48 h. ago One in four LGBTQ+ pupils may drop out before finishing secondary school in the UK

One young person said they had to hide their identity ‘like a dirty secret’ at school 🏫

Politics

3 d. ago Ambition for fourth Welsh medium secondary school in Cardiff 'absolutely there', says city leader

However, the leader of Cardiff Council, Cllr Huw Thomas, also cautioned that a number of steps need to be met before a new school can be considered

Politics

1 week ago St Matthew's pupils showcase art in Harbour Arts Centre exhibition

An impactful art exhibition highlights the diverse talents of secondary school pupils.

Politics

1 week ago Tyson Fury's seven children don't have to go to school beyond age 11 due to family rule

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury and his wife Paris have an unconventional approach towards education, which involves their children being allowed to drop out before secondary school

Society

2 w. ago Blackpool teacher charged with sexual assault and murder of baby

Jamie Varley and co-accused John McGowan-Fazakerley were in process of adopting 13-month-old Preston DaveyA secondary school teacher has appeared in court accused of the sexual assault and murder of a 13-month-old baby boy he was adopting.Jamie Varley, 36, who was a head of year at a school in Blackpool, is also accused of a number of counts of assault, cruelty and taking and distributing indecent images relating to Preston Davey. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o belonged to an age of prophets – we must honour his teaching

Along with other icons of African writing, Ngũgĩ taught generations how to decolonise literature, language and the mind• Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87Growing up in post-independence Nigeria in the 1970s, at home you always had access to the Bible if you were Christian, or the Qur’an if you were Muslim, along with books in the Heinemann African Writers Series. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe was a staple, and the plays of Wole Soyinka: The Lion and the Jewel, most likely, or The Trials of Brother Jero. Often accompanying them were books by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o – I remember we had both Weep Not Child and The River Between. And even if you didn’t have them at home, you’d soon encounter them in school – they were standard set texts, from secondary school to college.These three writers belonged to the so-called first generation of African writing, the generation that started publishing in the 1950s and 1960s. The three names stood, like the legs of the thre...

Politics

2 w. ago Kenyan police officer appears in court amid protests over death in custody

James Mukhwana prosecuted after death of Albert Ojwang, a teacher arrested after criticising police on social mediaA Kenyan police officer has appeared in court in connection with the death of a teacher in police custody in a case that has caused rage and protests and brought renewed scrutiny on the country’s security forces.Constable James Mukhwana is the first police officer to be arrested over the death of Albert Ojwang, a secondary school teacher who was arrested on 6 June in Homa Bay county in western Kenya after criticising a senior police official on social media. After his arrest Ojwang was driven about 350km to Nairobi, where he died two days later. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Kenyan police officer appears in court amid rage over teacher’s death in custody

James Mukhwana prosecuted over death of Albert Ojwang, who was arrested after criticising police official onlineA Kenyan police officer has appeared in court in connection with the death of a teacher in police custody in a case that has caused rage and protests and brought renewed scrutiny on the country’s security forces.Constable James Mukhwana is the first police officer to be arrested over the death of Albert Ojwang, a secondary school teacher who was arrested on 6 June in Homa Bay county in western Kenya after criticising a senior police official on social media. After his arrest Ojwang was driven about 200 miles (350km) to Nairobi, where he died two days later. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Kenyan police officer appears in court amid outrage over teacher’s death in custody

James Mukhwana detained over death of Albert Ojwang, who was arrested after criticising police official onlineA Kenyan police officer has appeared in court in connection with the death of a teacher in police custody in a case that has caused outrage and protests and brought renewed scrutiny on the country’s security forces.Constable James Mukhwana is the first police officer to be arrested over the death of Albert Ojwang, a secondary school teacher who was arrested on 6 June in Homa Bay county, western Kenya, after criticising a senior police official on social media. After his arrest, Ojwang was driven about 200 miles (350km) to Nairobi, where he died two days later. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago King expresses sympathy for Austria in wake of ‘horrific’ school shooting

Ten people were killed in the shooting at the Borg Dreierschutzengasse secondary school on Tuesday

Events

2 w. ago Boy, 14, 'who knifed French teaching assistant to death had been told off for kissing his girlfriend and could 'no longer tolerate' female staff', cops reveal

Mélanie G., a 31-year-old mother-of-one, was attacked several times with a knife by the unnamed teenager outside the Françoise Dolto secondary school in Nogent, northeast France

Events

2 w. ago West Lothian school transport applications open for children starting primary and secondary

Anyone who has a child going into P1 or S1 in August should apply before June 23

Politics

2 w. ago Austria school shooter pictured after sending mum chilling video before deadly rampage

Students were sitting in their classrooms at a secondary school in Graz, Austria, when the 21-year-old man shot dead nine people, before killing himself in the country's worst ever mass school shooting

Events

2 w. ago Horror as student, 15, stabs female teaching assistant, 31, to death during bag search at French school

The 31-year-old teaching assistant was attacked and seriously wounded with a knife during a bag search outside of the Françoise Dolto secondary school in Nogent.

Events

2 w. ago Horror as French student 'stabs teaching assistant to death during bag search'

A 14-year-old pupil is reported to have stabbed a teaching assistant, aged 31, outside Françoise Dolto secondary school in Nogent, France, with the woman dying from her injuries

Events

2 w. ago Austria school shooting: Nine dead as 'bullied pupil opens fire in classrooms' in city of Graz

Police are reportedly evacuating the secondary school following the attack

Events

2 w. ago Graz school shooting map: Nine feared dead with pupils and teachers among victims

Police confirmed the horrific shooting took place at BORG Dreierschützengasse secondary school in the north-west of the city of Gaz, which is Austria's second largest city

Events

2 w. ago Austria school shooting: 'Five dead' and others injured in attack in city of Graz

Police are reportedly evacuating the secondary school following the attack

Events

2 w. ago Once again, British politicians want to ‘ban the burqa’. But this time, I’ve never felt so afraid | Nadeine Asbali

Since the riots last summer British Muslims have felt a deep unease in our own countryHere we are again, debating the right of Muslim women to wear what they want. Last week, the Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin asked the prime minister, Keir Starmer, if he planned to follow other European countries and prohibit burqas.Then the leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch, called for bosses to be able to ban the burqa in the workplace. Following the example of the former Labour minister Jack Straw, who in 2006 sparked the first burqa debate by asking constituents at his surgeries to remove their face coverings, she stated that she does not see constituents at her surgeries if they have their faces covered, “whether it’s a burqa or a balaclava”.Nadeine Asbali is a secondary school teacher in London and the author of Veiled Threat: On Being Visibly Muslim in Britain Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Wales is recruiting ‘nowhere near enough’ secondary teachers

Only a third of the number of secondary school teachers have been recruited

Politics