Education
Religious all-girls school rapped by Ofsted for censoring textbooks & refusing to teach kids about reproduction
The Orthodox Jewish all-girls high school was slammed for blanking out pictures of men and women standing together in textbooks - and teachers even crossed out bare ankles in science books.
Over half of school staff forced to spend own money on essentials for children,says shock report
Staff fork out on food for hungry kids, tampons, toilet rolls, pens, pencils and books as funding cuts bite More than half of school support staff feel they have to spend their own money on things for children at cash-strapped schools, a new GMB study shows. Teaching assistants and other support staff are forking out on food for hungry kids, tampons, pens, pencils and books. Staff report having to bring balls and even paper aeroplanes for break time because ‘our...
Inner city violence ‘can hurt exam results – even for children who don’t experience it’
The study suggests that exposure to violent crime can lower test scores by up to 10 per cent - even for children who don't experience it
New tool helps you see how your school has been affected by cuts
A new tool has been released which reveals how individual schools have been hit by government cuts. Some £2.8 billion has been cut from school budgets since 2015. That equates to an average of £54,000 cut per primary school and 205,600 per secondary school. A new School Cuts App shows what schools in your community will lose by 2020, with some in line for cuts of over £250 per pupil as classroom sizes balloon and funding is withdrawn. The app...
Student activists have spray painted the outside walls of Cambridge University
They targeted the Senate House which is over a thousand years old.
“Grammar school plan will steal from children to give privileged few more choice”
A generation of children's education is being compromised as staff numbers are cut, classes get larger, and staff are forced to bring basic things like toilet paper from home says GMB GMB, the union for school support staff, says the Conservative’s latest grammar school plans steal from the majority of UK children to give the rich more choice. The Government has announced a £50 million fund for grammars schools to expand to "give parents greater choice". Karen Leonard, GMB National...
Primary school children injured after roof collapses during lessons
Emergency services called to Nechells E-ACT Primary Academy in Birmingham after part of ceiling fell on top of a Year 2 class
Students clash over library seats as dissertation deadlines loom
Students at a university are clashing over LIBRARY seats - as they battle to finish their dissertations. Undergraduates are reporting seeing furious rows over chair availability as deadlines approach. University of Bristol student Rob Angel tweeted after seeing two fellow student clash over a seat in the uni's Arts and Social Sciences Library (ASSL). He wrote: "Just seen a full blown argument between two students over a seat in the library. The end is near!" And the Bristol University Library's...
University of Bath vice-chancellor claims first class flights & trains on expenses contrary to university’s regulations
Britain's highest paid university vice-chancellor claimed 58 first-class train journeys and three first-class flights on expenses in just over a year, figures show. Controversial Dame Glynis Breakwell has already announced she is leaving her role following a row about her £471,000-a-year salary. It has now emerged the University of Bath vice-chancellor claimed 58 first-class train journeys and three first-class flights between August 2016 to the end of November 2017. This is contrary to the university’s own regulations on travel costs,...