson says school meals are now healthier, but children’s favourite dish at St Mary’s Expand
5 DAYS AGO - Alison Hopkinson says school meals are now healthier, but children’s favourite dish at St Mary’s hasn’t changedWhen Alison Hopkinson first started serving school lunches, Margaret Thatcher was prime minister, George Michael’s Careless Whisper was No 1 in the charts, and celebrity chef and school meals campaigner Jamie Oliver was still at school himself.The 64-year-old dinner lady and cook last week celebrated 40 years in the job at Greenfield St Mary’s in Oldham – the same primary school she attended as a child. Continue reading... Collapse
UK universities urge government to restart flow of EU students after Brexit
6 DAYS AGO - Universities UK ‘holding back’ on requests to restart Erasmus programme, but hopeful amid talks on Expand
6 DAYS AGO - Universities UK ‘holding back’ on requests to restart Erasmus programme, but hopeful amid talks on youth mobilityBritish universities are urging the government to find a way to restart the flow of EU students to Britain after Brexit, including a possible return to the Erasmus student exchange programme.But as Keir Starmer prepares for his first bilateral meeting with the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, on Wednesday, British universities say they are determined not to provoke a return to the “toxic” Brexit row over migration and are adopting a “watch and wait” approach. Continue reading... Collapse
Major fears over Labour’s nursery plan for 9-month-olds in schools
28/09/2024 - Early years experts warn of lack of staff, playgrounds and toiletsPrimary schools may not have Expand
28/09/2024 - Early years experts warn of lack of staff, playgrounds and toiletsPrimary schools may not have enough space, facilities or staff to deliver the 100,000 new nursery places in England promised by the government, early childhood experts have warned.Labour is under pressure to create enough capacity to fulfil its promise of 30 hours of free childcare a week for eligible parents of children from the age of nine months to three years from next September – a commitment inherited from the previous government. Continue reading... Collapse
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‘My teenage children are bright but unmotivated. How much should I get involved with their school work?’ | Leading questions
2 DAYS AGO - It’s important to consider why school matters to them, writes advice columnist Eleanor Expand
2 DAYS AGO - It’s important to consider why school matters to them, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith – but it might be more valuable to help them develop their sense of selfRead more Leading questionsI have teenagers of 12 and 14 and am struggling to work out how involved I should be with their school work. They are bright and I clearly want them to succeed in what they choose to do, but they are also fairly unmotivated and, probably like many teenagers, don’t put their all into their school work.Friends have different perspectives but it sounds like a lot of people are arranging tutoring for their children. I’m not sure mine would enjoy this on top of school and homework but am I holding them back by not supporting them with this? Does there come a point when you just need to sit back a little and let them take ownership of their decisions and behaviour, or is this still too young? I’m sure every child is different and every parent is different too. Continue reading... Collapse
GCSE students to continue receiving Covid exam help
2 DAYS AGO - The education secretary says equation sheets should be available to students sitting exams in Expand
2 DAYS AGO - The education secretary says equation sheets should be available to students sitting exams in 2025, 2026 and 2027. Collapse
Lack of emphasis on teaching water safety - head
3 DAYS AGO - Head teacher Gary Gentle says children are "not taught enough" about self-safe rescue.
Fifteen schools need urgent repairs after inspection
3 DAYS AGO - Schools with ceilings identified as being at risk of collapsing are being fixed immediately.
Children in youth offender institutions in England denied access to education, report finds
4 DAYS AGO - Joint review by chief of Ofsted and prisons chief inspector discovers children kept in cells to Expand
4 DAYS AGO - Joint review by chief of Ofsted and prisons chief inspector discovers children kept in cells to avoid conflictChildren in youth offender institutions (YOIs) are being denied access to education, with too many being kept in their cells as staff struggle to keep warring youngsters apart, a damning new report has found.It documents a worrying decline in the quality and quantity of education provided to 15 to 18-year-olds in YOIs over the last decade despite a sharp drop in the number of children being held in custody. Continue reading... Collapse
Teachers in England vote overwhelmingly to accept pay rise offer
5 DAYS AGO - NEU snap poll shows 95% of members voting for 5.5% pay rise, ending months of industrial Expand
5 DAYS AGO - NEU snap poll shows 95% of members voting for 5.5% pay rise, ending months of industrial actionTeachers in England have voted overwhelmingly to accept a 5.5% pay rise but warned ministers that without further “corrections” pay would remain uncompetitive and teacher shortages would persist.Of those members who responded to the National Education Union’s snap poll, 95% voted to accept the 2024-25 offer, which would give schools an additional £1.2bn to cover the pay rise. Continue reading... Collapse
