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Family photo Lucy’s daughter Lola, right, would get anxious about things that hadn’t happened yet Anxiety, lack of confidence, loneliness, worries over appearance, problematic phone use. These are problems you might expect to hear about teenagers, but the people affected here are primary school children. An all-Wales survey which investigates …

Robbie MeredithEducation and arts correspondent, BBC News NI St Ronan’s College Lurgan Students Ronan and Tabitha say they would rather come into school to get their exam results rather than receive them on an app In England, each pupil will have an “education record” app which will download and store …

Shaimaa KhalilBBC News, Jerusalem BBC According to Unicef, more than 97% of schools in Gaza were damaged or destroyed during the war In Gaza City, the sound of children learning can be heard once again. The tents that now serve as classrooms are noisy and a little chaotic but lively. …

Year 11 pupils in England will soon be able to access their GCSE results on their phones, under government plans to modernise how exam records are stored and shared. The Department for Education has announced the national rollout of a new app, the Education Record, which allows students to view …

GCSE students across England will be able to view their exams results on their phones for the first time in August. An “education record” app, trialled with 95,000 pupils in Manchester and the West Midlands last summer, will initially download the results – and also allow Year 11 students to …

It was over in a second – three shots fired – but the fatal ICE shooting will have lengthy repercussions. Minneapolis becomes a flashpoint, exposing deep fractures over immigration and how it’s being enforced. Protestors were already on the streets, resisting the large-scale deployment of ICE agents in Minnesota. Now, …

PA Media A letter from the Department of Education said Paul Givan supported ‘The Parent Pact’ Education Minister Paul Givan has supported a campaign urging parents not to buy children a smartphone until they are aged 14. The Department of Education (DE) has written to all school principals to make …

Sabbiyah Pervezand Louise Fewster,BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Investigations BBC Lisa McCall says she feels schools are fighting problems caused by vapes on their own Teenagers in hospital, thousands of pounds spent on e-cigarette detectors and addicted students hiding in toilets – just some of the challenges schools are facing in …

Georgie Docker,North Westand Mat Trewern,North West Google Staff at two schools, including Lily Lane Primary School, have gone on strike Staff at two primary schools in Greater Manchester have gone on strike over claims their reports of violence and daily assaults are being ignored by senior leadership. Teachers at Lily …

Teachers in Northern Ireland have been offered a pay rise of 4% for 2025/26, backdated to 1 September 2025. The offer has come from the teaching employers, including the Department of Education (DE). Teaching unions have welcomed the pay offer, and said it was “the maximum possible in the current …

Free fruit stalls and cookery lessons are being funded by a Leeds charity set up to help stop school pupils going hungry. Rethink Food has started providing funding to schools to cover the costs of helping families with food parcels and supper clubs. A recent report by the University of …

US high schoolers between the ages of 13 and 18 spend more than an hour per day on phones during school hours, according to research by the University of Washington School of Medicine, as published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Monday. Researchers say social media apps …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Amy Schumer is embracing the new year with a new mindset.  On Sunday, the comedian — who has been detailing her weight-loss journey over the past year — took to social media to show off her impressive transformation and dedication to “self-care” …

BBC Parkin was fashion editor of Nova and Harpers and Queen Artist, fashion designer, broadcaster and writer Molly Parkin, who has died aged 93, was one of Wales’ most colourful personalities. Born in Pontycymer, she embodied the “Swinging Sixties”, embracing it with flamboyance and unique style. But she also achieved …

Emma Clifford BellBBC Scotland BBC Caelen, Kenzie and Erin all started working as young teenagers and say it has helped with their confidence At the age of 14, Caelan started working part-time in a chip shop in Aberdeen. He thinks getting a job at such a young age made him …

Nigerian officials have announced that schools in Niger state will start reopening later this month, following a mass abduction in November that forced their closure as part of emergency security measures. From 12 January, public and private schools “in safe and secure areas” will be allowed to reopen, Niger state’s …

Fiona Murrayand Barry O’Connor,BBC News NI PA Media About 210,000 school dinners are eaten every day in Northern Ireland School meal price increases will “acutely” affect children living in poverty who do not qualify for free school dinners, Northern Ireland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People has said. Chris Quinn …

Andrew SinclairEast of England political editor, Colchester Andrew Sinclair/BBC More than 330,000 people used foodbanks in the East of England in the last year. A notable fall in numbers in 2026 would show that cost of living pressures are easing. Opinion polls suggest just over half of voters see the …

Laura CressTechnology reporter CBS Photo Archive The 2000 film Minority Report, set in 2054, imagined potential future technologies like controlling computers by making hand gestures The last 25 years has seen some mind-bending technological changes. At the start of the century, most computers connected to the internet with noisy dial-up …

Laetitia Brodard-Sitre/Facebook 16-year-old Swiss national Arthur Brodard is among the missing The families of teenagers missing after a fire at a bar in a Swiss ski resort are facing an agonising wait for official news and appealing for information about their loved ones online. The blaze ripped through Le Constellation …