5 h. ago Parents say school has become 'like a prison' over 'draconian' new rules

Pupils at Southchurch High School in Southend, Essex, are now given detention for forgetting stationery or speaking in the corridor as they transfer between classes.

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7 h. ago Asda making huge change in all 205 supermarket cafés from this week

The supermarket first launched its £1 café offer for kids under 16 in June 2022 to help parents during the school holidays, and today's update cuts the price to just 60p

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45 h. ago Edinburgh’s Tom Riley turns passion for digital into new car finance claims platform

Growing up in Edinburgh, Tom Riley spent much of his teenage years in an unusual way. While others were busy with school and sports, Tom was upstairs in his parents’ house, teaching himself how to build websites. Not just build them — but rank them, rent them out, and turn them into thriving little businesses.

Politics

3 d. ago Class act: can Harrow sell an elitist British boarding school fantasy to New Yorkers?

The private school will open its first US campus in Long Island. Will it assimilate Americans into the upper crust – or is it more about branding?This fall, the British boarding school Harrow will open its first offshoot in the US: a lush 170-acre waterfront campus in Long Island. For $75,000 a year, parents can wave away their children to the prestigiously named school, renowned for its centuries-old traditions (such as calling teachers “beaks” and bad behaviour “skew”). Classes will take place in the Bourne mansion, the opulent former home of a wealthy American businessman, around which modern facilities will be built.A shiny teaser video paints an idyllic picture of an anglophile life at Harrow New York. “The school is like an oasis,” says Nick Page, former deputy head of Harrow UK, as drone footage pans out over pristine lawns and lakes, where ducklings and deer roam wild. “Yet so close to this huge metropolis of New York.” (The new school is almost equidistant from New York Cit...

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3 d. ago Parents 'furious' with school's plan to ban skirts for girls

One mum said she would never have chosen the school for her daughter if she'd have known about the trousers-only policy

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5 d. ago Terrifying high school brawl at West Potomac ends in every parent's worst nightmare as student is stabbed

A violent hallway brawl turned into a bloody crime scene at a Virginia high school when a 16-year-old teenage boy was brutally stabbed by a fellow classmate.

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5 d. ago Ayrshire school claims VAT on private school fees is a 'disincentive' to parents

Wellington School in Ayr, Ayrshire's only private school, returned to "a relatively small" profit the year before VAT was introduced on school fees.

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6 d. ago ‘Oh my God sir, you’re on Love Island!’ What happens to teachers who do reality TV?

How do you control a class of kids after the whole nation’s watched you backstabbing on The Traitors, snogging strangers on Love Island or starving half to death on Hunted? Three teachers reveal allWhen English teacher Joe Scott used to sign homework planners, it was because students were in trouble. But things changed in January, when the Southampton-based secondary schoolteacher appeared in the latest series of the BBC reality show The Traitors. Pupils started voluntarily pressing their planners into his hands – for autographs. “It felt funny,” says the 38-year-old. “It was such a juxtaposition.”Teachers have always gone on reality TV – but they haven’t always come off well. In 2001, a contestant on the second series of Big Brother was fired from her job at an east London girls’ school after her towel slipped on air. Six years later in 2007, parents complained after an American elementary school teacher missed 22 days of work to appear on The Bachelor. Just last year, a Canadian e...

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6 d. ago Catholic nursery school sacks teacher after a parent discovered her OnlyFans account

Elena Maraga, 29, became embroiled in scandal last month after her pupil's father allegedly bought photos she had been selling on OnlyFans.

Society

6 d. ago US supreme court seems inclined to allow exemption of LGBTQ+ books for elementary schoolers

Justices heard from Christian and Muslim parents from Maryland seeking to pull children from certain classesThe US supreme court appeared inclined to rule in favor of Christian and Muslim parents in Maryland seeking to keep their elementary school children out of certain classes when storybooks with LGBTQ+ characters are read in the latest case involving the intersection of religion and LGBTQ+ rights.The nine justices heard arguments on Tuesday in an appeal by parents with children in public schools in Montgomery county, located just outside of Washington, after lower courts declined to order the local school district to let children opt out when these books are read. The plaintiffs – including Muslim, Roman Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox parents – contend that the school board’s policy of prohibiting opt-outs violates the US constitution’s first amendment protections for free exercise of religion. Donald Trump’s administration backed them in the case. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Voices: Nothing is more toxic than a school parents’ WhatsApp group

Schools are reportedly asking lawyers to draw up codes of conduct to help manage parent WhatsApp groups – what a good idea, says mum-of-two Charlotte Cripps

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7 d. ago More parents disappointed over Primary school placements in Hammersmith than anywhere else in the capital

More parents disappointed over Primary school placements in Hammersmith than anywhere else in the capital  South London Press & Mercury

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7 d. ago Free school breakfast clubs will give parents ‘breathing space’, says Starmer

The new clubs, providing 30 minutes of morning childcare, are part of a trial at 750 schools until July.

Society

8 d. ago Supreme Court to intervene as parents remove children from school over LGBTQ books

A prince and knight fall in love and the Supreme Court is asked to intervene

Society

9 d. ago Voices: I’ve been bullied on the class WhatsApp – the parents are even worse than the kids

Schools are reportedly asking lawyers to draw up codes of conduct to help manage parent WhatsApp groups, but it’s not just teachers suffering abuse on them, says Caroline Brown, it’s parents like me

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9 d. ago Rollout of free breakfast clubs to begin this week for 750 schools

They are designed to give parents of primary school children 30 minutes of free childcare a day, or up to 95 hours a year.

Politics

1 week ago Barking at female staff and blocking doorways: Teachers warn of rise in misogyny and racism in UK schools

Survey finds social media main cause of poor behaviour, with pupils mimicking Donald Trump and Andrew TateA rise in misogyny and racism is flooding UK schools as pupils ape the behaviour of figures such as Donald Trump and Andrew Tate after exposure through social media and online gaming, teachers have warned.A survey by the NASUWT union found most teachers identified social media as “the number one cause” of pupil misbehaviour, with female staff bearing the brunt. Teachers also raised concerns about parents who refuse to accept school rules or take responsibility for their children’s behaviour. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Child loses out on school place with brother after primary moves premises, putting her out of catchment

Parents appeal after daughter turned down for school place at the primary they say they were never warned they were no longer in catchment for

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1 week ago Olympic gold medal sprinter destroys the field in parents race at son’s school

Two-time Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce made short work of other parents at her son’s school when she participated in their sports day.

Sport

1 week ago Olympian mum demolishes all other parents in son's school sports day race

Sprinting legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce took part in a parents' race at her son's sports day, and the eight-time Olympic medallist showed she is still the one to beat

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