Ray Winstone backs dads' knife crime lessons call
6 DAYS AGO - The actor says teens caught with weapons should meet victims' families to reduce knife deaths.
The Guardian view on the other influencers: a golden era for science education | Editorial
6 DAYS AGO - YouTube isn’t always a stupefaction engine. Curious children and other autodidacts have unrivalled Expand
6 DAYS AGO - YouTube isn’t always a stupefaction engine. Curious children and other autodidacts have unrivalled access to knowledgeWith highbrow content but defiantly low production values, the Numberphile YouTube channel might be considered the antithesis of the platform’s biggest successes. While stars such as the controversial MrBeast orchestrate elaborate stunts and giveaways, Numberphile videos feature mathematicians talking through complex concepts at length. There are occasional questions or prompts from the unseen cameraman. The props are usually a sheet of brown paper and a marker pen. The closest the episodes get to clickbait are titles such as Tau vs Pi Smackdown or The Lazy Way to Cut Pizza; a typical video is More on Bertrand’s Paradox, or An Amazing Thing About 276.None of this sounds like catnip for young viewers. Yet since it launched in 2011, the series has become a cult hit. Eleven million people have now watched the physics professor Roger Bowley discuss Kaprekar’s Constant. Collapse
How Keir Starmer, former flautist, was shaped by ‘many opportunities’ of music
28/09/2024 - Prime minister says music was ‘great joy’ of his youth and he wants to reverse ‘degrading of Expand
28/09/2024 - Prime minister says music was ‘great joy’ of his youth and he wants to reverse ‘degrading of creative arts’His father – as we know – was a toolmaker, and he has spoken often of the pebble-dashed semi where he grew up. But when Keir Starmer addressed the Labour party conference this week it was a less familiar aspect of his childhood that he chose to highlight.One of the things that had given him “great joy” as a child, “as well as the football, obviously”, was playing the flute, he told delegates in Liverpool. “I don’t think you were expecting that, were you?” Continue reading... Collapse
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Private schools say early signs of pupils leaving
2 DAYS AGO - The Independent Schools Council says some members reported a drop in pupils starting secondary Expand
2 DAYS AGO - The Independent Schools Council says some members reported a drop in pupils starting secondary school. Collapse
‘It’s very powerful’: New Hampshire ruling protects trans kids from being outed
2 DAYS AGO - Nico Romeri, 17, joined an amicus brief supporting a policy that bars school personnel from Expand
2 DAYS AGO - Nico Romeri, 17, joined an amicus brief supporting a policy that bars school personnel from disclosing students’ gender identities – and wonWhen Nico Romeri came out as transgender at 14 years old, he first shared the news with his closest friends and a therapist. The private conversations he had outside of the home helped him feel more comfortable to then approach his parents, who supported his transition. If anyone else had revealed his gender identity to his family on his behalf, he said it would have been disruptive to his coming out process.“I really wanted to have a one-on-one discussion with them, where they knew I trusted them and they trusted me,” Romeri said. “Having that break of trust before you’re confident enough to tell other people is a huge deal.” Continue reading... Collapse
Sex charge tutor case reveals ‘massive' safeguarding hole
3 DAYS AGO - A man charged with sexual assault has been advertising as a private tutor for children, the BBC Expand
3 DAYS AGO - A man charged with sexual assault has been advertising as a private tutor for children, the BBC finds. Collapse
Funding fears over increasing Welsh in schools
4 DAYS AGO - Teaching unions worry about plans to increase the number of pupils learning Welsh at school.
My apprenticeship has set me up for life
5 DAYS AGO - Alex Whinfrey-Gibson, 22, says his apprenticeship combined knowledge, skill and experience.
Teen stabbed two teachers and pupil, court hears
5 DAYS AGO - The 14-year-old told staff members and a student she was going to kill them, the court heard.
Aim for 70% tertiary education takeup by 2040, say UK university chiefs
6 DAYS AGO - Vice-chancellors say universities ‘essential to economic growth’ and that maintenance grants Expand
6 DAYS AGO - Vice-chancellors say universities ‘essential to economic growth’ and that maintenance grants should be restoredMinisters should aim for 70% of young people to continue their education after leaving school by 2040, while tuition fees in England should be increased, according to the leaders of UK’s universities.The “blueprint for change” published by Universities UK (UUK), which represents vice-chancellors, wants the 70% target to be supported by grants paid to disadvantaged students and a new “tertiary education opportunity fund” for areas with low rates of university and college enrolments. Continue reading... Collapse
Jamaican teachers at leading UK academy chain paid less than their British colleagues
7 DAYS AGO - Schools that are part of the Harris Federation accused of taking too long to help staff get UK Expand
7 DAYS AGO - Schools that are part of the Harris Federation accused of taking too long to help staff get UK teaching qualificationTeachers recruited from Jamaica to work for a major chain of academy schools in London have spoken of their “devastation” on finding out that they are being paid thousands of pounds a year less than English-trained recruits with similar levels of experience.The Harris Federation, England’s second largest academy chain, with 54 state-funded schools, has been recruiting from Jamaica in recent years, bringing teachers to the UK who are attracted by higher salaries than they can earn in the Caribbean. Continue reading... Collapse
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