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Teacher avoids ban despite safeguarding issue

Education & Family 2025-02-14 21:00
A teacher acknowledges a pupil said she was being abused at home and should have been kept in school.
Teacher avoids ban despite safeguarding issue

QUB denies staff pressured to give higher grades

Education & Family 2025-02-14 21:00
Staff were told they should note that higher marks are awarded at other universities.
QUB denies staff pressured to give higher grades

Should teacher numbers drop as school rolls fall?

Education & Family 2025-02-14 21:00
Pupil numbers are set to fall by 90,000 by 2040, but ministers want to maintain school staffing.
Should teacher numbers drop as school rolls fall?

Closing nursery warns of 'childcare crisis'

Education & Family 2025-02-13 21:00
Hunter's Bar Playschool opened in 1975 and is having to close as staff say government funding is too low.
Closing nursery warns of 'childcare crisis'

Teacher strikes in Glasgow suspended following talks

Education & Family 2025-02-13 21:00
Members of the EIS union were due to walk out on 20 February unless cuts were halted and reversed.
Teacher strikes in Glasgow suspended following talks

Students to learn how to work from home

Education & Family 2025-02-13 21:00
Lincoln College says the option as part of its T-level curriculum was to "reflect industry itself".
Students to learn how to work from home

School plagued by bad behaviour brings in Saturday detentions

Education & Family 2025-02-13 00:00
Pupils who do not attend the detentions face being excluded, the school's new head teacher says.
School plagued by bad behaviour brings in Saturday detentions

School worker sacked for LGBT+ posts wins appeal

Education & Family 2025-02-12 22:00
Ms Higgs, who worked in a school, shared posts on social media criticising LGBT+ teaching.
School worker sacked for LGBT+ posts wins appeal

Schools describe 'astronomical' bills as 25-year repair contract breaks down

Education & Family 2025-02-12 18:00
What happens next has implications for the expiry of almost 600 similar PFI deals across England.
Schools describe 'astronomical' bills as 25-year repair contract breaks down

Maths and English skills ditched for adult apprentices

Education & Family 2025-02-11 21:00
The Department for Education says rule change means 10,000 more courses could be completed every year.
Maths and English skills ditched for adult apprentices