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Jess Phillips: ‘Schools get asked to do too much’

Speaking at the Girls’ School Association Conference, the minister for violence against women and girls said teachers should ‘whinge more’. Source link

Teenager and parent join planned legal action calling for school phone ban

Flossie McShea, 17, and Katie Moore, 43, want to see a complete statutory ban on smartphones in schools. Source link

Education spending plans will struggle to narrow gaps in outcomes – report

The Government has pledged an additional 6,500 teachers in classrooms by the end of Parliament to tackle this – and says there were...

London classrooms empty twice as fast as the rest of England as school places collapse

The number of children in London primary schools plummeted by 34,000 in one year, according to think tank research Source link

Pupils from affluent homes ‘more likely to get places at top secondary schools’

The study, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, analysed 2019 data from more than 550,000 pupils and around 3,250 schools. It measured school effectiveness...

Proposed year 8 tests should not be used to measure schools – review chief

The final report of the curriculum and assessment review has recommended introducing new English and maths tests in year 8. Source link

Government announces plan to cut GCSE exam time by up to three hours

The final curriculum review report, commissioned by Labour last year, has recommended exam volume at key stage 4 be reduced by 10%. Source link...

More students should study shorter courses – former Open University boss

In his paper published by the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi), he has recommended the higher education system shift to more shorter courses...

New ‘V-Level’ qualification to sit alongside A-Levels

The Government also announced plans to help children who have not passed maths and English at GCSE. Source link

Third of parents relying on social media to find parenting tips – survey

The Department for Education is launching new guidance to help parents find evidence-backed advice. Source link

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Schoolgirl, 11, wakes up locked inside school and alone in the dark after being ‘forgotten’ at nurse’s

The girl had fallen asleep in the school's infirmary after feeling ill - and was terrified when she woke to find herself in a...

Budget raid piles pressure on troubled shops and restaurants

By HUGO DUNCAN Updated: 19:05 EST, 30 November 2025 ...

Alexander Isak makes Liverpool admission after ending goal drought as Arne Slot reacts

British record signing breaks top-flight duck for new club in much-needed win over West Ham Source link

Tom Fletcher hopes for royal visit as Paddington The Musical opens in West End

The McFly star has penned the music and lyrics to the eagerly anticipated stage show, which has its world premiere at the Savoy Theatre...

Man, 32, dies in M4 horror crash after car comes off major motorway

A stretch of the the carriageway was closed for hours after the serious crash left one dead and another gravely injured - Wiltshire Police...
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