Mother’s fury as teachers put her son into isolation for wearing trainers because his school shoes had split Oscar Webb was refused entry to his class at King Edward Academy in Spilsby Schoolboy found a split in his shoes and his mother ordered new pair online Mother Claire Dodds said she could not believe the school … Read more
Teachers are NOT more likely to get coronavirus than other key workers, official study finds Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures reveal there is ‘no difference’ in risk Other key workers were those working outside the home for at least a day Trade unions have blasted the Government for keeping schools open By Luke Andrews … Read more
Mother-of-two, 44, hanged herself after becoming paranoid teachers were criticising her for being too strict while home-schooling during lockdown, inquest hears Amanda Metcalf, 44, felt like people were constantly watching her at home She thought police were going to arrest her as the paranoia escalated Felt like teachers were making comments about her home schooling … Read more
Number of white male teachers falls by 20% in just ten years, sparking fears of a lack of role models Experts warn that disadvantaged white boys could fall even further behind Research shows the profession is becoming ‘increasingly female-dominated’ Meanwhile the number of male teachers from BME backgrounds has risen By Sarah Harris for the … Read more
A woman who received an email from her child’s school asking parents not to contact teachers on weekends, evenings and public holidays, has labelled their request ‘unreasonable’. Posting on Mumsnet, the British mother explained her child’s school has asked parents only to email between 8:30am and 5.30pm because the amount of contact they receive can … Read more
Two teachers are suspended after forgetting to log out of a Zoom class then being caught ranting about their ‘technologically illiterate’ students who are only impressed with ‘sad TikTok videos’ The two teachers from Bethel High School in San Francisco were recorded by the angry parent of one of the students They’d just led an … Read more
Class of Covid is out of control: Two-thirds of teachers say pupil behaviour has got WORSE since they returned to school after six months off A survey of teachers found 69 per cent believed children were more naughty Six per cent who had seen behaviour worsen ‘hugely’ and a quarter ‘noticeably’ Only 31 per cent … Read more
Fewer than one percent of students and teachers have tested positive since US classes began this fall, new data reveals. Early data from Brown University’s tracking of hundreds of schools across the US suggests that infection risks are relatively low in classrooms, despite public health officials’ and parents’ anxieties that that in-person learning could trigger … Read more
The Prime Minister is planning an advertising campaign to inform teachers and parents about coronavirus symptoms, it has been revealed. The government has faced severe backlash over the test and trace system which has seen those needing tests sent hundreds of miles and told to join long queues at some testing centres while others stand … Read more
Testing fiasco threatens schools chaos: Teachers call for coronavirus screening as thousands of pupils across the country are sent home from lessons… but the demand is set to be low on ministers’ ‘priority list’ Almost every school in the country is now suffering virus-related problems, unions warn Teachers fear a ‘lockdown by default’ as thousands … Read more