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China mandates parental oversight to enhance food safety on campus

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-22 21:08 BEIJING -- China has urged schools to involve parents in overseeing the food served on campuses, reaffirming the country's commitment to safeguarding the health of its younger generation. Parent oversight commissions should be established to ensure parents' rights to supervise the bidding and procurement of food materials, principals dining on the same food with students, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Mother faces criminal record after taking her daughter on holiday during term time - after £60 council fine 'went missing in the post'

Daily Mail

A mother who took her daughter on holiday during term time, fears she may lose her job over a criminal record after she claims the £60 fine 'went missing in the post'. However Natalie says she was 'devastated' to receive a letter from West Sussex County Council on August 24 saying she had failed to pay her child's fine and …

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3 months ago

Teachers will be allowed to work from home in Labour plan to boost recruitment

The Independent

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5 months ago

Labour review of behaviour in schools must not ‘eradicate’ progress, say head teachers

The Telegraph

Mr Bennett has not yet been involved in any discussions with the Government over plans to tackle pupil behaviour since Labour took power. Gillian Keegan, the former education secretary, also pledged to ban mobile phones from schools in England, which she said would “help improve behaviour” in classrooms. But what it does is it destroys the fabric of the school …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Private school parents warned state places are scarce

The Telegraph

Private school parents looking to escape Labour’s VAT raid have been warned there are very few state school places available. One mother who contacted her local council about the possibility of moving her child from private to state education ahead of Sir Keir Starmer’s proposed 20 per cent hike in fees was told that secondary schools are so oversubscribed that …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Survey reveals most popular reason parents give for keeping children out of school

The Independent

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10 months ago

’Today we help….’: UK PM bans mobile phones across England schools

Live Mint

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has banned mobile phones across all schools in England. PM Sunka said schools that have already banned mobile phones on their campuses have led to a 'better learning' environment'. While many schools around the UK are already prohibiting mobile phone use with great results, the British government said the new guidance will ensure there is …

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10 months ago

Ministers push ban on mobile phones in school – even on breaks

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In new guidance, they say headteachers “can and should identify …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Headteacher tell This Morning vape detector installed in school bathrooms went off more than one hundred times

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A headteacher has revealed a vape detector he installed in …

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11 months, 1 week ago

School closures today: List of schools shut as snow and ice leads to disruption across UK

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Following a night when the UK was hit by near …

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1 year ago

Teachers can’t be forced to use pupils’ chosen pronouns, says government

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Former Tory prime minister Liz Truss said it “doesn’t go …

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1 year ago

Ruth Perry: Ten more headteachers left suicidal in wake of Ofsted inspections, former inspector reveals

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

Labour’s private schools tax raid ‘will make education more elitist’

The Telegraph

The Labour Party’s private school tax raid would force pupils out and risk institutions closing for good, headteachers have warned, despite Sir Keir Starmer claiming he wants the sector to “thrive”. In an interview with Jewish News last week, Sir Keir said he had no “ideological” opposition to fee-paying education, adding: “We have got fantastic independent schools. Michael Hartland, the …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Clarity urgently needed on transgender guidance for schools, says commissioner

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

Parents should not keep children out of school for sore throats and runny noses

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

Bradford schools lose teaching spaces and kitchen over aerated concrete

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

Schools should limit amount of branded uniform items, union leader says

The Independent

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1 year, 7 months ago

Human teaching must be at ‘heart of schools’ over ‘dangerous’ AI – headteacher

The Independent

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1 year, 7 months ago

School leaders’ union to ask headteachers to stop working as Ofsted inspectors

The Independent

Headteachers should stop working as Ofsted inspectors until a pay dispute with the Government is resolved, a school leaders’ union has said. It came after Ms Perry’s sister, Professor Julia Waters, called on school leaders who work as Ofsted inspectors to hand in their badges and refuse to be complicit in the watchdog’s “reign of terror”, in her speech to …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Headteachers could be balloted again over strikes after union rejects pay offer

The Independent

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1 year, 9 months ago

Headteacher took own life after hearing Ofsted were going to downgrade primary school, family say

Daily Mail

She took her own life in January after being told Ofsted would rate it Inadequate A headteacher killed herself while waiting for the publication of a negative Ofsted report about her school, her family have said. Ruth Perry, who had been principal at Caversham Primary School in Reading since 2010, took her own life in January this year, after being …

Family Life School Inspection Told Primary Her Family

2 years, 1 month ago

‘More than half’ of England’s schools planning ‘catastrophic’ staff redundancies

The Independent

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2 years, 2 months ago

Families on free school meals face ‘patchwork’ support over October half-term

The Independent

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2 years, 4 months ago

Action needed to ‘stop spiral of decline’ in English literature A-level

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China mandates parental oversight to enhance food safety on campus

Mother faces criminal record after taking her daughter on holiday during term time - after £60 council fine 'went missing in the post'

Teachers will be allowed to work from home in Labour plan to boost recruitment

Labour review of behaviour in schools must not ‘eradicate’ progress, say head teachers

Private school parents warned state places are scarce

Survey reveals most popular reason parents give for keeping children out of school

’Today we help….’: UK PM bans mobile phones across England schools

Ministers push ban on mobile phones in school – even on breaks

Headteacher tell This Morning vape detector installed in school bathrooms went off more than one hundred times

School closures today: List of schools shut as snow and ice leads to disruption across UK

Teachers can’t be forced to use pupils’ chosen pronouns, says government

Ruth Perry: Ten more headteachers left suicidal in wake of Ofsted inspections, former inspector reveals

Labour’s private schools tax raid ‘will make education more elitist’

Clarity urgently needed on transgender guidance for schools, says commissioner

Parents should not keep children out of school for sore throats and runny noses

Bradford schools lose teaching spaces and kitchen over aerated concrete

Schools should limit amount of branded uniform items, union leader says

Human teaching must be at ‘heart of schools’ over ‘dangerous’ AI – headteacher

School leaders’ union to ask headteachers to stop working as Ofsted inspectors

Headteachers could be balloted again over strikes after union rejects pay offer

Headteacher took own life after hearing Ofsted were going to downgrade primary school, family say

‘More than half’ of England’s schools planning ‘catastrophic’ staff redundancies

Families on free school meals face ‘patchwork’ support over October half-term

Action needed to ‘stop spiral of decline’ in English literature A-level