17 h. ago One in four vapes seized in UK secondary schools contains 'cheap and unpredictable' drug

Almost a quarter of vapes seized from secondary schools in England contain the 'cheap and unpredictable' synthetic drug spice, a new study has found

Events

26 h. ago Mum fumes as daughter, 11, forced to change school uniform after 'ankles showing'

Paige Warr blasted The Laurel Academy in Mexborough after her daughter was made to swap trousers for a skirt and tights on her second day of secondary school.

Culture

35 h. ago Mum fumes after school sent daughter home in 'completely different uniform'

A mum was left 'fuming' after her 11-year-old daughter was made to change her uniform on her second day of secondary school because 'her ankles were showing' – and she was forced to wear a completely different outfit

Society

37 h. ago Teacher sacked for refusing to 'call a boy a girl' in trans row is fined £195,000 for ignoring court order not to return to the school

Enoch Burke, a secondary school teacher from Castlebar, has already racked up £68k in previous fines - and his latest punishment comes as the court grows frustrated with his defiance.

Economics

64 h. ago One in four UK students don't see film careers as viable option for key reason

A new study has found that one in four secondary school students don't see a career in film as a viable option, and there's an understandable reason for it.

Politics

3 d. ago Vape disguised as children's toy cup among £35k of products seized in crackdown on illegal nicotine products

The illegal vapes - disguised as children's toys - were found in a £35,000 haul of products seized by Westminster council officials and police.

Economics

3 d. ago Police seize ‘toy cup’ vape and 3,000 other illegal devices in £35,000 Soho sting

The raid on a Soho store uncovered 3,000 illegal devices - one of the largest hauls since the Government banned single use vapes

Events

4 d. ago Why children’s wellbeing plummets when they start secondary school

Paty Paliokosta reports on why wellbeing drops when children reach the important milestone of going to secondary school

Politics

5 d. ago Poorer pupils ‘bounced out of some subjects’ by costs, charity warns

A survey by Child Poverty Action Group found 23% of secondary school pupils on free school meals said cost concerns have affected subject choices.

Events

5 d. ago Educating Yorkshire review – the joyful return of this school show is just the blast of optimism we need

The comeback of Channel 4’s fly-on-the-wall series is perfectly timed. It’s a moving, uplifting look at how children can shine with support. What a tonic for all the bad news stories about education in BritainThe trailer for the new series of Educating Yorkshire is a work of art. Shot in one take and clocking in at more than three minutes, it was written and performed by the children of Thornhill community academy in Dewsbury – in collaboration with Dougal Wilson, the director of Paddington in Peru – and takes in a school band, percussionist dinner ladies and a child seemingly being fired out of a cannon from the roof. It’s sweet and funny, but it’s pointed, too, in style and content.This hasn’t been a great year for the public profile of British secondary schools. The national orgy of hand-wringing prompted by Netflix’s superb Adolescence has led to something approaching despair at the state of education, entrenching the perception that overstretched and under-resourced teachers ac...

Culture

5 d. ago Man and schoolboy killed in mysterious crash after car 'drives off the road'

A man in his 40s and a secondary-school-aged boy were found to have suffered serious injuries after a one-vehicle collision in South Shields last night, police have said

Events

5 d. ago Voices: I’m a secondary school teacher: SEND provision changes lives (and there’s nowhere near enough of it)

Jeremy Hunt’s eye on the special needs budget is short-term when schooling prepares children for their working future, writes teacher Charlotte Harrison. We need to support students even further to let them succeed – and remember that we benefit from their success

Society

1 week ago China’s Hangzhou makes AI classes compulsory in schools amid nationwide push

Primary and secondary school students to get 10 class hours per academic year

Politics

2 w. ago Seizures total more than £300,000 as cops crackdown on 'organised criminal trade'

Vapes and cigarettes were seized by police

Economics

2 w. ago EE launches free phone contract to help parents and children set boundaries on smartphone usage

EE’s scheme will help parents with children in secondary school monitor phone usage

Society

2 w. ago Parents petition council as school bus is scrapped 'putting kids in danger' at 60mph road

Those attending their catchment mainstream secondary school will now only be entitled to transport where they live more than three miles away from school.

Transport

3 w. ago 20 new homes to be built at site of former Welsh secondary school

The school itself closed in 2016 following the development of Ysgol Bro Teifi to the north of Llandysul since which time a number of buildings within the site have been granted planning permission for use as office and business premises

Politics

3 w. ago Edinburgh schools: First look as Edinburgh's new £50m 'state of the art' secondary school opens its doors

Doors opened for staff and pupils at the new secondary school this week.

Economics

3 w. ago Harvey Willgoose's mum says 'I feel sorry' for pupil who murdered her son

Caroline Willgoose appeared on Good Morning Britain after her son's 15-year-old killer was found guilty of his murder - she's calling for knife arches to be installed at all secondary schools

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