37 m. ago One in 10 children in first year of primary school in England is obese

Overall, 1.1m children were measured at state-maintained schools as part of data collection.

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15 h. ago Primary school locked down in 'knife threat' as police race to 'critical incident'

A primary school in Wales was locked down following a threat about people armed with 'knives' - police said a 'critical incident' had been declared

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15 h. ago Police confirm 'knife threat' sparked school closure with 'critical incident' declared

Dyfed-Powys Police said at least 13 police vehicles were deployed to the school and surrounding area

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15 h. ago 'Knife threat' sparked school closure with 'critical incident' declared

Dyfed-Powys Police said at least 13 police vehicles were deployed to the school and surrounding area

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20 h. ago Police make urgent plea to public as Welsh primary school is closed following threats

Officers remain at the primary school while enquiries into the incident continue

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23 h. ago Renfrewshire councillors congratulate education establishments on strong inspection performances

Rashielea Primary School in Erskine and Jennyswell Nursery in Paisley received the plaudits on Thursday.

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23 h. ago Police close primary school after 'threatening messages' made online

The decision has been made to close Dafen CP School in Llanelli on Monday, November 3.

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24 h. ago UK primary school forced to close as major incident sees police swarm area

Dafen CP School in Llanelli, Wales, has been closed today due to 'threatening messages' being made online - police are currently at the scene and in the surrounding area

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50 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

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3 d. ago Edinburgh schools: Take a look at campus plans for new 'state

The proposed new school is part of a wider development plan for the former farmland area south of South Queensferry.

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4 d. ago Kenya’s growing towns are leaving elephants with nowhere to go

In this week’s newsletter: As settlements expand across northern Kenya, people and elephants are increasingly clashing over land, food and waterDon’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt is remarkably hard to see an elephant in the wild. In Oldonyiro, northern Kenya, they pass through the settlement almost every night. Piles of dung appear metres from the primary school and local church each morning, where smooth circles have been padded into the earth by the enormous beasts shuffling past in the dark. But when I went looking for them in September, they were nowhere to be found. More after this week’s most important reads.How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health‘White-knuckled wolf spider’ thought lost is rediscovered on Isle of WightCarnivorous ‘death ball’ sponge among new species found in depths of Southern OceanCan communities living side by side with wildlife beat Africa’s national parks at conservation?Nairo...

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4 d. ago Car crashes into Scots primary school fence leaving one person in hospital

The incident happened in the middle of the school day at St Mary's R C Primary School, in Bonnyrigg.

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4 d. ago Renfrewshire Council confirms it wants to close schools in Johnstone

A paper — to be considered by councillors at today’s children services and education policy board — makes no reference to a new-build Thorn Primary School as previously promised.

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

Demand for spaces at the new Montgomerie Primary has soared.

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5 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

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5 d. ago New affordable housing development to be built around Greater Manchester primary school

The land has been empty since for over a decade

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6 d. ago Cambuslang primary receives a great report from national inspectors

Councillors on the Cambuslang and Rutherglen Area Committee on October 8 heard of the successful visit from Education Scotland to St Bride’s primary school.

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7 d. ago Renfrewshire councillors set to celebrate Erskine school's positive inspection

Elected members are expected to note the strengths of Rashielea Primary School on Thursday.

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7 d. ago Renfrewshire councillors to be updated on progress of three major school estate projects

Briefing due on new Paisley Grammar School, extension of Erskine's Park Mains High School and new Thistle Primary School.

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8 d. ago South London primary school named one of the best in the capital

South London primary school named one of the best in the capital  This Is Local London

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