12 h. ago Labour's promise of 6,500 extra teachers paid for with VAT on private schools 'might not fix shortage', watchdog warns

The National Audit Office (NAO) said it is 'not clear' whether the pledge will solve the problem as there is currently no 'delivery plan'.

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54 h. ago DOMINIC LAWSON: Oh, give me strength! Trump and Putin both claim to be Christians but the only divinities they truly worship are themselves...

It will have done no harm to Trump's strategy - a highly successful one - to demonstrate to America's churchgoers that he, like them, is driven by faith in all he does.

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58 h. ago DOMINIC LAWSON: Lord give me strength! Trump and Putin both claim to be Christians but the only divinities they truly worship are themselves...

It will have done no harm to Trump's strategy - a highly successful one - to demonstrate to America's churchgoers that he, like them, is driven by faith in all he does.

Politics

3 d. ago Class act: can Harrow sell an elitist British boarding school fantasy to New Yorkers?

The private school will open its first US campus in Long Island. Will it assimilate Americans into the upper crust – or is it more about branding?This fall, the British boarding school Harrow will open its first offshoot in the US: a lush 170-acre waterfront campus in Long Island. For $75,000 a year, parents can wave away their children to the prestigiously named school, renowned for its centuries-old traditions (such as calling teachers “beaks” and bad behaviour “skew”). Classes will take place in the Bourne mansion, the opulent former home of a wealthy American businessman, around which modern facilities will be built.A shiny teaser video paints an idyllic picture of an anglophile life at Harrow New York. “The school is like an oasis,” says Nick Page, former deputy head of Harrow UK, as drone footage pans out over pristine lawns and lakes, where ducklings and deer roam wild. “Yet so close to this huge metropolis of New York.” (The new school is almost equidistant from New York Cit...

Culture

4 d. ago Teacher who sent 'inherently sexual' selfies to pupil banned from classroom

Megan Lanning, 36, has been banned from teaching for life after sending nude selfies to a pupil she confessed having 'inappropriate feelings' for at a £45,000 private school

Society

5 d. ago French PM calls for crackdown on knife crime after fatal high school stabbing

Boy, 15, arrested after at least one child killed and three injured at Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides school in NantesThe French prime minister, François Bayrou, has called for a crackdown on teenage knife crime after a high-school student stabbed four other children at his school, killing at least one and injuring the others before being arrested.The 15-year-old reportedly attacked fellow students with a knife during lunch break on Thursday at the private Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides secondary school in the city of Nantes on the Atlantic coast. The attack took place at around 12.30pm (11.30am BST), before teachers overpowered the boy. One female student was killed. At least one other student is in a critical condition in hospital. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago School knife rampage in France leaves one girl dead and three other children fighting for life

A student armed with a knife launched the attack at the private Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides high school in Doulon area of Nantes on Thursday afternoon.

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5 d. ago One person dead in France school stabbing with at least three others injured

The horror unfolded at Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides private school in Nantes before the alleged attacker was restrained by a member of staff until police arrived.

Events

5 d. ago Student killed and three injured in stabbing attack at French high school

Fifteen-year-old student arrested after incident at Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides school near NantesA student at a French high school stabbed four other students at his school on Thursday, killing at least one and injuring three others before being arrested, police said.The circumstances of the attack were not immediately clear. A national police official said it had taken place at the private Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides high school in Nantes on the Atlantic coast. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago School knife rampage in France leaves one student dead and multiple children seriously injured

A student armed with a knife launched the attack at the private Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides high school in Doulon area of Nantes on Thursday afternoon.

Events

5 d. ago Ayrshire school claims VAT on private school fees is a 'disincentive' to parents

Wellington School in Ayr, Ayrshire's only private school, returned to "a relatively small" profit the year before VAT was introduced on school fees.

Politics

5 d. ago Nantes school stabbing: One dead and at least three reported injured in France attack

The attack took place at the Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides private school in Nantes, France this morning saw several people reportedly stabbed by a fellow pupil and one has died

Events

6 d. ago Danny Dyer says despite him being 'proudly working class' his kids have NEVER travelled on a bus and always go 'door to door' in a £200K Bentley

The actor, 47, gets a grilling about claims he sent his son to private school in ITV 's new show The Assembly.

Economics

6 d. ago French PM’s daughter says she was brutally beaten at scandal

François Bayrou faces questions over what he knew about school at centre of allegations of decades of abuseThe daughter of the French prime minister, François Bayrou, has said she was brutally beaten at a private Catholic school at the centre of a growing sexual abuse scandal that has shocked France.Hélène Perlant, 53, told Paris Match that a senior priest at Notre-Dame de Bétharram beat her in front of her peers during a summer camp in the 1980s, when she was 14, but said she had never told Bayrou. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Hungry Brits spend two days a year talking about what they're having for dinner

As a nation of food lovers, Brits dedicate 48 hours annually to chatting about what’s on their plates, with debates over ‘dinner’ vs ‘tea’ still dividing the country

Politics

7 d. ago Divided Supreme Court finds some deadline flexibility for immigrants who agree to leave U.S.

A divided Supreme Court ruled that immigrants who agree to leave the country are allowed some deadline flexibility in a case that was argued before President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown

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9 d. ago DOMINIC LAWSON: For all the scientists' new efforts to talk to the animals, I don't think humans will ever be speaking Dolphinese

Like millions of Britons of a certain age, my childhood was made more joyous by Johnny Morris, the presenter of the TV programme Animal Magic.

Science

1 week ago It’s official: 6 of the UK’s best private prep schools are near London

It’s official: 6 of the UK’s best private prep schools are near London  Time Out

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1 week ago Huge schools change this week to save parents £450 is 'something the Tories would never do'

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson told the Mirror the Tories' only idea is giving private schools their tax breaks back - on the eve of free breakfast clubs opening at schools across England

Economics

1 week ago Foreign students sue Trump officials over revoked visas as 1,000 affected

Actions by state department to terminate students’ legal status place them at risk of deportation and detentionUS politics live – latest updatesSeveral international students who have had their visas revoked in recent weeks have filed lawsuits against the Trump administration, arguing the government denied them due process when it suddenly took away their permission to be in the US.The actions by the federal government to terminate students’ legal status have left hundreds of scholars at risk of detention and deportation. Their schools range from private universities such as Harvard and Stanford to large public institutions such as the University of Maryland and Ohio State University, to some small liberal arts colleges. Continue reading...

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