Schools crisis as number of attacks on teachers soars
Teachers have been the victim of almost 30,000 attacks in the past three years, figures show.
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Period products to be made available in schools
Period products will be available to all schools and colleges in England from next week, the government has said.
Politicians should ‘seize glimmer of hope’ offered by draft Stormont deal
Politicians have been urged to seize the “glimmer of hope” offered to end the crisis engulfing education in Northern Ireland.
UK youngsters ‘miles behind’ European peers in foreign language learning
Learning a foreign language should be compulsory for GCSE students, according to a report that warns the UK is falling behind its European neighbours in language ability.
Ofsted report identifies thousands of children ‘stuck’ in worst-rated schools
Classrooms in deprived areas are becoming a “dumping ground” for problem children, with hundreds of thousands of pupils in England spending their entire school careers in some of the worst-rated learning environments, an Ofsted inspection suggests.
Jaded millennials urged to consider teaching
Jaded millennials looking for a career change are being targeted to boost the teaching workforce.
Almost one in 10 pupils miss lessons for unauthorised holidays
Almost one in 10 children miss lessons without the school’s permission to go on holiday, figures show.
Thousands of schools in need of immediate restoration work
Almost 4,000 schools in England are in need of immediate restoration work – with many more lacking paperwork required by law, the Guardian has reported.
Teacher training targets for England missed
The government has missed its own targets for recruiting enough trainee teachers, sparking fresh warnings about shortages in key subjects such as maths and science.
What have the parties pledged on education?
After years of belt-tightening, school leaders and teachers have been lobbying for investment in the nation’s schools, and it now seems that politicians are responding.
Election officials hit back at call to find alternative poll venues to schools
Election officials have accused the Education Secretary of a “complete lack of knowledge and understanding” after he called for disruption to schools caused by polling day to be kept to a minimum.