Education
‘Britain’s strictest headmaster’ says children are ‘habitually rude and aggressive’ – and are driving teachers out of profession ‘in droves’
He feels the reason so many teachers are leaving the profession is partly down to disrespect by children they teach. It is also partly due to "ineffective bureaucracy".
Young adults forced to ditch university aspirations due to cost-of-living crisis
18-24 year-olds are also finding themselves using food banks for the first time, the research found.
Pensioner becomes oldest person in Britain to ever pass a GCSE exam – aged 92
"I think that is going to be my lot and I'm going to retire now. Having one is enough for me."
Pity in short supply as boarders face ‘cost of learning crisis’
Parents could soon be paying half a million pounds to send their children to boarding school.
How long have you been in power? Truss vows to get education ‘back on track’
Her remarks about her own education has drawn criticism from political leaders in the city, and former pupils and staff of her former school.
Watch: Tory councillor – in year below Truss at school – remembers it VERY differently
In an often-repeated line of her leadership campaign, Ms Truss said she saw “first hand how children were failed and let down by low expectations” during her comprehensive state schooling in Leeds.
Pride group slam protestors outside book reading by Drag Queen at a library
The protest group were shouting chants and carrying signs that read: "Stop grooming kids", "Wake up this is child abuse" and "Leave the kids alone."
Chicken and Beef off the menu: School dinners hit by rising food costs
“Too many children are already falling through the cracks – their families cannot afford a paid school meal, but they are not eligible for free school meals.”
Tory MP moans students more likely to learn about Martin Luther King than Alfred the Great
It comes as the government is clamping down on 'dead-end courses,' with English Literature being hit at Sheffield Hallam University.