5 h. ago The schools with highest attendance rates in Wales: What you need to know

The Welsh Government has an attendance task force trying to address how to get more children into school

Culture

8 h. ago The six schools with highest attendance rates in Wales revealed

One headteacher has also shared tips for parents on who to get children to classes post pandemic

Culture

24 h. ago New campaign encourages North Lanarkshire families to prioritise school attendance

'Every Moment Matters' aims to highlight the positives of schools and support both parents and pupils by acknowledging and addressing the challenges many families face in ensuring regular attendance.

Culture

29 h. ago School replaces truancy fines with 'attendance awareness courses' for parents

Netley Primary School in Camden, North London , is asking parents at risk of getting a fixed penalty notice to attend four sessions about the risks of persistent absence.

Events

48 h. ago Prince George's new school 'already decided' after important decision by Kate Middleton

With the second in line to the throne set to attend secondary school next September, royal expert Jennie Bond believes that George’s schooling fate has been sealed by one major determination by the Princess of Wales

Politics

5 d. ago ‘AI is scary territory’: art teachers – one 64, one 29 – on cuts, creativity and life in a career that’s under threat

There are 27% fewer art teachers in England today than there were in 2011, and the proportion of students taking arts subjects has plummeted. Here’s what it’s like to work in a job that is essential and often perilously undervaluedWhen 64-year-old Sue Cabourn began her career in the late 90s, the next generation of artists including Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Gillian Wearing were dominating the cultural agenda. All of them were state-educated but, had they attended school now, things might have panned out differently.There has been an exodus of art teachers (a 27% drop in the number working in English state-secondary schools from 2011 to 2024), lower uptake (48% fewer students have taken on arts subjects at GCSE since 2010), and a reformed system that critics say has stifled creativity and prioritised Stem (science and technology) subjects over arts and humanities. Continue reading...

Events

5 d. ago ‘The English person with a Chinese stomach’: how Fuchsia Dunlop became a Sichuan food hero

The author has been explaining Sichuan cuisine to westerners for decades. But ‘Fu Xia’, as she’s known, has had a profound effect on food lovers in China, tooEvery autumn in the mid-00s, when I lived in China, my friend Scarlett Li would invite me to Shanghai to eat hairy crab. Named for the spiky fur on their legs and claws, the crabs are said to have the best flavour during the ninth month of the lunar calendar. They’re steamed and served whole, with a dip of rice vinegar spiked with ginger. The most prized specimens come from Yangcheng Lake near Suzhou, which is not far from Scarlett’s home town of Wuxi. She had moved to Hong Kong as a child, attended high school and college in Australia, and returned to China to pursue a career as an entrepreneur. Despite her years abroad, she remained Chinese through and through – and eating hairy crab with her, I became Chinese, too.Beginning in the Tang dynasty in the seventh century, crabs were harvested from the lakes and estuaries of the Y...

Politics

5 d. ago Parents give their children 6 'mental health days' off school a year

A survey of 2,000 mothers and fathers found 90 per cent feel their child's mental health is more important than attending school.

Society

6 d. ago Religious education in NI schools breaches human rights, Supreme Court rules

The legal action was taken by a girl who attended a Belfast primary school and her father.

Events

6 d. ago The stunning Wales player ratings as one man is just pure perfection

Here's how the Wales players rated in the 7-1 demolition of North Macedonia

Sport

6 d. ago Marriage rates fall nearly 10 per cent in England and Wales as more couples opt for civil partnerships or delay tying the knot

Official data show there were 224,402 marriages in 2023, down by 9.1 per cent from 246,897 the year before.

Politics

8 d. ago 'I was Prince William's classmate and his one ridiculous comment left us in hysterics'

Prince William attended Ludgrove School in Berkshire before going on to Eton College and actor and comedian Humphrey Ker was a classmate of the future King at both schools

Politics

1 week ago ‘What’s wrong with me?’ – Conor Benn reveals trauma of attending school that ‘thought I had demons in me’

CONOR BENN opened up on the trauma of attending a religious school who believed he was possessed by demons. Benn's family moved to Majorca in 2002 after his dad - ex-world champion Nigel - needed a fresh start. The British boxing legend battled sex addiction and substance abuse - leading to a suicide attempt -...

Events

1 week ago Parents warned of major school changes with attendance targets

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson will announce a roadmap for every school to ramp up efforts to support pupils back to class amid a third of schools are still failing to improve

Events

2 w. ago Bathgate schools attend special remembrance event at town’s War Memorial

Pupils, staff, and members of the public gathered together to pay tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in all wars and conflicts.

Events

2 w. ago UK schools to close due to 'high risk' as 700 police deployed ahead of Europa League clash

Aston Villa and Maccabi Tel Aviv's Europa League clash tonight has became a major political battle after away fans were banned from attending and now some schools are closing early

Events

2 w. ago Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling audiobook review – an all

Cush Jumbo, Hugh Laurie and Matthew Macfadyen bring extra twinkle to Rowling’s magical taleIt has become tradition for Audible to bring out the big guns in the run-up to Christmas and deliver star-studded adaptations of well-known novels; the last few years have brought terrific productions of Dickens’s Oliver Twist, Bleak House and David Copperfield.Now attention has turned to younger listeners with a new, full-cast recording of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the first of the Potter books in which the orphaned Harry, consigned to sleep in a cupboard in his aunt and uncle’s house, learns he is a wizard and is to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Good Wife’s Cush Jumbo is our narrator, steering the story alongside a cast including Hugh Laurie as venerable wizard-in-chief Albus Dumbledore; Michelle Gomez as Professor McGonagall; Riz Ahmed as Professor Snape; Mark Addy as Hagrid; Matthew Macfadyen as Lord Voldemort; and newcomers Frankie Tre...

Politics

3 w. ago Tom Fletcher: ‘Who would play me on screen? I get confused for Tom Felton all the time’

The McFly singer on getting kicked out of Busted after two days, peeing himself on stage and learning to love his ‘big chin’Born in London, Tom Fletcher, 40, attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School and founded McFly in 2003. The band had seven No 1 singles, won a Brit Award for best pop act and continue to perform. In 2016, Fletcher published his first solo-written book for children, The Christmasaurus, which was shortlisted for a British Book Award. His titles have been translated into 40 languages. Paddington: The Musical, with music and lyrics by Fletcher, is at the Savoy theatre until next May. He is married to podcaster and author Giovanna Fletcher, has three children and lives in Hertfordshire.When were you happiest? On stage with my band. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago London drug deaths hotspots revealed by interactive map as fatalities soar to record level

London saw the largest increase in the rate of drug poisoning deaths in England and Wales in 2024

Events

3 w. ago DWP PIP payment rates for and when increase will take effect

DWP has confirmed PIP payments will rise

Politics