4 h. ago Work begins on permanent secondary school for town left without one for ten years

Pupils at Star Academy will have a new building to move into sometime in 2026

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12 h. ago School curriculum resources to teach children about risks of in

Teaching materials will also help secondary school pupils to identify and scrutinise data and claims made by online influencers.

Society

4 d. ago US Naval Academy to no longer consider race when evaluating candidates

White House detailed policy change in filing asking court to suspend appeal by group opposed to affirmative actionThe US Naval Academy has changed its policy and will no longer consider race as a factor when evaluating candidates to attend the elite military school, a practice it maintained even after the US supreme court barred civilian colleges from employing similar affirmative action policies.The Trump administration detailed the policy change in a filing on Friday asking a court to suspend an appeal lodged by a group opposed to affirmative action against a judge’s decision last year upholding the Annapolis, Maryland-based Naval Academy’s race-conscious admissions program. Continue reading...

Politics

6 d. ago Secondary school locked down after 'threats' as police race to scene

The doors of the school were locked and parents told not to attempt to contact their children.

Events

6 d. ago Wrexham school in lockdown after 'threat' sees doors locked with no one allowed in or out

Parents of pupils at Ysgol y Grango in Wrexham received a stern warning from school officials, including the words 'please do not come onto school site or try to contact your child'

Events

6 d. ago Gap of 8,000 secondary school places in special schools last year – figures

Around two in three special schools in England were ‘at or over capacity’ in the last academic year, the Department for Education said.

Politics

7 d. ago Police race to hospital after reports of man from Manchester 'throwing chairs and bins at staff'

A man from Manchester has been arrested following the incident

Sport

1 week ago Thank you Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor – how my 1990s teenage self found somebody to love

In her new book, music writer Kate Mossman looks back at her favourite type of encounter – interviews with charismatic, ageing, male rockers. Here she remembers the band – and specifically drummer – who electrified her as a girl growing up in NorfolkI am of a generation that had no name: we slipped down the crack between the spotty cheek of gen X and the well-moisturised buttock of the millennials. We are the last generation that will wow our grandchildren by explaining that we came of age completely without the internet. We wrote letters through secondary school; we replaced these with email when we got to university and wrote 15,000-word screeds to one another, which we still keep in files in our Hotmail accounts. Some of us ended up internet dating, but I have far more friends who settled down with their first or second love. We are neurotic, and depressive, but we didn’t know it until recently.The thing we do share with those who came after is that when it comes to music, we and...

Events

1 week ago Mirror Covid lockdown survey reveals how people think pandemic changed their lives

Survey of 15,000 Brits reveals many believe we should have never gone into lockdown as scientists warn of "collective amnesia" towards the threat from a new virus

Events

1 week ago Iconic football boss only retired after his wife threatened to 'change the locks'

The former Italy coach and Republic of Ireland boss had to call time on his near-60 year footballing career after his wife Paola threatened to lock him out of the house

Events

1 week ago BA cabin crew member held in brutal Singapore jail after allegedly raping colleague

A British Airways steward is currently being held in a Singaporean prison after being accused of rape after a boozy night out between flights as BA execs race to the liaise with local police

Events

2 w. ago Police launch investigation into allegations of sexual abuse at a Scottish secondary school

Anyone who believes they may have been a victim is urged to come forward

Events

2 w. ago Absences have led disadvantaged secondary school pupils to fall ‘further behind’

Pupil absence is a ‘key driver’ of the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers in England, think tank says.

Politics

2 w. ago Crisis in the classroom as number of men becoming secondary teachers plummets to record 35 per cent low while boys turn to toxic male role models in their absence

Shocking figures show the proportion of male secondary school teachers has dropped from 46 per cent in 1994 to just 35 per cent today.

Events

2 w. ago 'When I told my daughter where she'd have to go to school she was physically sick'

Fury of parents whose children can't get into a local secondary school

Politics

2 w. ago Cheltenham Festival: How police are winning the battle against drunken disorder on race week

As more than 200,000 people descend on the Regency town of Cheltenham for race week, Alex Ross joins police officers dealing with a rise in drunken incidents in the town centre

Events

2 w. ago Inside the battle against drunken disorder during Cheltenham Festival – and how police are winning

As more than 200,000 people descend on the Regency town of Cheltenham for race week, Alex Ross joins police officers dealing with a rise in drunken incidents in the town centre

Events

2 w. ago Stratford school stabbing: Three boys arrested after boy, 15, knifed at east London secondary

Three boys have been arrested after a teenage boy was stabbed at a Stratford secondary school

Events

2 w. ago Three boys arrested after teenager stabbed at secondary school in east London

Three boys arrested after teenager stabbed at secondary school in east London  Evening Standard

Events

2 w. ago Teen hospitalised after stabbing at Stratford secondary school

Teen hospitalised after stabbing at Stratford secondary school  BBC

Politics