41 h. ago Pupil 'fired fake gun in playground' while teachers were striking at primary school over 'assaults and violence'

Staff at Ravensfield Primary School in Greater Manchester staged a walkout on Tuesday January 6 and Wednesday January 7.

Events

44 h. ago First picture of teacher who allegedly sexually assaulted girl

Johnathan Morgan, 35, denies sexually assaulting the teenage girl while he was employed as a primary school teacher, a court has heard

Events

53 h. ago Aldi provided over 6500 meals to South Lanarkshire charities over festive period

Carnwath Primary School and Nursery Class, Clydesdale Food Bank and Hamilton District Food Bank were among those who the supermarket helped.

Politics

54 h. ago Sarah Moss: ‘I never liked Wuthering Heights as much as Jane Eyre’

The author on the trouble with the Brönte novels, what she gained from reading John Updike and Martin Amis – and the brilliance of Barbara Pym My earliest reading memory Swallowdale by Arthur Ransome, aged seven. I didn’t learn to read in the first years of school and became entrenched in illiteracy until my grandmother, a retired primary school teacher, intervened. I loved the Swallows and Amazons series, and especially Swallowdale in which a shipwreck is redeemed and the adults provide exactly the right support when the children mess up.My favourite book growing up The Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, whose politics I now find obviously objectionable. I often tell students that what you don’t get is what gets you, and I’m sure the obsession with rugged independence and the repression of foundational violence did me no good, but I liked the landscapes and the combination of domesticity and adventure. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago SOUTH LONDON DEVELOPER CREATES NEW WELLBEING SPACE AT THE CRESCENT PRIMARY SCHOOL IN CROYDON

SOUTH LONDON DEVELOPER CREATES NEW WELLBEING SPACE AT THE CRESCENT PRIMARY SCHOOL IN CROYDON  London Post

Culture

57 h. ago 'I almost crashed into two girls outside school, something needs to be done'

The primary school has been without a school crossing patrol officer for almost a year

Events

58 h. ago Children as young as three learn to reject toxic masculinity at nursery and primary schools in London

The Standard visits east London classrooms where teachers look to fight against influencers like Andrew Tate, porn addiction and exclusions

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2 d. ago Teachers strike at two Greater Manchester primary schools over ‘culture of violence’

NASUWT members at Ravensfield and Lily Lane schools say nine-day stoppage follows ‘almost daily’ attacks by pupilsTeachers at two primary schools in Greater Manchester say they have been driven to strike because of “almost daily” attacks by pupils, leaving parents bewildered by the industrial action.Members of the NASUWT teaching union at Ravensfield and Lily Lane primary schools are taking nine days of strike action, from this week until 22 January, because of what the union called “a culture of violence” involving an increasing number of assaults by pupils against staff and other children. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago UK primary school teachers go on strike as pupils bite staff and bring knives to class

Teachers at primary schools are striking after violent pupils armed with knives left staff injured and scared, calling it a safety emergency

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3 d. ago Primary school teacher denies sexually assaulting teen but admits messages were 'wrong'

Johnathan Morgan, 35, who denies five charges, has told a jury that messaging a girl he thought had a 'genuine connection' with was 'wrong'

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3 d. ago Primary schools in North Lanarkshire given chance to win specifically curated Burns Supper from Aldi

The UK’s Cheapest Supermarket 2024 is set to host its first-ever Great Scottish Supper, with one primary school class winning an unforgettable Robert Burns celebration.

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4 d. ago Primary school teachers go on strike after pupils kick and bite staff and bring knives into the classroom

Teachers from two primary schools have begun strike action after pupils kicked and bit staff and brought knives into the classroom, raising serious fears for safety.

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4 d. ago Teachers strike at primary schools after pupils kick and bite staff and bring knives into the classroom

Teachers from two primary schools have begun strike action after pupils kicked and bit staff and brought knives into the classroom, raising serious fears for safety.

Events

4 d. ago Teachers strike at two schools over 'culture of violence and intimidation'

Teachers are 'desperate for change' says union

Events

4 d. ago Teen girl who accused teacher of sex assault faces gruelling cross

Johnathan Morgan, 35, sent the teenage girl pictures of his private parts and of himself performing a sex act but denies sexually assaulting the teenage girl while he was employed as a primary school teacher.

Events

5 d. ago Parents' fury over pupils made to sit in 'freezing' classrooms with coats on after primary school heating breaks

The broken heating system at the school in Plymouth meant parents were told via social media to send their children to school with an extra layer of clothing.

Society

5 d. ago Crumbling Greater Manchester primary school could soon be bulldozed and rebuilt

The school underwent a multi-million-pound redevelopment in 2015 that went badly wrong

Politics

5 d. ago Roman got chickenpox at four. His family weren't concerned... until they found him collapsed with a high fever. This is the little

Sociable, confident and football-mad, Roman settled in quickly when he started in reception at primary school. But all this changed after Roman contracted chickenpox, aged four, in 2022.

Politics

6 d. ago Ayrshire mum demands law change to protect victims of bullying

Ashley Stirling claims her seven year-old son Josh has been the victim of bullying at an East Ayrshire primary school.

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9 d. ago ‘I wasn’t allowed to study, but I will make sure no girl in this village hears those same words’

Health worker Naushaba Roonjho was ostracised by her family in Pakistan for wanting to work but now she is campaigning for political officeWhen Naushaba Roonjho became the first girl anyone in her district knew to have passed Pakistan’s national secondary school exam, the news was not celebrated. At home, in her village of Sheikh Soomar in southern Sindh, her father told her: “This is enough, you don’t need to study more. You should stay at home now.”It was 2010 and Roonjho was 17; within weeks she was married, to Muhammad Uris, a labourer. Although, like all the girls in Thatta district, she had left school after primary, Roonjho had kept up her studies independently. Continue reading...

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