22 h. ago Primary pupil takes bread knife into school before headteacher issues statement

'We understand that news of this nature can be concerning'

Politics

24 h. ago ‘I don’t think my brain should have gone through that’: five young people on their experience of smartphones as teens

What do people who got – and one who didn’t get – internet-connected phones in their adolescence actually think about the impact they had on them?Debate and anxiety about teen and preteen access to smartphones and social media is raging. One paper has likened smartphones to a “parasite” on our brains, while another study suggests moderate use of social media does not have a harmful effect on young people. In the US more than 100,000 parents have joined an online pledge to delay giving children smartphones until at least the eighth grade and in Australia a ban on under-16s using social media will come into effect in December. Despite all this, OECD figures released in May show 70% of 10-year-olds and 98% of 15-year-olds have internet-connected smartphones.So is giving teenagers smartphones that big a deal? Continue reading...

Politics

26 h. ago Primary school deputy head who bit and scratched child avoids teaching ban

Claire Herbert got into an argument with the child that became physical on June 18 2022, according to a Teaching Regulation Agency tribunal.

Society

30 h. ago Paisley primary school pupils hit the right notes with songwriting project

Youngsters at Todholm Primary have been taking part in a project which has seen them write and record music.

Events

32 h. ago Team GB athlete Jennifer Dodds visits Trinity Primary School for special workshop

Team GB athlete Jennifer Dodds made a special appearance at Trinity Primary School last week to help deliver an exciting workshop on the importance of energy saving in partnership with British Gas.

Economics

38 h. ago Backstabbing, bitching and bribery. This is the shocking story of how I was set upon by the PTA power mums... and the cake sale that proved to be my downfall: SUSANNAH JOWITT

My children had only been at their primary school for a week when I was set upon by the dreaded Parent Teacher Association (PTA).

Events

47 h. ago Premiere takes place of short animation film of famous Squinty Tree in area of Livingston

The premiere of the short animation about the Squinty Tree took place last month in the Big Living Room at Almond HQ and was attended by local councillors, Almond contractors and staff, as well as pupils from Letham Primary School.

Politics

49 h. ago Second Perth blaze in a week is 'the last thing the city needs'

Fire rips through former Balhousie Primary School off Dunkeld Road.

Politics

54 h. ago St Sophia’s Primary bury time capsule as school nears completion

St Sophia's Primary will be the first EnerPHit certified school in the UK.

Politics

54 h. ago BREAKING Car smashes into primary school students as multiple bodies sprawled across road

This is a breaking news story and is constantly being updated as the story develops

Events

54 h. ago Car smashes into primary school students as multiple bodies sprawled across road

Children have been injured after a car ploughed into a crowd of people outside a primary school in China, causing a scene of devastation that left stricken youngsters sprawled out over the floor

Events

56 h. ago Primary school teachers arrested in Japan for sharing indecent photos of girls

Yuji Moriyama and Fumiya Kosemura suspected to be members of online chat group of schoolteachers with shared interest in voyeuristic photography and videography

Culture

2 d. ago Inspectors update parents on progress of Cleland school after critical inspection earlier this year

After a visit to Cleland Primary, inspectors graded the school as ‘weak’ in one area and only ‘satisfactory’ in three other categories.

Culture

2 d. ago Woman sunbathing in her back garden is subjected to sexist jeers and comments by primary school children after they scale her fence to harass her

Hollie Hardy, 26, of Wickford, Essex, was in her garden which backs onto the school when a group of pupils climbed up the fence and spotted her - with one shouting: 'Oh there's a sexy lady.'

Events

3 d. ago Wishaw primary end school year by picking up Digital Schools Award

For Calderbridge Primary, it is the culmination of dedicated work by both staff and pupils to make technology a central part of the curriculum.

Events

3 d. ago Scottish Pupil’s engineering invention bridges the gap for those with learning difficulties

Sophia from Gargieston Primary School in Kilmarnock submitted her engineering idea to Primary Engineer’s annual UK STEM competition which asks pupils aged 3 –19 the question “If you were an engineer, what would you do?”.

Politics

3 d. ago Parents slam primary school for 'upsetting children with no good reason'

The headteacher says it's in 'the best interests of the children'

Society

3 d. ago Dog trainer's advice after toddler's arm 'ripped open' by cockapoo outside primary school

Rowan Skinley was doing the school run with his children when three-year-old daughter Bunnie was mauled by a cockapoo – and a dog trainer has since issued their advice

Politics

3 d. ago 'Rude children as young as eight hurl sexual slurs in my own garden

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Hollie Hardy, from Wickford, Essex, took to TikTok to express her shock that children at the primary school beside her home sometimes climb the fence to oogle her

Politics

3 d. ago Woman is charged after toddler's arm ripped open in dog attack outside primary school

Bunnie, three, was walking home with her father and two siblings last Tuesday when the Cockapoo attacked her outside Miers Court Primary School in Rainham, Kent, at around 3.30pm.

Events