Education
Robert Peston ‘put in detention’ after saying teachers didn’t do much in lockdown
"Robert, I can guarantee that every single teacher in this country worked harder than you - a man, who as far as I can tell, is paid £750,000 a year to paraphrase WhatsApp messages he receives from Dominic Cummings."
Muslim parent refusing to send kids to school after teacher mistakenly displayed image of Prophet Muhammad
This comes just over a month after Batley Primary School saw hundreds of protesters camp outside the school after a teacher showed a cartoon mocking the prophet.
Actor to use Zimbabwean spelling of name as calls for black people’s contribution in UK to feature in all school subjects
"That's my name. It's always been my name. I'm taking back what's mine."
Probe launched at £15,000-a-year private school after claims girls forced to kneel on floor as staff measured their skirts
“The saddest thing was that female teachers even enforced the blatantly sexist rules."
‘Mistake’ if face masks in class are scrapped as schools may face spike in Covid cases
“Ministers must model the behaviour they want to see in maintaining discipline and adherence to Covid safety measures."
Teachers not given time off by schools to get Covid vaccine is ‘widespread’
“I wish it was only a one-off but the number of times that’s come across my desk I cannot begin to tell you. It has been pretty widespread.”
‘No respite from the storm’ as teachers have been treated with ‘contempt’ by Government
"Teachers and school and college leaders must never be made the scapegoats for the failures of Governments."
School abuse victims urged to share stories to help ‘eradicate rape culture’
“Let’s keep talking, let’s keep listening as rape culture is everywhere."
Teachers subjected to sexualised language and violence as four in five say job has affected mental health
“Today, we have to deal with many of society’s problems in schools, issues with drugs and violence, knife crime, county lines that spill over into our classrooms. These crimes often go unreported as schools are afraid of the repercussions.”