Education news

• Tutoring a baby to make him an 'English gentleman' - Is it worth the money?

  10-11-2025 09:38 via bbc.com
  The advert seeks "an extraordinary tutor" required "to support child on his first steps to becoming an English gentleman."
  
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• Government pledges to end children living in B&Bs

  05-12-2025 16:01 via bbc.com
  The strategy also includes making childcare more accessible for families on Universal Credit.
  
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• How a 'fertility gap' is fuelling the rise of one-child families

  05-12-2025 15:39 via bbc.com
  'For every three children wanted… only two are born,' says one expert. So, what has led to this gap?
  
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• 'My son is asking when his school will open again'

  04-12-2025 16:02 via bbc.com
  More than 200 pupils of Nazareth House primary school in Derry are at home for a second day because of concerns over the building's roof.
  
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• Former school could become campus for Send pupils

  04-12-2025 08:41 via bbc.com
  The council says repurposing an old school will "create urgently needed places locally".
  
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• Cost of unregistered children's care homes a 'national scandal' - Ofsted

  02-12-2025 18:09 via bbc.com
  The Children's Homes Association says there is no clear national plan and government must 'fix the system'.
  
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• 'We need to teach children about personal finance'

  01-12-2025 07:09 via bbc.com
  Headteachers in the south welcome moves to introduce financial literacy to the national curriculum.
  
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• 'Predatory' head teacher struck off after exposing himself in school

  28-11-2025 15:40 via bbc.com
  James 'Jamie' Richards left several staff traumatised and was described as "predatory" by a panel.
  
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• Parents threatened and blamed by authorities as 1,000 adopted children returned to care

  28-11-2025 06:54 via bbc.com
  Families seeking help for their children’s complex needs describe threats of police action against them.
  
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• Ministers insist plans to absorb council Send debts won't hit school budgets

  27-11-2025 15:40 via bbc.com
  The government says the Office for Budget Responsibility's projections do not take into account upcoming reforms.
  
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• Ban harmful content from social media instead of us, say Australian teens

  27-11-2025 14:22 via bbc.com
  From 10 December, social media firms must ensure Australians aged under 16 cannot have accounts.
  
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• 'I earn £20,000 and live with my son. The Budget means we will pay more tax'

  27-11-2025 12:38 via bbc.com
  BBC News hears from people with a range of incomes about what they think of the Budget.
  
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• Mum travels 80 miles to take her son to 'priceless' cerebral palsy school

  27-11-2025 12:29 via bbc.com
  The Buddy Bear School in Dungannon, County Tyrone, opened in 1993 and is the only school of its kind in Northern Ireland.
  
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• School shuts for deep clean after pupil sickness

  26-11-2025 13:29 via bbc.com
  Congleton High School wrote to staff and parents to inform them of the closure.
  
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• Starmer says sorry for leading pupils in 6-7 dance

  25-11-2025 13:04 via bbc.com
  The prime minister performed a version of the viral dance with primary school children, before being told it was not allowed.
  
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• Protest over future of university language courses

  25-11-2025 09:30 via bbc.com
  The University of Nottingham has suspended entry for new students on modern language courses.
  
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• How can councils tackle the SEND funding gap?

  24-11-2025 07:09 via bbc.com
  A local authority is expanding a programme to help SEND children to be taught in state schools.
  
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• Our babies were taken after 'biased' parenting test - now we're fighting to get them back

  23-11-2025 12:28 via bbc.com
  The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
  
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• School replaces fines with awareness courses

  23-11-2025 09:58 via bbc.com
  A head teacher in Camden decides to stop fining parents and instead ask them to attend courses.
  
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• After baby's choking death, how safe are our nurseries?

  22-11-2025 09:39 via bbc.com
  Parents of Oliver Steeper, who died in 2021 after choking at nursery, arecampaigning for change.
  
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• Special needs school pupils at home due to mouldy classrooms

  22-11-2025 08:19 via bbc.com
  More than 30 pupils at Sandelford Special School in Coleraine are facing remote learning due to health and safety issues.
  
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• Children no longer housed in B&Bs, says council

  21-11-2025 06:47 via bbc.com
  B&Bs and hotels represent the worst kind of emergency accommodation, a housing officer says.
  
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• School repairs left unfinished as firm behind huge PFI contract goes into liquidation

  21-11-2025 06:38 via bbc.com
  The news heightens concerns that 88 schools in Stoke-on-Trent could be left with unfinished work.
  
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• Almost one million young people still not in work or education, figures show

  20-11-2025 15:50 via bbc.com
  Whilst the figure has dropped slightly, it still equates to one-in-eight young people in the UK, according to the Office for National Statistics.
  
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• Students evacuated after fire at university hall

  20-11-2025 14:37 via bbc.com
  Up to 40 firefighters deal with the blaze that started in a kitchen.
  
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• Plans for flexible four-day week in class for Scottish teachers

  20-11-2025 13:54 via bbc.com
  Two teaching unions are holding strike ballots over how long teachers should spend in the classroom.
  
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• Teaching staff to strike over use of 'virtual teacher'

  20-11-2025 13:43 via bbc.com
  A Lancashire school says some top sets are taught this way due to a shortage of specialist teachers.
  
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• What does Neet stand for and how many are there in the UK?

  20-11-2025 13:04 via bbc.com
  Ministers want to tackle the high number of young people not in education, employment or training.
  
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• What is a Neet and what causes a young person to become one?

  19-11-2025 19:14 via bbc.com
  The government says it wants to tackle the high number of people not in education, employment or training.
  
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• Instagram to start closing Australian teen accounts ahead of social media ban

  19-11-2025 18:31 via bbc.com
  Under-sixteens will be banned from major social media plaforms from 10 December.
  
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