3 h. ago Falkirk village school marks end of an era as pupils gather ahead of closure

Blackness Primary School will close for the last time at the end of term, and parents and pupils gathered to say a final farewell.

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15 h. ago Fury grows over the NHS staff who are turning away sick private school pupils

Wes Streeting (pictured) was urged to 'act swiftly' yesterday after a child was denied vital treatment because he goes to a private school.

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21 h. ago The Guardian view on child poverty: free school meals are a help, but not a panacea | Editorial

Giving lunch to more pupils is a good move – but poor nutrition points to deeper problems that ministers must faceIt was Ellen Wilkinson, education minister in the Attlee government, who announced in 1946 that free school dinners would be introduced, along with free school milk, at the same time as child benefit. No doubt Rachel Reeves, who has a picture of Wilkinson on the wall of her office, is aware of this – and also that the Treasury subsequently decided the policy was unaffordable. The meals were subsidised instead.Despite these initial charges, and later price rises, poorer children did gain, and keep, an entitlement to free school meals. The announcement last week that this is being extended in England to all those whose parents or carers claim universal credit – rather than restricted to families with incomes lower than £7,400 – should be welcomed by all objectors to child poverty. Being assured of a hot lunch in the middle of the school day makes pupils’ lives be...

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34 h. ago The 'calm and focused' North London school where pupils volunteer with disabled children

The 'calm and focused' North London school where pupils volunteer with disabled children  MyLondon

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39 h. ago Boy, 8, turned away by NHS because he is a private school pupil, amid claims by MPs that Labour's raid on fee

Tory MPs described the move as 'morally indefensible' and a symptom of Labour's 'vile class war'. Pictured: File photo

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51 h. ago Anneka was told she had kidney failure in her 30s. The cause? Undetected high blood pressure. As cases skyrocket, she now reveals the signs that were missed

It was only by chance that Anneka Murphy discovered the awful truth. While at work one day, the primary school teacher was accidentally pricked by the needle of a diabetic pupil's insulin syringe.

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69 h. ago Falkirk pupils to use 'parts' of closed primary school for new term

The extension and modular units at the storm damaged Maddiston Primary School campus will be used for younger pupils next term

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3 d. ago Parents rip into 'crackers' primary school over 'mock wedding' school trip to a church where seven

The teacher, thought to be based in the UK, arranged for the year one and two pupils to head to a nearby church, where boys and girls would be selected to play a bride and groom.

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3 d. ago Keir Starmer vows to attack child poverty crisis after free school meals boost

Keir Starmer said expanding free school meals to more than half a million more pupils next year was a 'down payment' on the Governments plans to drive down child poverty

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4 d. ago Starmer describes free school meal expansion as ‘down payment’ on child poverty

Ministers have announced plans to expand free school meals to all pupils in England in families on universal credit from September 2026.

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4 d. ago All the pupils eligible for free school meals in England in your area

Nearly half of pupils in Manchester are eligible

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4 d. ago Private school pupil numbers in England fall after VAT on fees

There were around 11,000 fewer pupils in independent schools in January compared with the same point last year, Government figures show.

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4 d. ago Pupils eligible for free school meals in England, by local area

Nearly half of pupils in Manchester are currently eligible for free meals.

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4 d. ago More than one in four pupils in England now eligible for free school meals

The figures come as the Government announced plans to expand free lunches to all pupils in families that claim universal credit from September 2026.

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4 d. ago All pupils in families on universal credit to be entitled to free school meals

The move comes after campaigners and education leaders called for an extension to ease pressures on young people living in poverty.

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4 d. ago Blackness pupils mark historic school closure with time capsule to remember village primary

Staff and pupils buried the capsule to maintain the link between the school and village that goes back to 1857

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5 d. ago School bans smartphones after 9,000 messages sent in just one night on WhatsApp group

The headteacher of Blackhorse Primary School in Bristol, has banned smartphones for pupils after a child's phone was found with 9,000 messages sent on a year's WhatsApp group

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5 d. ago Phones banned after discovery on pupil's device left at school over night

Parents have been told smartphones will no longer be allowed

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5 d. ago Motherwell school will get extra support from Education Scotland after recent inspection

Officials visited Logans Primary School in March and have now written to the families of pupils with their findings.

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5 d. ago Physics teacher who made '£60,000 a month' on OnlyFans faces being struck off after pupils shared her photos at school

A teacher who quit the classroom after it emerged she was selling X-rated pictures on OnlyFans is to be hauled before an education watchdog.

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