A primary school was in chaos today after the entire teaching staff QUIT. Sixteen teachers - including two heads and a number of staff with more than 20 years' service - have left since the start of the year. Many teachers have previously been signed off for stress with the ...
A 13-year-old youngster suffered a fatal allergic reaction after a boy sneaked cheese into his lunch, a family friend said today. Karanbir Cheema, known as Karan, was a bright "sweet" boy who enjoyed playing football and also attended karate classes. But the youngster, who had several allergies, was being bullied ...
A cash-strapped school has resorted to asking parents to buy TEXTBOOKS for their children because of a lack of funding. Hanley Castle High School, in Worcester have sent out letters to mums and dads asking for financial help to plug a £400,000 cut in their budget. Headteacher Lindsey Cook ...
The Conservatives make astonishing volte face over threat to deprive kids of school lunches. GMB, the union for school support staff, is celebrating news the Government has performed another massive U-turn – this time on the decision to take away free school meals. The Conservatives prompted outcry in May when ...
Britain’s most hipster school has opened where children have no rules, exams or uniform, climb trees barefoot and learn just three days a week – in a YURT. Pupils at The Green House Education Project spend their time playing outside and wearing what they like. They don’t have desks but ...
Parents have blasted a school as “draconian” for measuring the length of girls’ skirts by ordering them to KNEEL on chairs to see how far their hems ride up their thighs. The bizarre measuring technique was outlined by the secondary school in a letter sent to parents in a crackdown ...
A controversial scheme from America is set to be launched in British primary schools – stories read to children by DRAG QUEENS. The project will see men dressed as women visiting kids in class for ‘fun and inclusive’ reading sessions to raise LGBT awareness. The ‘Drag Queen Story Hour” scheme ...
Dozens of schoolboys were preparing for a dressing down today after around 50 wore skirts to school in protest at a 'no shorts' policy. The teens - aged from Years 7 to 11 - formed a mass protest the day after five boys wore skirts on the hottest day of ...
New figures show more than ten thousand support staff jobs lost GMB, the union for school support staff, today said that children’s education was suffering as support staff bear the brunt of school funding cuts. New figures reveal that the overall school workforce in England fell in 2016. This was ...