61 h. ago Village primary school where relationships with parents are 'fractured' put in special measures

Primary where most pupils don't make progress they should and relationships with parents are "fractured" is put into special measures

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3 d. ago Disgraced staff at special educational needs school shamed after abuse of pupils

One staff member was caught putting a pupil in a headlock while another was found guilty of using an offensive term

Events

3 d. ago Secondary school locked down after 'threats' as police race to scene

The doors of the school were locked and parents told not to attempt to contact their children.

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3 d. ago Gap of 8,000 secondary school places in special schools last year – figures

Around two in three special schools in England were ‘at or over capacity’ in the last academic year, the Department for Education said.

Politics

6 d. ago Brave Stirling schoolboy with rare condition gets special send off ahead of move to high school

Somhairle McMenemy was hailed with a special assembly at St Margaret's Primary, Cowie, Stirling.

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7 d. ago Thank you Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor – how my 1990s teenage self found somebody to love

In her new book, music writer Kate Mossman looks back at her favourite type of encounter – interviews with charismatic, ageing, male rockers. Here she remembers the band – and specifically drummer – who electrified her as a girl growing up in NorfolkI am of a generation that had no name: we slipped down the crack between the spotty cheek of gen X and the well-moisturised buttock of the millennials. We are the last generation that will wow our grandchildren by explaining that we came of age completely without the internet. We wrote letters through secondary school; we replaced these with email when we got to university and wrote 15,000-word screeds to one another, which we still keep in files in our Hotmail accounts. Some of us ended up internet dating, but I have far more friends who settled down with their first or second love. We are neurotic, and depressive, but we didn’t know it until recently.The thing we do share with those who came after is that when it comes to music, we and...

Events

1 week ago Police launch investigation into allegations of sexual abuse at a Scottish secondary school

Anyone who believes they may have been a victim is urged to come forward

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2 w. ago Absences have led disadvantaged secondary school pupils to fall ‘further behind’

Pupil absence is a ‘key driver’ of the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers in England, think tank says.

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2 w. ago Crisis in the classroom as number of men becoming secondary teachers plummets to record 35 per cent low while boys turn to toxic male role models in their absence

Shocking figures show the proportion of male secondary school teachers has dropped from 46 per cent in 1994 to just 35 per cent today.

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2 w. ago 'When I told my daughter where she'd have to go to school she was physically sick'

Fury of parents whose children can't get into a local secondary school

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2 w. ago Stratford school stabbing: Three boys arrested after boy, 15, knifed at east London secondary

Three boys have been arrested after a teenage boy was stabbed at a Stratford secondary school

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2 w. ago Three boys arrested after teenager stabbed at secondary school in east London

Three boys arrested after teenager stabbed at secondary school in east London  Evening Standard

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2 w. ago Bridgend school placed into special measures as another is taken out

The recommendations came after inspections were carried out in the Autumn of 2024, members of Bridgend Council heard

Politics

2 w. ago Teen hospitalised after stabbing at Stratford secondary school

Teen hospitalised after stabbing at Stratford secondary school  BBC

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2 w. ago New owners of George's in Worsley change design after villager backlash

The restaurant's new look had attracted comments like "looks like a chip shop" and "like a 1960s secondary school"

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3 w. ago Headteacher remanded in custody after alleged assault at secondary school

Anthony John Felton, 54, is accused of attempted wounding with intent

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3 w. ago Police issue update after one person hurt and another arrested at secondary school

South Wales Police have confirmed that a man has been discharged from hospital, following an incident at St Joseph's Catholic School in Port Talbot secondary school

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3 w. ago Police called to secondary school as man assaulted and second arrested

Police officers were called to St Joseph's Catholic School and Sixth Form Centre in Port Talbot

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3 w. ago Special projects to help Dumfries and Galloway celebrate World Book Day 2025

Scotmid customers can use special Book Banks while schoolkids will have the chance to meet author Mike Nicholson.

Culture

3 w. ago One in three pupils miss out on their first choice secondary school amid a scramble for places

Data released on National Offer Day showed up to 36 per cent missed out in parts of London , while elsewhere in the country it was up to 26 per cent.

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