Asylum curbs on men who pose as pupils: Priti Patel plans sweeping changes after string of cases of adult refugees in schools Incidents included a balding man seemingly in his 40s in a British classroom Most troubling case of migrant lying about age was the Parsons Green bomber Independent age assessment body to decide on … Read more
The new children’s commissioner for England wants to extend free school meals over the summer as she warned the pandemic has had a ‘profound impact’ on children. Dame Rachel de Souza today said she wants to ‘rebuild childhood’ in the wake of the Covid crisis and likened the challenge to reconstructing the social security system after … Read more
Haberdashers’ Aske’s £21,000-a-year private schools could change name after discovering founder had shares in slave trading company which transported 100,000 Africans to plantations in the West Indies and America The Habs schools could change their name due to its founder’s links to slavery Robert Aske had shares in the Royal African Company which enslaved 100,000 … Read more
Sainsbury’s has come out on top as the best British store to buy new school uniform, according to a new study. Parents are able to purchase a new whole set of schooling attire for just £15 – £30 cheaper than John Lewis, which proved to be the most expensive in a comparison of seven British … Read more
Italy is expected to announce today that schools, restaurants and shops will close across much of the country as a third wave of Covid infections takes hold. Prime Minister Mario Draghi is due to hold a cabinet meeting this morning to decide on the exact measures, before an announcement in the afternoon. It comes almost … Read more
Schools Minister Nick Gibb insists exams WILL return post-Covid as he categorically rules out a permanent shift to using teacher assessment to award grades Schools Minister Nick Gibb said he wants return to exams ‘as soon as possible’ He insisted exams are ‘fairest way of judging the attainment and ability’ of pupils Have been calls … Read more
Sending children back to schools is ‘absolutely’ safe and people shouldn’t panic if Covid case numbers rise because of it, a SAGE expert claimed today. Professor Calum Semple, an expert in child health and outbreak medicine at Liverpool University and No10 adviser, pointed to studies that have shown primary school pupils are about half as likely to … Read more
A further 90 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England on the last day before schools go back. It brings the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 84,366, NHS England said today. There were 20 other deaths reported with no positive test result. It comes the day before … Read more
Gavin Wiliamson denied pupils face chaos over mask and testing rules tomorrow as they finally get back to classrooms. The Education Secretary insisted schools have been given clear guidance with the first phase of lockdown easing set to happen. In interviews this morning, Mr Williamson said parents and children are ‘excited’ about getting back to … Read more
More than eight million pupils aged between four and 18 head back to the classroom from tomorrow as the UK takes its first and ‘irreversible’ steps out of lockdown. The move has the support of nine out of ten parents, who have been home schooling since January. Boris Johnson has hailed the return as heads … Read more