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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! School is back in session, but here’s something no one told you at orientation: Your kids may have more eyes on them than just their teachers’. Even if you don’t have kids in school, you really need to know about this. A new …

Hayley Clarke Education reporter PA Girls are more likely to pass their GCSEs than boys. This year, like every year, that remained the case – with 70.5% of girls’ grades across England, Wales and Northern Ireland at 4/C or above, compared to 64.3% of boys’. But this year the girls’ …

Workers worldwide need better protection from extreme heat as climate change causes more frequent heatwaves – that’s the conclusion of a new report from the World Health Organization and the World Meteorological Organization. The report says millions of workers are exposed to heat stress, which affects their health, and their …

Sarah Turnnidge BBC News, West of England BBC Jessica said she wanted to go “all the way” in proving herself A nerve-wracking wait for exam results has finally come to an end for thousands of West Country students. Year 11 pupils filed into school halls to find out how they …

The Data Journalism Team BBC Verify PA More than 600,000 teenagers have been opening GCSE and other Level 2 results on Thursday. Most have just finished Year 11, marking the end of a secondary school journey that began in Covid “bubbles” back in 2020. But a growing proportion of those …

Tania Sangha BBC Midlands Today Shannen Headley BBC News, West Midlands BBC Honey Ibbitson, pictured with mum Julie Ibbitson, was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour at 10 years old. Honey Ibbitson was 10 years old when she was diagnosed with a brain tumour. It came years after doctors dismissed …

Will Genia, one of the most decorated players in Australian rugby history, has announced his retirement at the age of 37. The scrum-half, who became the 78th player to captain the Wallabies, represented Australia at three World Cups. He appeared 110 times for his country over a 10-year international career, …

Bethan Lewis Education and family correspondent, BBC Wales Aoife Aoife from Swansea will be arriving at her school as early as possible to pick up her GCSE results and will hopefully start celebrating soon after Pupils will open their GCSE results on Thursday ahead of a major shake-up to qualifications …

BBC A recent view of Keil School, which closed in 2000 and now lies dilapidated Children at a former boarding school in the west of Scotland lived in a “permanent state of fear” from extreme abuse that often amounted to “torture”, an inquiry has found. Both teachers and older pupils …

Chris McHugh BBC News, Oxfordshire BBC A teaching union said the school’s former staff had been left in a “desperate” situation A parent of two children who attended a private school that announced its closure last week has said its leadership team has “dropped off the face of the earth”. …

Getty Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive GCSE, BTec Tech Awards and other Level 2 results on Thursday. The GCSE pass rate is expected to be broadly similar to 2024, after years of flux during the Covid pandemic. Last year, it fell for a third year running. …

Caroline Robinson BBC News, South West Jack Silver BBC News, Guernsey Theo Cross Theo Cross (pictured) and Matt Graysmith’s film is being shot entirely in Guernésiais – Guernsey’s native language A documentary maker said schoolchildren on the island were bullied by teachers in the past for speaking Guernsey’s native language. …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain School connectedness buffers against depression symptoms associated with being a victim of peer bullying in adolescence, according to a study published in BMC Public Health. School connectedness was measured by the degrees of inclusiveness, closeness, happiness and safety of adolescents within the school environment. “We …

Alex Bish South East Investigations Team PA Media Government figures show a rise in suspensions for pupils who assault adults in schools A teaching union said it was “horrifying” that some teachers had suffered serious injuries, such as fractures and loss of consciousness, due to pupil violence. The latest government …

Hayley Clarke Education reporter BBC Exam results day can be tough for everyone – but especially if you’re neurodivergent. That’s the word used to describe people whose brains work differently to others, sometimes as a result of conditions like autism or ADHD. Looking back now as an adult, I remember …

Azizullah Khan BBC Urdu, reporting from Buner Gavin Butler BBC News, Singapore BBC At least 314 people have been killed and 156 injured due to rains and flash floods in recent days Nestled among the lush green mountains of Pakistan’s north, and with a river flowing serenely through its centre, …

5 minutes ago ShareSave ShareSave Chris Foote/BBC Scotland Cast members walk the streets of Edinburgh handing out leaflets to attract visitors to their shows Edinburgh is a riot of colour, sounds, smells and sights to behold as the 2025 Fringe hits its peak. From street performers to tourists and flyer …

Grace Livingstone Villa Baviera, Chile Grace Livingstone The village is in Chile but its architecture is Bavarian in style With sloping red-tiled roofs, trimmed lawns and a shop selling home-baked ginger biscuits, Villa Baviera looks like a quaint German-style village, nestled in the rolling hills of central Chile. But it …

Watch: ‘I am still happy and I still want to be successful’ Four years ago, with the UK beginning to emerge from its latest Covid-19 lockdown, teacher Damaris Bateson asked her new intake of Year 7 students to write letters to their future selves. In the letters which they opened …

Alex McIntyre BBC News, West Midlands Anna-Mhairi Kane Leanne McDonald launched Simple Acts of Kindness during the pandemic The founder of a support group says she feels more working people and volunteers are facing “desperate times” amid the cost of living crisis. During the pandemic, Leanne McDonald, from Wolverhampton, set …