Bomb threat at school: Police evacuate north London secondary and send pupils home after staff raised alarm Police rushed to Stoke Newington School in the north east of the capital today Video clip from the scene shows pupils filing past two squad cars parked outside The students were then lined up on nearby Clissold Park … Read more
Parents were left outraged after a secondary school allegedly told its female students to refrain from wearing tight-fitting clothes because it’s ‘distracting’ for male teachers. Female pupils at Presentation College in Carlow, Ireland aged between 12 and 18 were reportedly called out of class on Friday last week and spoken to by their heads of … Read more
Pupils and teachers in secondary schools now must wear masks under new Government guidance which was announced today. The measures stipulate that face coverings should be worn when moving between lessons and when entering communal areas. The rules were already in force for children in year 7 and above – and for staff and visitors – … Read more
Pupils will be required to wear masks in secondary schools under new government guidance expected today. The measures are likely to suggest face coverings are worn when moving between lessons and when entering communal areas. Both staff and pupils could have to wear masks and adhere to the new regulations. The government guidelines are expected … Read more
The UK’s biggest teacher union has demanded that secondary schools only open on a week-on, week-off system after lockdown. Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU) has said the new rotas should be used until the country has a ‘fit for purpose’ Test and Trace system. The union has already pleaded … Read more
Teaching union demands secondary schools must only open on a week on, week off system after lockdown until UK has ‘fit for purpose’ Test and Trace system National Education Union has already pleaded for schools to close in lockdown Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham agrees that schools should shut However, PHE says children are most … Read more
University College London’s Professor Andrew Hayward, a member of SAGE, said keeping secondary schools open could mean extending the national lockdown beyond a month Keeping secondary schools open during Britain’s second lockdown could keep the country cooped up at home for longer than 28 days, another government scientific adviser warned today. Studies so far suggest … Read more
Angry mother blasts parents for flouting social distancing rules as she is forced to push through crowds outside Birmingham secondary school Furious parent filmed crowd outside Ninestiles school in Acocks, Birmingham She said she was forced to push through the chattering group with her son Children have returned to school for the first time in … Read more
A ‘rota system’ limiting the number of pupils going to secondary schools at any one time could be used for local lockdown zones, while teachers and students may need to wear face coverings in communal areas, according to new Government guidance. The staggered approach will reduce how many people students come into contact with, helping … Read more
High-tech designs of the new state-of-the-art secondary being built next door to Prince George and Princess Charlotte‘s £19,000-a-year prep school have been revealed. Thomas’s Battersea snapped up the neighbouring Royal Academy of Dance building for its planned 13 to 18 school, which is already being dubbed ‘South London‘s Eton’. The CGI images in a new prospectus offer a look … Read more