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Lauren CollinsBBC News, South East BBC Hundreds of pupils at Sevenoaks Primary School currently will not be able to return to the building at the start of term Hundreds of children may not be able to return to a Kent primary school this week after cable thefts left the building …

Lucy AdamsBBC Scotland education correspondent PA Media The Scottish government uses various measures to work out attainment gap in schools Ten years ago, the then first minister Nicola Sturgeon said she wanted to be judged on closing the attainment gap between Scotland’s richest and poorest children. Recent figures suggest there …

Hayley CoyleBBC News, Yorkshire Channel 4 Musharaf “Mushy” Asghar, pictured in 2013 in the Educating Yorkshire documentary, is now a keynote speaker who talks about the power of teaching More than a decade after Educating Yorkshire gave audiences an insight into life in a West Yorkshire school, one of the …

Vanessa ClarkeEducation reporter Vanessa Clarke/BBC The final phase of the largest-ever expansion of publicly funded childcare support has begun in England, as thousands of working parents receive more help with their nursery costs. Those eligible are now able to access 30 hours of childcare per week during term-time, paid for …

Hazel ShearingEducation correspondent Getty Images Pupils in England who missed school during the first week back in September 2024 were more likely to miss large parts during the rest of the year, figures suggest. More than half (57%) of pupils who were partially absent in week one became “persistently absent” …

Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter at the Venice Film Festival Getty Images Roberts told journalists in Venice she hoped the film would “create conversation” US actress Julia Roberts has said “we’re losing the art of conversation in humanity”, as she premiered a new film about sexual assault which is likely to divide …

The megastar plays a philosophy professor shaken by a student’s sexual assault allegation against a colleague in Luca Guadagnino’s new film – and she’s easily the best thing about it. Julia Roberts doesn’t make many films these days. She was in Leave the World Behind in 2023; in 2022, there …

Maisie OlahBBC News, West Midlands Other Generations of young boys were abused at Berrow Wood School A new police investigation is under way into a school where generations of children were abused, after a fresh report was made against more than a dozen members of staff. Nine former teachers and …

David KnoxBBC Scotland News BBC Karen Blackport is angry that her son’s support has been reduced Angry parents have hit out at cuts to additional needs support for their children in a Borders primary school. Many teachers returned after the summer break to learn that their classroom support for pupils …

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Michael FitzpatrickBBC News NI BBC Catherine says she is “tired fighting” and just wants “Séadhna to have an appropriate place to go” The mother of a five-year-old boy with special educational needs has said she is “angry” that he is still without a school place this year. Catherine Quinn’s son …

A man who served on the jury in a school stabbing trial which later collapsed has denied engaging in prohibited conduct while serving on a jury. The charges relate to the initial trial of a girl who stabbed two teachers and a pupil at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Carmarthenshire, which …

Scottish Labour Audrey Dempsey represents the Springburn and Robroyston ward in Glasgow A Glasgow councillor who quit Labour after making an unsubstantiated claim about a rise in “racist attacks on white children and teachers” has joined Reform. Audrey Dempsey was suspended from Labour in April 2024 and later quit to …

BBC Euginia Nobrega works night shifts in order to look after her child in the school break Parents in Guernsey said they have had to adjust their working hours or take extended periods of leave in order to afford childcare costs in the summer holidays. A recent report found summer …

BBC Niamh’s application was initially rejected by Glasgow City Council Four-year-old Niamh was due to start primary school two weeks ago but instead she is at home with her mum, waiting to find out if there is a suitable place. The four-year-old, who is autistic and non-verbal, is one of …

BBC Liz Hopkin was stabbed by a student during breaktime in April last year A teacher who was attacked by a student in a triple stabbing at a school last year said she “could never” return to work. Liz Hopkin, along with fellow teacher Fiona Elias and a pupil, was …

Michael Fitzpatrick BBC News NI Getty Images The EA said “only 26% of mainstream schools in Northern Ireland currently offer specialist provision” Six children with special educational needs (SEN) are still without a September school place. That is according to the Education Authority (EA) which said it was continuing to …

The moment before a teenage girl stabs teachers at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman A teenage girl who stabbed two teachers and a pupil last year had previously been found with a knife, BB gun and war memorabilia in her school bag, a review has found. The girl, who cannot be named …

Suhnwook Lee BBC Korean, Seoul Fan Wang BBC News, Singapore Getty Images South Korea becomes the latest country to restrict phone use in schools South Korea has passed a bill banning the use of mobile phones and smart devices during class hours in schools – becoming the latest country to …

Nigel Farage has said he would take the UK out of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) if Reform win the next election. The party’s leader also reaffirmed his pledge to repeal the Human Rights Act and disapply three other international treaties acting as “roadblocks” to deporting anyone entering …