3 h. ago Gun cops rush to school with pupils & teachers evacuated as boy, 17, arrested for ‘bomb hoax’ after call from staff

A TEENAGER has been arrested on suspicion of a "bomb hoax" - after terrified teachers alerted cops and evacuated the school. The 17-year-old was taken into custody after armed police raced to St Brendan's Sixth Form College in Bristol in response to a "possible risk" on Tuesday. Avon and Somerset Police said: "One person has...

Events

26 h. ago Scared pupils ‘hid under tables’ as UK school placed in 'lockdown' after 'malicious' phone call

The incident took place on Monday afternoon (November 3)

Politics

42 h. ago Pupil attacks on school staff 'out of control' as some wear protective clothing

Union leaders are calling on the Scottish Government to take action after revealing there has been a massive rise in assaults and abuse over the last year.

Events

62 h. ago Scots teacher 'faked her own death' as part of elaborate cancer con

A Scottish teacher faked her own death in an elaborate two-year cancer fraud during which she claimed to have her lung removed and leg amputated

Events

68 h. ago Revealed: Inside the heavily guarded £10million luxury villa owned by Abu Dhabi royal family that Andrew may soon be calling home

Andrew, 65, has been offered use of the waterfront home by UAE president Sheik Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nayhan, whom he met when they were pupils at Gordonstoun School.

Economics

2 d. ago Reform chief's outrage after schools compare the party to Nazis in lessons on extremism... and tell pupils to rely on 'trusted sites like the BBC and Guardian' instead of the Mail

Richard Tice, Reform's deputy leader, complained after staff at the Orion group, which runs eight academy schools, used a picture of him to illustrate 'extremism'.

Politics

6 d. ago North Ayrshire Council limits places for pupils at new Irvine primary school

Demand for spaces at the new Montgomerie Primary has soared.

Politics

6 d. ago Bukayo Saka stuns pupils in emotional return to Arsenal star's primary school

Bukayo Saka reunited with his former headteacher Caroline Chamberlain and PE coach Leigh Curtin, who played pivotal roles in the Arsenal and England ace's early development

Politics

7 d. ago Southport killer's father asked social services not to share information which could 'turn our family upside down' after his son attacked school pupil with a hockey stick

Alphonse Rudakubana, 49, said his family expected a 'high degree of confidentiality' and did not want those 'in charge of punishing Axel' knowing their personal information.

Events

7 d. ago Grooming gang accuser denies she made mistake in identity of attacker

Prosecutors say Girl C was one of two vulnerable school pupils who was "easy prey" and passed around for sex and abused "in the most humiliating and degrading way imaginable".

Events

8 d. ago Teacher who had sex with pupil from old school 'asked her to bring uniform'

Benjamin Steven Hiscox, now 34, had a sexual relationship with a girl who had been a pupil at the school he trained at - the pair met for sex in a hotel room

Politics

9 d. ago Kids across UK 'terrified' of school over knife crime fears as absence soars

15-year-old Harvey Willgoose had been frightened to go to school over fears of fellow pupils carrying knives, and on his first day back in the classroom, he was murdered in a brutal attack

Events

9 d. ago Scots child found trying to buy train ticket after 'going missing from primary'

Ana Martinez also claims little Markel's head was "slammed against a wall" by another pupil inside a classroom at Gylemuir Primary School in Edinburgh.

Events

9 d. ago Welsh school turns classroom into gaming suite where pupils have Minecraft and Fortnite lessons

There are 25 gaming PC's, two Formula 1 simulators and pupils can study for an Esports qualification

Politics

1 week ago ‘You just have to laugh’: five teachers on dealing with ‘six

Children across the UK have been shouting out ‘six-seven’ during lessons, so how are teachers reacting?Across the UK, school pupils have been shouting out the words “six-seven” during lessons in the latest meme-based craze to sweep through classrooms.While some teachers have chosen to stoically ignore the trend, others have embraced it. Five teachers explain how they’re coping. Continue reading...

Economics

1 week ago Shorter summer break could ease school fatigue for pupils and teachers – expert

Paper recommends four-term year with two-week break in October because current system does not ‘serve modern society’

Politics

1 week ago Head of Southport attacker’s former school tells inquiry of ‘sense of dread’

Axel Rudakubana attended a pupil referral unit after being excluded from school for carrying knives.

Events

1 week ago Killer teen who stabbed schoolboy Harvey Willgoose to death had 'long

Mohammed Umar Khan, 15, stabbed Harvey Willgoose in the heart during a confrontation in front of other pupils during their lunch break at All Saints Catholic High School, Sheffield.

Events

1 week ago 'Gunman who triggered school lockdown and left pupils ‘hysterical & sobbing’ was a boy in fancy dress

Officers are in contact with the young boy and his family

Culture

1 week ago Killer teen who stabbed schoolboy Harvey Willgoose to death had 'long

Mohammed Umar Khan, 15, stabbed Harvey Willgoose in the heart during a confrontation in front of other pupils during their lunch break at All Saints Catholic High School, Sheffield.

Events