6 h. ago Touching tribute to Southport attack victims revealed to classmates for first time

Bebe King, six, and Alice Da Silva Aguiar, nine, were both pupils of Churchtown Primary School before their lives were taken in the Southport attack

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15 h. ago Playground in memory of Southport victims to be unveiled to classmates

The outdoor area of the primary school attended by Alice da Silva Aguiar and Bebe King was transformed after a fundraiser.

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29 h. ago The Guardian view on the dental divide: ministers must brush up their policy as well as children’s teeth | Editorial

Gaps in access to dentists mirror other health inequalities. And ‘golden hellos’ won’t solve the problem on their ownDisadvantaged primary school pupils at the government’s first wave of new breakfast clubs can expect to be trained in toothbrushing, as well as fed. Data showing that a fifth of all five-year-olds in England have experienced tooth decay persuaded ministers to make improved oral health part of the early years and reception class curriculum. But the prevalence of decay is not evenly spread across the country. And research showing how much worse the situation is for children in deprived areas is in line with other findings about widening health inequalities.New analysis from the Local Government Association highlights the differing availability of dental care across council areas – a situation sometimes described as a dental divide. It found no specific correlation between the numbers of NHS dentists and young children with tooth decay. But it adds to a body of...

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31 h. ago Pupils at Wishaw primary school learn about the dangers of surfing the internet

Kids at Calderbridge Primary School in Coltness hosted a dedicated internet safety assembly to learn more about what they can do to keep themselves safe online.

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40 h. ago Primary school teacher horrified to find bizarre dead body part under public toilet

A small Japanese village was shook by a body found dead in the cess pit of the toilet. The man was so filfthy he had to be cleaned up twice before he could be identified.

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40 h. ago Primary teacher makes horror discovery in school toilet and no one can explain it

A primary school teacher was horrified to discover the reality of what she thought was a strange object sticking out of a school toilet in a small Japanese village

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51 h. ago Sobbing woman interrupts grieving dad of boy she killed with SUV as he sat with pals

Jack Davey, 11, died instantly when Shaymaa Oun Ghazi Zuhaira, 41, rammed her Toyota SUV into the kerb at his Primary School, smashing through the boundary and crushing him and three classmates

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5 d. ago 'Inspirational' school teacher killed at equestrian event when horse fell on her

Tributes have been paid to the primary school teacher who had a 7-year-old daughter and was said to be a 'committed and passionate event rider'

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6 d. ago Man charged with theft of iPads and laptops from Airdrie primary school

A 39-year-old man was arrested and charged in connection with the housebreaking.

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6 d. ago British rider Sarah Yorke, 37, died after getting trapped underneath horse when it failed to jump a fence and landed on top of her, inquest hears

Primary school teacher Sarah Jayne Yorke, 37, died from chest and abdominal injuries following the horrific accident at the horse trials in Northamptonshire on August 8.

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6 d. ago No childhood vaccine in England reached 95% uptake target last year, data shows

Health officials also warned almost one in five children will start primary school without protection against a number of serious diseases.

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6 d. ago Inside the school refusal crisis: how a mother and her daughters survived a broken system

Caro Giles had to home-educate three of her four daughters when they grew so distressed at the prospect of school that they made themselves ill. Why is our approach to education failing so many young people?There are things Caro Giles will never be able to forget. The moment when Emmie, her “shiny bookworm” of a daughter, crouched “wide-eyed with terror” in the footwell of the car to avoid going to school. Or when another daughter ripped out her eyelashes in distress. Or when she had to carry her eldest, Matilda, then 11, out of the house because she was so scared to go outside.These behaviours, Giles believes, were predominantly caused by the experience and prospect of school. Giles, a single mother of four daughters, watched as Matilda endured a miserable two years in primary school before withdrawing her – making her “electively home-educated” in official jargon. Ada, her second eldest, was mostly home-schooled until 2018, when Giles’s marriage ended and her children had to retur...

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6 d. ago Welsh village primary school set to be sold as council ignores community pleas

It has been on the market since 2024 but has so far failed to attract any offers

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7 d. ago Renfrewshire primary school top of the class after inspection verdict

Education Scotland inspectors visited Rashielea Primary in March and were pleased with what they saw.

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7 d. ago Police in Minneapolis confirm two children killed in primary school shooting

The gunman opened fire through windows as a group of children celebrated Mass

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7 d. ago Parents seen running from school shooting as 20 gunned down in 'our version of 9/11'

Police have confirmed that two people have been killed in a shooting at a primary school, with eyewitnesses comparing the atrocities to '9/11' as several students remain in critical condition

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7 d. ago 'Mass casualty response' as shooter dressed in black guns down 20 at primary school

The horrific situation is unfolding in the US city of Minneapolis at Annunciation Church and Primary School on 500 block of West 54th Street with reports of at least two dead

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7 d. ago St Mungo's Primary: Man, 20, charged after alleged indecent exposure at Glasgow primary school

Glasgow City Council said no children witnessed the alleged incident

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7 d. ago Man storms Glasgow primary school and 'strips off' as parents left outraged

Police were called to St Mungo's Primary School on Parson Street after the alarm was raised at around 11.30am on Tuesday.

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7 d. ago ‘I sit alone and talk to myself’: a family ripped apart by Europe’s migration crisis

An Algerian mother blames people smugglers and opportunists for the death of both her daughters. Now she cares for four grandchildren aloneEach morning Zahia leaves the home she shares with her four grandchildren in the Algerian coastal city of Bou Ismaïl and heads to her job cleaning a primary school. For the past year she has lived alone with them, after the death of both her daughters ripped their family apart.Their tragic story started on 5 October 2021, when Zahia’s youngest daughter, Feryal, then 23, decided to leave Algeria with her husband, Aissa, and their son Amjad, aged 2. At the time neither had jobs – although Aissa worked occasionally as a horseback tour guide – but they were both determined to improve their lives. Continue reading...

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